Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοις
to entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends
Translated by David Whitehead15 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes [sc. uses the phrase] to mean choosing them as jurors,1 whereas Lysias said "[he] entrusted to men," meaning [he] appointed conciliators.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοις· Δημοσθένης ἀντὶ τοῦ δικαστὰς αὐτοὺς αἱρεῖσθαι, Λυσίας δὲ ἐπέτρεψεν ἀνδράσιν εἶπεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπιτρόπους κατέστησεν.