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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

  • διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο τῆσ αὐτῆσ οὔσησ μεθόδου περὶ τὰ δημηγορικὰ καὶ δικανικά, καὶ καλλίονοσ καὶ πολιτικωτέρασ τῆσ δημηγορικῆσ πραγματείασ οὔσησ ἢ τῆσ περὶ τὰ συναλλάγματα, περὶ μὲν ἐκείνησ οὐδὲν λέγουσι, περὶ δὲ τοῦ δικάζεσθαι πάντεσ πειρῶνται τεχνολογεῖν, ὅτι ἧττόν ἐστι πρὸ ἔργου τὰ ἔξω τοῦ πράγματοσ λέγειν ἐν τοῖσ δημηγορικοῖσ καὶ ἧττόν ἐστι κακοῦργον ἡ δημηγορία δικολογίασ, ὅτι κοινότερον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 1 10:1)

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

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