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- δ454ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes384-322 BC. See generally RE Demosthenes(16); NP Demosthenes(2); OCD4 Demosthenes(2). See also delta 455 and delta 456. [1] [epsilon 3045] Hermippus. [2] cf. beta 177 and beta 178. [3] cf. alpha 3760. [4] RE …
- δ455ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenesArrian, Historia Successorum Alexandri fr.23 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F176a). For Demosthenes see already delta 454, and cf. delta 456. [1] Again at epsiloniota 57. [2] cf. [Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 847C-E.
- δ456ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes[1] [delta 454 + delta 455] Demosthenes. Everything after this introductory sentence is in fact concerned with the son. [2] cf. alpha 2704. [3] cf. mu 1382.
- α3501Ἀπόρρηταunspeakable [things]… [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 363 (web address 1), with scholion. [4] Demosthenes 18.123 (web address 2). Here the Suda has used Harpokration s.v., who cites this Demosthenic passage and Lysias 10.6. [5] Aristophanes fr. 622 …
- λ660Λόγου τυχεῖνto get a wordDemosthenes 18.13 (web address 1). "Against" Ktesiphon here should of course be "For." The error postdates the Suda's immediate source, Harpokration s.v.
- κ78Καθήκονταduties… [1] A slip (already in the mss. of Harpok.) for Demosthenes *10*.37.
- αι78Αἰδέσασθαιto be ashamed, to be reconciled… 1). [2] Lysias fr. 74 Sauppe (now 82 Carey OCT); Demosthenes 38.22. [3] Demosthenes 23.72, on the Athenian law on involuntary homicide: anyone convicted of this (in the Palladion court) must go into exile …
- ε1886Ἑωλοκρασίαdregs, leftovers… more detailed description of the drinking game e(wlokrasi/a to which Demosthenes may be referring here. [1] Demosthenes 18.50, cited from Harpokration s.v. 'This man' is Aeschines, on whom see alphaiota 347, alphaiota 348.
- ε2763ἘπιχάριςEpicharis, EpicharesDemosthenes 18.295 (with the name in its authentic classical form: Epichares), cited by Harpokration s.v. cf. epsilon 2761, where the name is erroneously identified as feminine (which it might be if it were in …
- κ880Καταψευδομαρτυρησάμενοςhaving falsified the testimony… phrase is not aorist but future ("who will bear..."). [1] Demosthenes 45.1 (web address 1), evidently -- but the aorist participle there is passive, not middle. For the latter, the reference -- taken over …
- α3266Ἀπογνούςhaving renounced… active participle of a)pogignw/skw (alpha 3268), masculine nominative singular. [1] Demosthenes 19.51 (web address 1 below). [2] Dinarchus fr. 12 Conomis.
- ε2724Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοιςto entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends… i.e. shorter than the Suda's headword phrase, which comes from Demosthenes). Besides Demosthenes and Lysias, below, Harpok. cites Menander's play Epitrepontes. [1] Demosthenes 27.1, with "arbitrators", diaithtai/, instead of "jurors", dikastai/. (The error postdates …
- κ531Κατάγειν τὰ πλοῖαto force the boats to landAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., where, besides Demosthenes (below), Lycurgus 1.18 is cited. [1] Demosthenes 8.9.
- δ1676ΔυσωποῦμαιI am timidDemosthenes 9.65 (in a sentence found in one manuscript but not printed in Butcher's OCT); Xenophon Memorabilia 2.1.4 (web address 1); both cited from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. See also under upsilon 139. cf. …
- γ423Γραμματοκύφωνrecord-porer, penpusherDemosthenes 18.209 (web address 1); again at tau 1047 (q.v.). [1] The comment really misses the point. Demosthenes had chosen (coined?) a word implying a man both physically and morally crippled by a demeaning …
- β168Βασκαίνειis malevolent, is slanderous… point). [1] (cf. beta 169.) Similarly in syntactical lexica. [2] Demosthenes 18.189 (web address 1). [3] Earlier, rather: Demosthenes 18.108 (web address 2).
- η53ἩγήμωνHegemon… s.v., with an infelicitous extra paragraph: see n.2 below [1] Demosthenes 18.285. [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.699A [15.56 Kaibel], cf. 1.5B [1.8]. But the Hegemon in Demosthenes, an Athenian of the C4 BCE, is quite …
- α2124Ἀναφοράνreferral… The headword noun is in the accusative case (extracted from Demosthenes: see below). [1] Demosthenes 18.219 (web address 1)--actually FOR Ktesiphon. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.
- λ862ΛυσίμαχοςLysimachos, LysimachusCarelessly abridged from Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 20.115 (web address 1). (The title of the speech is textually corrupt here.) [2] Aristides: alpha 3903. [3] Lycurgus fr. 25 Conomis.
- β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, BatalusSimilarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Demosthenes 18.180 (web address 1). The nickname is also referred to at Aeschines 2.99 (web address 2). While there is some evidence that 'Bat(t)alos' means 'stammerer', …
- ε1171Ἔνδειξιςendeixis, exposure… present entry abridges Harpokration s.v. [1] In classical Athens. [2] Demosthenes 25 and 26, passim.
- β177ΒάταλοςBatalosLikewise or similarly in other lexica, and a Demosthenic scholion: see under beta 178.
- α1458Ἅμαas soon as, at the same time[1] Same observation in syntactical lexica. [2] Demosthenes fr. 12 Sauppe. [3] Aeschines 3.52. [4] Demosthenes 21.122. [5] Antiphon fr.71 Sauppe. [6] Demosthenes 18.34.
- ε2377Ἐπικηρυκείαannouncing by herald… other lexica. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [3] Demosthenes 5.18. (Here as elsewhere in lexicography, 'Philippics' is used in the broad ancient rather than the narrow modern sense of the term.)
- η121Ἢ ἐν ὁδῷ καθελώνor overpowering on a road… the phrase in a law (on unintentional homicide) quoted in Demosthenes 23.53 (web address 1). cf. omicron 47. [1] e)nexqe/nta; Harpokration has the superior e)nedreu/onta, "while he was lying in wait".
- μ372Μεγαλοψυχότεροςmore munificent, rather munificent… megalo/yuxos (mu 371), evidently quoted from somewhere; the possibilities include Demosthenes 19.235.
- λ130Λαρυγγίζεινto croak[1] Demosthenes 18.291 (web address 1), cited from Harpokration s.v. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 20 Habrich; cf. alpha 4140.
- κ178Κακώσεωςmistreatment… of the headword see the note at beta 216. [1] Demosthenes 24.103; Lysias fr. 107 Sauppe (now 127 Carey OCT); Hyperides fr. 160 Jensen (not Adler's '187'; this was corrected in her consolidated addenda …
- α2667Ἀντικαταλλαττόμενοςchanging, coming to an agreement… of the doubly compound verb a)ntikatalla/ttomai. It is quoted from Demosthenes 19.114 -- but oddly this Suda entry, including that very quotation, twice has katallatto/menos. [1] "In the assembly" is nonsense in this context. …
- κ1637ΚινέαςKineas, Cineas… the list of Greek traitors of the C4 BCE in Demosthenes 18.295 (web address 1). Entry abridged from Harpokration s.v. Keineas (sic), generated by the Demosthenes passage and citing Theopompus FGrH 115 F35 for …