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δημηγόρ-ος

demegoros · ὁ

popular orator

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What it meant

δημηγόρ-ος · dēmēgor-os — LSJ

popular orator, a speakerʼs, rhetorical

popular orator, mostly in a bad sense, Pl. Grg. 520b, Lg. 908d, etc.; ὅρκος ἑτᾳίρας ταὐτὸ καὶ δημηγόρου Diph. 101; but δ. ἀγαθοί, opp. ῥήτορες φαῦλοι, X. Mem. 2.6.15: as Adj., δημηγόρος, ον, τιμαὶ δ. a speakerʼs honours, E. Hec. 254; στροφαὶ δημηγόροι rhetorical tricks, A. Supp. 623. [For accentuation see Herodian - HD]

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