Λόγου τυχεῖν

to get a word

Translated by David Whitehead5 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

14 words

Translation

Meaning [to get] praise. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Ktesiphon [sc. uses the phrase].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λόγου τυχεῖν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπαίνου. Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Κτησιφῶντος.

Betacode
*lo/gou tuxei=n: a)nti\ tou= e)pai/nou. *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *kthsifw=ntos. 

Notes

  1. Demosthenes 18.13 (web address 1).
    "Against" Ktesiphon here should of course be "For." The error postdates the Suda's immediate source, Harpokration s.v.

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Revision history6 revisions · last 17 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. tweaks — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Added link; cosmetics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
  7. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“to get a word.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 5 December 2000. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/lambda/660>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/lambda/660>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, Elizabeth Vandiver, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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