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δημηγορικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δημηγορικός

Structure: δημηγορικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from dhmhgo/ros

Sense

  1. of or for public speaking, qualified for it

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὴν δέ γε δικανικὴν καὶ δημηγορικὴν καὶ προσομιλητικήν, ἓν αὖ τὸ σύνολον, πιθανουργικήν τινα μίαν τέχνην προσειπόντεσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 39:6)
  • ἐπὶ γὰρ τὸ λανθάνειν συνωμοσίασ τε καὶ ἑταιρίασ συνάξομεν, εἰσίν τε πειθοῦσ διδάσκαλοι σοφίαν δημηγορικήν τε καὶ δικανικὴν διδόντεσ, ἐξ ὧν τὰ μὲν πείσομεν, τὰ δὲ βιασόμεθα, ὡσ πλεονεκτοῦντεσ δίκην μὴ διδόναι. (Plato, Republic, book 2 79:2)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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