Εἰσαγγελία
eisangelia, impeachment
Translated by David Whitehead7 Jul 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰσαγγελία· δηλατορία. εἰσαγγελία δὲ καὶ γραφὴ διαφέρει. εἰσαγγελία μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν μεγάλων καὶ δημοσίων ἀδικημάτων γίνεται, γραφὴ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ μικρῶν. καὶ κυρίως γραφὴ ἐπὶ τῶν τὰ παράνομα γραφόντων.
Betacode
*ei)saggeli/a: dhlatori/a. ei)saggeli/a de\ kai\ grafh\ diafe/rei. ei)saggeli/a me\n ga\r e)pi\ tw=n mega/lwn kai\ dhmosi/wn a)dikhma/twn gi/netai, grafh\ de\ kai\ e)pi\ mikrw=n. kai\ kuri/ws grafh\ e)pi\ tw=n ta\ para/noma grafo/ntwn.
Notes (4)
- See also epsiloniota 221 and especially (for authentic information and quality) epsiloniota 222.↩
- 1Here a late Greek noun generated from the Latin terms delator and delatio; cf. delta 397, delta 398. ↩
- 2cf. epsiloniota 219. ↩
- 3Not so, at least in classical Athenian law (the implicit subject here), where graphai too concerned alleged offences of public interest (see gamma 439, gamma 440). ↩
- 4i.e. to block illegal decree-proposals; cf. again gamma 439 and gamma 440.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Nov 2012
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead