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Headword:
*diage/graptai
Adler number: delta,516
Translated headword: has been struck through
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning he/she/it] has been smoothed away, has been removed from the clerk's tablet, where lawsuits used to be registered, and the introduction of lawsuits.[1]
Aristophanes [writes] in
Clouds: "I am happy, because a five-talent lawsuit against me has been struck through."
*diage/graptai: kate/custai, a)nh/|rhtai a)po\ th=s tou= grammate/ws de/ltou, o(/pou ai( di/kai a)negra/fonto, kai\ ai( ei)sagwgai\ tw=n dikw=n. *)aristofa/nhs *nefe/lais: h(/domai, o(/ti penteta/lanto/s moi diage/graptai di/kh.
Notes:
Aristophanes,
Clouds 773-774 (web address 1), with comment from the
scholia there.
[1] For this technical sense of 'introduction' -- actually bringing a case to court -- see LSJ s.v.
ei)sagwgh/.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; law; poetry
Translated by: Nicholas Wilshere on 6 November 2004@10:46:46.
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