α3704Ἀπρότων
gangsters
Dinarchus in the [speech] Against Pytheas [writes]: "with the orators having leapt like gangsters into the port". In certain [copies], though, "like parnopes" is written. But parnopes [are] a kind of locust.
Ἀπρότων· Δείναρχος ἐν τῷ κατὰ Πυθέου· ἐμπεπηδηκότων τῶν ῥητόρων ὥσπερ ἀπρότων εἰς τὸ ἐμπόριον. ἔν τισι δὲ ὥσπερ παρνόπων γέγραπται. οἱ δὲ πάρνοπες εἶδος ἀκρίδος.
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