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385 entries for Demosthenes

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α2833Ἄξονεςaxones, axles… been inscribed on wooden axles. They were square in shape. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates mentions the word. Axones and kyrbeis are different. Homer speaks of the 'axle' of a wagon.Matched in translationhighshort
α2861Ἄπαγεstop! arrest!… Alternatively arrest!, meaning employ [the procedure of] arrest [a)pagwgh/]. So Demosthenes [sc. mentions this]. And [there is] a proverb: "stop a stranger in a storm"; in reference to troublesome people/things.Matched in translationhighshort
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 translationhigh

α2833

Ἄξονες

axones, axles

This is what Athenians called the laws of Solon, because of the fact they had been inscribed on wooden axles. They were square in shape. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristokrates mentions the word. Axones and…

Ἄξονες· οὕτως ἐκάλεσαν Ἀθηναῖοι τοὺς Σόλωνος νόμους, διὰ τὸ ἐγγραφῆναι αὐτοὺς ἐν ξυλίνοις ἄξοσιν. ἦσαν δὲ τετράγωνοι τὸ σχῆμα. μέμνηται τῆς λέξεως Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ…

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β168Βασκαίνειis malevolent, is slanderous… with a dative. Meaning complains and blames and maligns. So Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [sc. uses the word]. And later he says "no measure of mine has been malevolent and harsh and …Matched in translationhighshort

β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, BatalusSo Demosthenes was called while he was young, for being effeminate; but when older [he was called] Argas, from a snake of that name.Matched in translationhighshort

δ172Δεκαδαρχίαιtenfold-regimes… Philip, however, set up a tenfold-regime amongst [the] Thessalians, as Demosthenes [shows] in the sixth of [the] Philippics.Matched in translationhighshort

δ895Διεγγύησινsurety-provisionMeaning establishment of sureties. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

δ1307ΔιψῶI thirst [after]… [sc. attested is the related noun] di/ya ["thirst"], [meaning] desire. Demosthenes [says]: "I thirst after hemlock."Matched in translationhighshort

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

ε386Ἐκδέξασθαιto take over… examine what was transmitted in the 5th Philippic [sc. of Demosthenes]: "the matter of seeming to take over something of what he did".Matched in translationhighshort

ε1197Ἕναιold[Meaning] officials whose term is over. Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Aristogeiton [sc. uses the term].Matched in translationhighshort

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

ε1886Ἑωλοκρασίαdregs, leftovers[Meaning] the worthless [residue of a] drink. Demosthenes [writes]: "this man is to blame for bespattering me with some dregs of his own villainy".Matched in translationhighshort

ε2679Ἐπιτείχισμαassault-fort… on the fortification's targets. And the operation [is] e)piteixismo/s ["fortification"]. Demosthenes in the [speech] For Ktesiphon [uses the term].Matched in translationhighshort

ε2892Ἐρανισάμενοςhaving levied contributions… amassed [them] from many people. Also [sc. attested is] e)rani/sas: Demosthenes [uses this] to mean he having raised a contributory loan. However, a contributor in the strict sense is the participant in the lending …Matched in translationhighshort

α284Ἀγνωμόνωςsenselessly… are called senseless -- without discernment -- in Plato. And Demosthenes in the Philippics [sc. uses the word] to mean a)logi/stws ["without reason"] and a)bou/lws ["without counsel"]. And the Theologian [writes]: "o [you], even …Matched in translationhighshort

α343Ἀγραφίουde-listing… up for this, but erased before they paid it. So Demosthenes and Dinarchus and Lycurgus.Matched in translationhighshort

α628Ἀειλογεῖςyou are always speaking; you are a chatterbox… of] aeilogia: being always called to account and scrutiny. So Demosthenes and Isaeus [sc. use it].Matched in translationhighshort

α991ἌκριτοςindiscriminateMeaning undiscriminating. So Demosthenes [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α1050Ἀλαβαστοθήκαςperfume-bottle boxes, scent-bottle boxesDemosthenes calls boxes of scent-bottles [this]. In common parlance they call them murothekai ["unguent-boxes"]. Alabastoi are flasks of which one cannot take hold because of [their] smoothness. Aristophanes [writes]: "into the scent-bottle one ladle …Matched in translationhighshort

α1310Ἀλογίαabsurdity… [sc. phenomenon of] having no rationale, but acting irrationally. Thus Demosthenes and Plato [sc. use the word].Matched in translationhighshort

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

α2062Ἀνασείεινto agitate… [sc. attested is the aorist participle] a)nasei/sas, [meaning] having threatened. Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Aristogeiton [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2070Ἀνασκευασθείσης τῆς τραπέζηςwhen the bank had been bankruptedDemosthenes says [this]; in effect, when it became ruined.Matched in translationhighshort

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

α2432Ἀνῄρηκενhas done away withMeaning [he/she/it] put [someone] out of the way. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

α2541Ἀνθυπομοσίαcounter-affidavitMeaning to add to the affidavit. Thus Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Olympiodoros [uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort

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

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