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δ455ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes… openly their decisions. Not long after the news came of Demosthenes' death, they went back on decisions they had taken more for fear of Macedon than with full integrity of judgement, and they voted …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ454ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenesAn Athenian, son of Demosthenes and Cleobule; rhetor, of the deme Paeania. [He was] painstaking rather than naturally gifted, Hermippus says; and he lacked self-control with regard to pleasures (the same source says this …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3501Ἀπόρρηταunspeakable [things]… Unspeakable [things are] the ones prohibited in the laws. Thus Demosthenes [uses this word] in the [speech] In Defence of Ctesiphon. Everything which is prohibited they also call forbidden. Aristophanes [writes]: "he does not …

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The orator; he was a man of outstanding ability in reflection and in the expression of his thoughts; hence, too, he was regarded as the most eloquent among his contemporaries, since he was most competent in inferring…

Δημοσθένης, ὁ ῥήτωρ, ἀνὴρ ἦν γνῶναί τε καὶ εἰπεῖν, ὅσα ἐνθυμηθείη, δυνατώτατος γενόμενος. ὅθεν καὶ δεινότατος ἔδοξε τῶν καθ' αὑτόν, οἷα δὴ ἱκανώτατος τὸ ἀφανὲς εἰκάσαι καὶ τὸ…

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α1458Ἅμαas soon as, at the same time[Used] with a dative. Demosthenes used this for "straightway" and "on the spot", and in his treatise For Orators he says: "death, you see, is not a piteous plight to those who think rightly; …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε563Ἐκ περιουσίαςsuperfluously, advantageously… to become healthy is preferable to dealing with philosophy." And Demosthenes in the [speech] On behalf of Ctesiphon [says]: myself, I am risking the ultimate, "but this man is prosecuting [me] ek periousias." Meaning …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer![Used] with a dative. [Meaning the same as] a)pokri/qhti. Demosthenes [writes]: "come here and answer me!" But they say a)pokrinei=tai ["he/she/it will answer"] rather than a)pokriqh/setai. Menander in Basketbearer [writes]: "but these things he …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4304Ατταwhichever, some… in Antiphon, but meaning some or some kind of in Demosthenes in the Philippics. But sometimes atta is redundant. In the speech On the Fraudulent Embassy Demosthenes used the expression as equivalent to o(/sa; …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… the charging to withdraw and cease bringing the charge. Thus Demosthenes and Isaeus [sc. use these word]. But one can also use the terms in the following way: one 'releases' [someone] only from those …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3658Ἀποψηφισθένταvoted-off, voted-out… the charge] he was admitted into the citizen-body. Thus [says] Demosthenes: "for which of you does not know Antiphon, the man voted-off?" See under diapsephisis ["registration vote"].Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2907Ἐργολάβοςcontractor; profit-maker… they use the word in reference to disreputable matters, as Demosthenes [does] in the Letter to the council and the people: "for the present situation is far more in need of goodwill and generosity …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus… Samian or Plataian, and, since a lad, a companion of Demosthenes; he was sent by him to Hephaistion for negotiations. Hyperides mentions him in the [speech] Against Demosthenes. Aristaios, the story goes, was the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2184Ἀνδροληψίαabduction, seizure… stand trial for the murder; and this was called androlepsion. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates [mentions this]: in addition, if they neither submit to trial for what has happened nor hand over the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3559Ἀποστολαίdispatches… triremes. But a)po/stoloi [are] the sendings-out of the ships. So Demosthenes, both in the [speech] For Ktesiphon and in the First Philippic.Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1328Δοκιμασθείςhaving been scrutinizedDemosthenes [uses this word] to mean having been registered amongst [the] adults. For he also refers to having been scrutinized before the archons. The term "having been scrutinized" used also to be applied to …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε1815Ἐξούληςejectment, exoule… single. But as it is, the public treasury is implacable. Demosthenes also shows this: "I brought a lawsuit for slander against this man [Meidias] and I won it by default; for he did not …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1764Ἀμφισβητεῖνto claim… or named as heirs in a will. That is how Demosthenes and Hyperides elucidated counter-claiming.Matched in translationhighmedium

α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… take up. "For, having overturned the law, it elected her"; Demosthenes says this in the [speech] Against Androtion; but the quotation is transmitted in two forms, the one as written above, the other with …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2405Ἀνήκειapproached, arrived… death]"] meaning they died, they came to an end. And Demosthenes [uses] a)nh/kontos ["belonging to"] to mean diafe/rontos ["pertaining to"]. Also [sc. attested is] a)nh/kontes ["they approaching"], [meaning] they coming to. "In speaking ability …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands… suffices. But Dinarchus [uses the word] to mean is saved; Demosthenes and Hyperides [use it] to mean takes hold. "And because of the mud the horses could no longer hold out against fleeing." And …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2661Ἀντιγραφεύςantigrapheus, copy-clerk… of money to the city, who therefore "copies" them. So Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Androtion, but also Aeschines in the Against Ktesiphon. There were two: one of the financial administration, the other of …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2813Ἄξιονproper; cheapThe orators apply [this] to what is sensible and just. Demosthenes [writes]: "for on account of this especially it is proper to be silent, when there is neither someone bullying, nor someone who is …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2877Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving put aside, having put off, having abandonedMeaning [he] having persuaded to leave. Cratinus and Demosthenes and others [sc. use the word]. [sc. The related aorist infinitive is] a)palla/cai. Also [sc. attested is the subjunctive] a)palla/cwmen, meaning let us dismiss. Xenophon …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3273Ἀπογραφήdeposition… that the [sc. original] deposition was improperly made. So [says] Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Androtion. Also [sc. attested is] apographe, [meaning] census. "Caesar Augustus, the one who established the principate, chose 20 men, …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced… [sc. attested is] a)pokhru/ttontes ["they disenfranchising"], [meaning they] selling. Thus Demosthenes and Plato [sc. use the word]. But others say that "alienated" [e)kpoi/hton] differs from "disinherited" [a)pokh/rukton], because someone disinherited is cast out as …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3597Ἀποτιμηταὶapotimetai, guarantors… also used for other debts, as [we see from] both Demosthenes in the second [speech] Against Onetor...Matched in translationhighmedium

α4072Ἀρχαῖονprincipal, ancient… call "capital", kephalaion, according to a certain custom of usage. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Nikostratos [writes]: "he lent money to Archippos [but the latter] was not able to repay it, either the interest …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4218Ἀστάθμητονuncertain… at some point might be known or what might happen. Demosthenes in [his speech On] the Dishonest Embassy [uses this word].Matched in translationhighmedium

α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle[Meaning a] donkey. The mule, as Demosthenes [sc. says in his speech] against Meidias. But perhaps every beast of burden on which men are borne is called thus. Or a)stra/bh, the wooden [pommel] for …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4505Αὐτολήκυθοιcarriers of their own oil-flaskDemosthenes [in the speech] Against Konon [uses the word]. Either it means individuals geared up and ready to do and experience anything whatever, or it means poor men, possessing nothing but oil-flasks. Alternatively, self-employed …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4565ἈφαυανθήσομαιI will be dried up… efforts. [The poet] is hinting at the city, because when Demosthenes had already done the work Kleon recorded the victory concerning the events in Sphakteria. Now those ears of corn, which he brought thence, …Matched in translationhighmedium

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