Προδικασία

pre-trial

Translated by David Whitehead23 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 37 words
Those [sc. in Athens] with homicide suits being brought against them live at the prytaneion1 for three months before the trial; during that time speeches are delivered on either side. This is what they call a pre-trial.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προδικασία· οἱ τὰς ἐπὶ φόνῳ δίκας ἐγκαλούμενοι ἐν πρυτανείῳ πρὸ τῆς δίκης διατελοῦσιν ἐπὶ τρεῖς μῆνας· ἐν οἷς ἐξ ἑκατέρου μέρους λόγοι προάγονται. τοῦτό φασι προδικασίαν.

Betacode
*prodikasi/a: oi( ta\s e)pi\ fo/nw| di/kas e)gkalou/menoi e)n prutanei/w| pro\ th=s di/khs diatelou=sin e)pi\ trei=s mh=nas: e)n oi(=s e)c e(kate/rou me/rous lo/goi proa/gontai. tou=to/ fasi prodikasi/an.

Notes (1)

  1. = Photius pi1218 Theodoridis.
    On this obscure procedure -- little mentioned outside the lexica, but see Antiphon 6.42 -- see generally D.M. MacDowell, Athenian Homicide Law (Manchester 1963) 34-37, 96-97, 146. [At 37 he is agnostic about the specific claim made in the present entry.]
  2. 1cf. pi 2999. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π2362Προδείκτηςpantomimic actorπ2363Προδήλωςclearly, conspicuouslyπ2364Προδικασίαpre-trialπ2365ΠρόδικοςProdikos, Prodicusπ2366Πρόδικονadvocate; Prodikos, Prodicus
Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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