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ε1260Ἐνεσκευασμένηνpre-prepared… understood cannot be determined. [2] Isaeus fr. 9 Sauppe. A Demosthenic context, however, does not proffer itself (as the '?' in Adler indicates); and since the entry as a whole derives from Harpokration s.v., …Matched in noteshighshort
γ48Γαμηλίαwedding-feast… a wedding-feast' is the 'saying' referred to. [3] Given the Demosthenic passage which follows, this is a slip for "in accordance with the laws". [4] Demosthenes 57.43, here loosely quoted.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2013ἘπαιρόμενοςraisingA truncated version (taken from Photius) of Harpokration s.v., on Demosthenes 18.222 (web address 1). cf. epsilon 2014. [1] For, rather (as in Harpok.). [2] Harpok. had gone on to cite another Demosthenic passage …

ε1260

Ἐνεσκευασμένην

pre-prepared

Meaning [one that has been] prepared, and shaped. Isaeus and Demosthenes [sc. use the term].

Ἐνεσκευασμένην· ἀντὶ τοῦ διεσκευασμένην, καὶ πεπλασμένην. Ἰσαῖος καὶ Δημοσθένης.

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trade and manufacture13

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ε485Ἐκκλώζετοyou were booing… Harpokration s.v., the Suda's source, this verb was used in Demosthenes 21, Against Meidias. It does not appear in any of the manuscripts of that speech, but is a conventional emendation of the second …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2417ἘπικράτηςEpikrates, Epicrates… reading (see epsilon 2416, and Harpok.) is "Sakesphoros", Beard-Bearer. [2] Demosthenes 19.277. [3] Lycurgus fr. 20 Conomis. [4] Demosthenes 19.287; cf. kappa 2754.Matched in noteshighshort

ε4012Ἐχῖνοςvase, echinos, coney, sea-urchin; Echinos… For the primary sense given see also epsilon 4013. [1] Demosthenes 49.65; ?Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 53.2; Aristophanes fr.263 Kock (274 Kassel-Austin). [2] Actually Demosthenes 9.34. It was on the northern shore of the Malian Gulf: …Matched in noteshighshort

α3658Ἀποψηφισθένταvoted-off, voted-out… aorist passive, masculine accusative singular -- is extracted from the Demosthenes passage (eventually) quoted. For a very different meaning of this verb see alpha 3657. [1] As a slave, more exactly. On this and …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ178ΓέρραscreensAbridged and adapted from Harpokration s.v., who besides Herodotus and Demosthenes (below) cites [Demosthenes] 59.90. See also gamma 177, gamma 205. [1] See Herodotus 7.61.1. [2] Demosthenes 18.169.Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

η413ἬωνEon, Eion… in Harpokration s.v., from which the present entry derives. Besides Demosthenes, Harpok. cites Thucydides 4.7 (on the Mende connection; cf. generally mu 593) and Theopompus FGrH 115 F51. [1] The title of the speech …Matched in noteshighshort

ι523ἽππαρχοςHipparkhos, Hipparchos, Hipparchus… Harpokration s.v. [1] On the island of Euboia. Mentioned by Demosthenes 18.295 (which had generated Harpok.'s entry). [2] For Peisistratos see generally pi 1474. [3] On ostracism, see generally omicron 716 and omicron 717. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3898ἈρισταῖοςAristaios, Aristaeus… 73F2) and Marsyas (FGrH 135F2) as sources. [4] Hyperides, Against Demosthenes 20, apparently. See Whitehead [bibliog.] 419-421. [5] Quoted from alphaiota 376.Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2524ΚτησιφῶνKtesiphon, Ctesiphon, CtesiphoAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v. (quoting Demosthenes 19.94 and citing Aeschines 2.12ff and 3 passim), where already this distinction between two contemporary homonyms (PA 8893 and 8894; LGPN ii s.v., nos. 4 and 5) is …Matched in noteshighshort

λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… *lukiourgei=s (sic: accusative plural, as in the primary source). [1] [Demosthenes] 49.31. [2] Didymos p.314 Schmidt. [3] Harpok. ascribes this phrase to Kritias (88 F35 Diels-Kranz). [4] Herodotus 7.76.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2184Ἀνδροληψίαabduction, seizure… the seizure and androlepsion the right to make it. [2] Demosthenes 23.82-83, semi-quoted here (cf. web address 1). [3] At this point the entry, which had begun by drawing on scholia to Demosthenes 23.84, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2833Ἄξονεςaxones, axles… derives from Harpokration s.v. a)/coni (sic: dative singular, from the Demosthenes passage quoted -- see below). The headword applies not only to the axles on which wheels, cones, etc. rotate, but, as we see …Matched in noteshighshort

α2861Ἄπαγεstop! arrest!… The Suda's source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [3] Adler cites Demosthenes 22.26, where indeed this imperative occurs. However, Harpok.'s fuller entry had specified the speech Against Konon; so Demosthenes 54.1 (web address 1) must …Matched in noteshighshort

α3559Ἀποστολαίdispatches… e)mbolai/, rammings). [3] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [4] Demosthenes 18.80 & 107; Demosthenes 4.35.Matched in noteshighmedium

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).Matched in noteshighshort

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', …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

γ436Γραφεύςdrawer… Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 996 (web address 1); cf. lambda 439. [2] Demosthenes 21.147 -- where in fact we find noun, not verb: web address 2. (Harpok. had cited Demosthenes for the noun, then adding the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ172Δεκαδαρχίαιtenfold-regimes… and 5.95; also cited are Isocrates 12.67 and (as below) Demosthenes. [1] In the late C5 BCE, after their victory in the Peloponnesian War. A variant term, in (e.g.) Xenophon, is dekarxi/a (cf. mu …Matched in noteshighshort

δ895Διεγγύησινsurety-provisionDemosthenes 24.73 (web address 1), cited from Harpokration s.v. (who also cites [Demosthenes] 59.41). The headword is in the accusative case.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1328Δοκιμασθείςhaving been scrutinizedAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [1] Demosthenes 30.6 (web address 1). [2] Demosthenes 57.25 (web address 2). [6] Lycurgus fr. 18 Conomis. [4] See delta 1329.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε386Ἐκδέξασθαιto take over… The quoted phrase comes, via Harpokration s.v., from ch.18 of Demosthenes 5, On the Peace (a "Philippic" speech in the broad ancient sense of that term, not the restricted modern one). The final three …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1197ἝναιoldDemosthenes 25.20; from Harpokration s.v. e(/nai a)rxai/ -- i.e. the first word of the Suda's gloss should in fact be part of the headword phrase (which Demosthenes has in the accusative plural).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1815Ἐξούληςejectment, exoule… known surviving case is the one brought by the young Demosthenes against Onetor (Demosth. 30-31; omicron 359). [1] Demosthenes 21.81 (here omitting the part which actually mentions the dike exoules -- and distorting the …Matched in noteshighmedium

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.Matched in noteshighshort

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