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προσκατάβλημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: προσκατάβλημα προσκατάβληματος

Structure: προσκαταβληματ (Stem)

Etym.: kataba/llw

Sense

  1. that which is paid besides, sums paid to make up a deficiency

Examples

  • πῶσ οὖν οὐχ ἅπαντ’ ἀνάγκη καταλυθῆναι τὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ὅταν αἱ μὲν τῶν τελῶν καταβολαὶ μὴ ὦσ’ ἱκαναὶ τῇ διοικήσει, ἀλλ’ ἐνδέῃ πολλῶν, καὶ μηδὲ ταῦτ’ ἀλλ’ ἢ περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν ᾖ λαβεῖν, τὰ δὲ προσκαταβλήματα τοὺσ μὴ τιθέντασ μὴ ᾖ κυρία δεῖν ἡ βουλὴ μηδὲ τὰ δικαστήρια, ἀλλὰ καθιστῶσιν ἐγγυητὰσ ἄχρι τῆσ ἐνάτησ πρυτανείασ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 150:1)

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

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