Παλαιόν

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Translated by David Whitehead29 Dec 2003Vetting: high6 revisions

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Translation

The orators used the [word] palaion of money from a debt still owing. So Lysias in the [speech] In reply to Alkibios: "and yet, if he has repaid to Ktesikles the original 50, as this man claims".1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλαιόν· οἱ ῥήτορες ἐχρήσαντο τῷ παλαιὸν ἐπὶ ἀργυρίου ἐκ δανείσματος ὀφειλομένου. οὕτως Λυσίας ἐν τῷ πρὸς Ἀλκίβιον· καίτοι, εἰ ἀποδεδώκει τῷ Κτησικλεῖ τὰς νʹ παλαιάς, ὥσπερ οὗτός φησι.

Betacode
*palaio/n: oi( r(h/tores e)xrh/santo tw=| palaio\n e)pi\ a)rguri/ou e)k danei/smatos o)feilome/nou. ou(/tws *lusi/as e)n tw=| pro\s *)alki/bion: kai/toi, ei) a)podedw/kei tw=| *kthsiklei= ta\s n# palaia/s, w(/sper ou(=to/s fhsi. 

Notes (1)

  1. 1Lysias fr.13 Carey OCT (6 Thalheim 13 Sauppe). The name of the litigant is the same here as is given in the equivalent entry in Photius' Lexicon (pi46 Theodoridis); there is no need to emend it to Archibios (de Valois) or Alkibiades (Fabricius, Westermann). ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 21 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
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  7. Translated — David Whitehead

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