Ἑτερομόλιος δίκη
one-arrival lawsuit
Translated by David Whitehead21 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[The kind] to which the opposing litigants did not come.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἑτερομόλιος δίκη· εἰς ἣν ἀντίδικοι οὐκ ἦλθον.
Betacode
*(eteromo/lios di/kh: ei)s h(\n a)nti/dikoi ou)k h)=lqon.
Notes
- The phrase is attested only in paroemiographers (Zenobius 3.88, Apostolius 8.4) and lexicographers. The implied etymology of the adjective is uncertain (see LSJ s.v. at web address 1); perhaps, despite the omicron spelling, connected not with mu 1193 (etc.) but with mu 1323/mu 1324.