Παρακαταβολή
court-deposit
Translated by David Whitehead13 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Court-deposit] and [sc. also attested is the related verb] to submit a court-deposit. Those in dispute with the city [sc. of Athens] over certain confiscated monies and those prosecuting private citizens about estates or heiresses laid down a sum of money, and if they lost the lawsuit they had to lose the money. Accordingly, in disputes with the public [treasury] it is clear that the deposit was the fifth part of the sum at issue. However, Demosthenes in the special-plea [speech] Against Pantainetos says, about some private suit, "and after this he again summoned me in the suit, as soon as he had retrieved the deposits".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παρακαταβολή καὶ Παρακαταβάλλειν· οἱ ἀμφισβητοῦντες χρημάτων τινῶν δεδημευμένων πρὸς τὴν πόλιν καὶ οἱ περὶ κλήρων ἢ ἐπικλήρων πρὸς ἰδιώτας ἀντιδικοῦντες ἀργύριόν τι κατετίθεσαν, καὶ τοῦτο ἐχρῆν αὐτοὺς στέρεσθαι, εἰ τὴν δίκην ἡττηθεῖεν. ἐπὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν πρὸς τὸ δημόσιον ἀμφισβητήσεων δῆλόν ἐστιν, ὅτι τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τοῦ ἀμφισβητουμένου κατετίθετο. Δημοσθένης μέντοι ἐν τῇ πρὸς Πανταίνετον παραγραφῇ περὶ ἰδίας τινὸς δίκης φησί· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα προσκαλεῖται μέν με τὴν δίκην πάλιν, ἐπειδὴ θᾶττον ἀνείλετο τὰς παρακαταβολάς.
Betacode
*parakatabolh/ kai\ *parakataba/llein: oi( a)mfisbhtou=ntes xrhma/twn tinw=n dedhmeume/nwn pro\s th\n po/lin kai\ oi( peri\ klh/rwn h)\ e)piklh/rwn pro\s i)diw/tas a)ntidikou=ntes a)rgu/rio/n ti kateti/qesan, kai\ tou=to e)xrh=n au)tou\s ste/resqai, ei) th\n di/khn h(tthqei=en. e)pi\ me\n ou)=n tw=n pro\s to\ dhmo/sion a)mfisbhth/sewn dh=lo/n e)stin, o(/ti to\ pe/mpton me/ros tou= a)mfisbhtoume/nou kateti/qeto. *dhmosqe/nhs me/ntoi e)n th=| pro\s *pantai/neton paragrafh=| peri\ i)di/as tino\s di/khs fhsi/: kai\ meta\ tau=ta proskalei=tai me/n me th\n di/khn pa/lin, e)peidh\ qa=tton a)nei/leto ta\s parakatabola/s.
Notes (1)
- An abridgement of Harpokration s.v., which, besides Demosthenes (below), cites fragments of Lysias and Hyperides.
For the headword see also pi 352. - 1Demosthenes 37.41 (web address 1). ↩
References
A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens, vol.2 (Oxford 1971) 179-183
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- π228ΠανταίνετοςPantainetos, Pantaenetus[no gloss]
- π352Παρακαταβολήcourt-deposit, parakatabole[Meaning a] deposit of a tenth part of the value. The lender has said to Strepsiades: "and know this, that I will put down prytaneia, or may I no longer live!" Meaning I will lodge an indictment against you; for they…
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