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παραγρᾰφ-ή

paragraphe · ἡ

anything written beside, marginal note

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Where it lives

Against Phormio 7 · 21.61/10k
Against Stephanus 1 5 · 8.84/10k
Against Pantaenetus 3 · 8.06/10k
Against Apaturius 2 · 7.9/10k
Against Callimachus 2 · 5.64/10k
Against Lacritus 2 · 5.6/10k
For Phormio 1 · 2.55/10k
Against Midias 1 · 0.67/10k
Antidosis 1 · 0.57/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

παραγρᾰφ-ή · paragraph-ē — LSJ

anything written beside, marginal note, sign, stage-direction

anything written beside, marginal note or sign, to mark the close of a sentence, Isoc. 15.59, Hyp. Dem.Fr.(c), Arist. Rh. 1409a20; to mark that a passage is spurious, Luc. Pr.Im. 24; in a drama, to indicate the change of persons, Sch. Ar. Ra. 1479, Pax 443; stage-direction, cj. in Ath. 10.453c.

2 entry

entry in a register of debts or liabilities, PHib. 1.40.14 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 188 (ii/i B. C.), etc.

II exception taken, to the admissibility of a suit, special plea, demurrer, counterplea

exception taken by the defendant to the admissibility of a suit, special plea, demurrer, Isoc. 18.1,20, D. 35.45, Poll. 8.57, 58; π. διδόναι D. 34.17; opp. εὐθυδικίᾳ εἰσιέναι, Id. 45.6; τὰς π. ἀντιλαγχάνειν Id. 37.33: coupled with ὑπωμοσία, Id. 21.84 (pl.): metaph., of argument, counterplea, Gal. 19.170.

2 longae possessionis praescriptio, exceptio

in Roman Law, μακρᾶς νομῆς π., = longae possessionis praescriptio, Mitteis Chr. 374 (iii A. D.); χρονία π. Just. Nov. 30.7 Intr.; also, = exceptio, ib. 94.1.

III brief summary, before passing on

Rhet., brief summary of one subject before passing on to another, Sch. Il. 16.1, Eust. 107.46.

IV limit

limit, τοῦ βίου Phld. Mort. 39; παραγραφαῖς ὁρίζειν τὰς ἐπιμελείας Id. Oec. p.75 J.

V trenching round

(γράφω 1.1) trenching round vines, POxy. 1631.11 (iii A. D.), 1692.14 (ii A. D.).

In the wild

παραγραφήν · paragraphēn Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
παραγραφὴν · paragraphēn Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 2 (DIORISIS sentence 2)
παραγραφὴν · paragraphēn Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 35 (DIORISIS sentence 106)
παραγραφὰς · paragraphas Demosthenes, Against Lacritus 1 (DIORISIS sentence 2)
παραγραφὴν · paragraphēn Demosthenes, Against Lacritus 45 (DIORISIS sentence 132)
παραγραφαί · paragraphai Demosthenes, Against Midias 84 (DIORISIS sentence 250)

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