Ἡγεμὼν συμμορίας
leader of a symmory
Translated by David Whitehead4 Feb 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase].1 [sc. The 'leader' of a symmory was the name for] its richest member, who for that reason had been picked out to lead the others.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡγεμὼν συμμορίας· Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. ὁ προέχων πλούτῳ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τῶν ἄλλων ἡγεμονεύειν ἐπειλημμένος.
Betacode
*(hgemw\n summori/as: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos. o( proe/xwn plou/tw| kai\ dia\ tou=to tw=n a)/llwn h(gemoneu/ein e)peilhmme/nos.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.↩
For symmories cf. sigma 1385, sigma 1386.- 1Demosthenes 18.103 (web address 1) and 18.312 (web address 2). ↩
- 2Harpok. cites Hyperides fr. 147 Jensen for this explanation.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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