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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 …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3012Ἀπέλθῃwould departMeaning [he/she/it] would return. Thucydides [sc. uses the word]. But Demosthenes [sc. uses this verb] with the meaning to run away.Matched in translationhighshort
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; …

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unspeakable [things]

[Meaning] incomprehensible [ones], hidden [ones]. They used to say aporrêta to imply prohibited things, not only forbidden ones. "And they are saying things that should not be spoken to our enemies." Aristophanes…

Ἀπόρρητα· ἀκατάληπτα, ἀπόκρυφα. ἀπόρρητα ἔλεγον τὰ ἀπειρημένα ἐξάγεσθαι, οὐ μόνον τὰ ἀπηγορευμένα. ἀπόρρητά τε τοῖσιν ἐχθροῖσι τοῖς ἡμετέροις λέγουσιν. Ἀριστοφάνης…

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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

α2667Ἀντικαταλλαττόμενοςchanging, coming to an agreement… but also, often, for someone changing money in the assembly. Demosthenes [writes]: "but he also showed us [his gains] by cheese-selling, house-building, boasting that he would be going [on an embassy] even if you …Matched in translationhighshort

α1787Ἀμφοτερόπλουνround-trip voyage… one back again, this is called a round-trip voyage. Thus Demosthenes [sc. uses the term].Matched in translationhighshort

α2124Ἀναφοράνreferral… means] referring the blame of [= for] crimes to others. Demosthenes [in the speech] Against Ctesiphon [sc. uses the term]. Also [sc. attested is the genitive] a)nafora=s ["recourse"]: "the [matter] being ordered by one …Matched in translationhighshort

α2456Ἀνίδρυτοιunstable[Meaning they who/which are] unsettled. Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Aristogeiton [sc. uses the word] to mean implacable.Matched in translationhighshort

α2614Ἀνταπαιτῆσαι κἀπαιτῆσαιto demand in return and to demand… attested are] 'to give back' and 'to take in return': Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Leptines [sc. uses these verbs].Matched in translationhighshort

α991ἌκριτοςindiscriminateMeaning undiscriminating. So Demosthenes [sc. uses the word].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

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

α2971Ἀπεγνωκώςhaving despaired of[Used] with a genitive. Meaning [he] having rejected. Demosthenes [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is] a)pe/gnwsan ["they acquitted"], the opposite of kate/gnwsan ["they convicted"].Matched in translationhighshort

α3083ἈπετιμήσατοmortgagedMeaning [he/she/it] took out a mortgage [a)poti/mhma]. Thus Demosthenes [sc. uses the word]. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)poti/mhsis, a[nother word for a] mortgage.Matched in translationhighshort

α3266Ἀπογνούςhaving renouncedDemosthenes [sc. uses this word] to mean having given up hope, Dinarchus [uses it] to mean having voted off.Matched in translationhighshort

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

α3521Ἀποσιώπησιςaposiopesis, clamming up, sudden silence… by no means!" There is is also [something] similar in Demosthenes. "O - but what should someone say to describe you correctly?" For after [Aristophanes] had said "by no means" he said "o by …Matched in translationhighshort

α3633Ἀποφεύγεινto escape… the related form] a)pofugga/nein; in the [speech] Against Aristocrates of Demosthenes.Matched in translationhighshort

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

α4083ἈρχέδικοςArchedikos, ArchedicusA comic writer, who wrote against Demochares, the cousin of Demosthenes.Matched in translationhighshort

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

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