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δημηγορ-έω

demegoreo

practise speaking in the assembly

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Where it lives

Rhetoric 6 · 1.4/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Gorgias 3 · 1.14/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δημηγορ-έω · dēmēgor-eō — LSJ

practise speaking in the assembly, public speeches

practise speaking in the assembly, Ar. Eq. 956, etc.; πρὸ τοῦ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ δ. ἐμέ D. 18.60; δ. περί τινος Lys. 14.45; δ. πρός τινας Pl. Lg. 817c; ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις Arist. Fr. 83: c. acc. cogn., δ. καὶ συνηγορεῖν λόγους D. 19.15; δ. λόγον παρά τισι Id. 23.110:—Pass., τὰ δεδημηγορημένα public speeches, Id. 19.9.

II make popular speeches, use clap-trap

esp. make popular speeches, use clap-trap, ταῦτα δημηγορεῖς Pl. Grg. 482c: abs., ib. 503b, Tht. 162d, R. 350e; τῶν δημηγοριῶν ὧν δ. D. 21.202; δ. πρὸς χάριν, πρὸς ἡδονήν, Id. 3.3, 4.38, cf. Hermog. Meth. 1.

In the wild

δημηγορῶν · dēmēgorōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..15 (DIORISIS sentence 192)
ἐδημηγόρησε · edēmēgorēse Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..28 (DIORISIS sentence 352)
δημηγορούντων · dēmēgorountōn Aristotle, Politics 1284a (DIORISIS sentence 1223)
δημηγοροῦντες · dēmēgorountes Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
δημηγορῶν · dēmēgorōn Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
ἐδημηγόρησεν · edēmēgorēsen Aristotle, Rhetoric 2

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