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Λῆξιν δίκης · allocation of a lawsuit (λ 464) · Suda

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λ460wine-vat-treaders
λ461wine-vat
λ462lexiarchic register, deme register
λ463lexiarchic register, deme register
λ464allocation of a lawsuit
λ465allotment, cessation
λ466Levi
λ467you are babbling
λ468you are keeping babbling

Suda/Λ lambda/λ464

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Λῆξιν δίκης

allocation of a lawsuit

Translated by Nick Nicholas6 Apr 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

constitution
definition
economics
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law
rhetoric

3 notes · 36 words

Translation

['Allocation of a lawsuit'] and 'to be allocated a lawsuit': [this is what] they say for announcing a judgment of private matters;¹ but inviting [sc. to trial] in response [is] antilacheîn,² and distributing money [is] dialacheîn.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λῆξιν δίκης· καὶ Λαχεῖν δίκην, τὸ καταγγεῖλαι κρίσιν ἰδιωτικῶν πραγμάτων φασί· τὸ δ' ἀντικαλέσαι ἀντιλαχεῖν, τὸ δὲ διανείμασθαι χρήματα διαλαχεῖν.

Betacode

*lh=cin di/khs: kai\ *laxei=n di/khn, to\ kataggei=lai kri/sin i)diwtikw=n pragma/twn fasi/: to\ d' a)ntikale/sai a)ntilaxei=n, to\ de\ dianei/masqai xrh/mata dialaxei=n.

Notes (3)

The twin headword phrases here are lacking (Adler reports) in ms A, as if to suggest that this material is a continuation of lambda 463. But Photius too has this as a discrete entry: lambda278 Theodoridis.
The entry as a whole begins in the area of classical Athenian law, before becoming more general (see n.3 below).
1The first headword phrase is glossed in LSJ s.v. lh=cis II as "written complaint lodged with the Archon, as the first step in private actions". The phrase appears here in the accusative, but there is no classical instance of that. (The phrase occurs in the accusative plural in Aeschines 1.63). ↩
2LSJ s.v. a)ntilagxa/nw: "move for a rehearing of a suit, when the case had gone by default; enter an exceptive plea; bringing a counteraction". This is the same legal sense of lagxa/nw as above, with a)nti/ corresponding to "counter-". ↩
3LSJ s.v. dialagxa/nw: "divide or part by lot; obtain by lot". This refers to the more generic sense of lagxa/nw, "be alloted". ↩

Neighbouring entries

λ462Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme register λ463Ληξιαρχικὸν γραμματεῖονlexiarchic register, deme register λ464Λῆξιν δίκηςallocation of a lawsuit λ465Λῆξιςallotment, cessation λ466ΛηουΐαςLevi

Revision history2 revisions · last 18 Apr 2013

18 Apr 2013Revised — David Whitehead
7 Apr 2009augmented notes and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2009Translated — Nick Nicholas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Λῆξιν δίκης (Adler number lambda 464), trans. Nick Nicholas, 6 Apr 2009. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/464

Translation by Nick Nicholas for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗