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Headword:
Archaion
Adler number: alpha,4072
Translated headword: principal, ancient
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The orators used [the word] "principal" of borrowed money, the money which some call "capital",
kephalaion, according to a certain custom of usage.[1]
Demosthenes in the [speech]
Against Nikostratos [writes]: "he lent money to Archippos [but the latter] was not able to repay it, either the interest or the principal".[2] It is also used for "old".
Aeschines in the [speech]
Against Timarchos [writes]: "but
Solon, who of the law-givers was especially well-reputed, wrote in ancient style."[3] And once more: "so sensible were those ancient orators, Pericles,
Themistocles and
Aristides."[3] But [
archaion] is used in comic poets for "simple".[4]
Greek Original:Archaion: echrêsanto hoi rhêtores tôi archaiôi epi tou daneizomenou to argurion, hoper enioi kata tina sunêtheian kephalaion onomazousi. Dêmosthenês en tôi kata Nikostratou: daneisas argurion Archippon ouch hoios te ên auto apolabein, oute tokon oute to archaion. pareilêptai de kai epi tou palaiou. Aischinês en tôi kata Timarchou: ho de Solôn, ho tôn nomothetôn malista eudokimôn, gegraphen archaiôs. kai palin: houtôs êsan sôphrones hoi archaioi ekeinoi rhêtores, ho Periklês, Themistoklês kai Aristeidês. tattetai de para kômikois kai epi tou euêthous.
Notes:
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; economics; ethics; law; rhetoric
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 April 2001@12:21:46.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added notes and keyword) on 22 April 2001@08:09:49.
Catharine Roth (updated links, added keyword) on 10 November 2011@01:19:22.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 10 November 2011@03:13:44.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 24 January 2014@08:59:15.
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