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παρακαταβολή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρακαταβολή

Structure: παρακαταβολ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from parakataba/llw

Sense

  1. money deposited in court

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν ἐνεπισκηψάμενόσ γε οὔτ’ ἂν παρακαταβολῆσ ἠπόρησεν οὔτ’ ἂν ἠπιστήθη ὑφ’ ὑμῶν πάντεσ γὰρ ἴστε τὸν πατέρα τὸν ἐμὸν οὐ τῶν δημοσίων ἀδίκωσ ἐπιθυμοῦντα, ἀλλὰ τῶν αὑτοῦ ὑμῖν, ὅ τι κελεύσαιτε, προθύμωσ ἀναλίσκοντα, εἶτα καὶ ἐπιτηδείου ὄντοσ αὐτῷ Καλλιστράτου, ὅσπερ ἐδήμευσεν τὰ Ἀντιμάχου, ὥστε μηδὲν ἐναντιοῦσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 56:1)

Synonyms

  1. money deposited in court

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

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