δημηγορέω

demegoreo

practise speaking in the assembly

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 6
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29

1358b10
Book II 4
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1384b32

Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18

1393b23

Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1399a23
1399a25
Book III 1
Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39

1418a21
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34

1284a16

Dictionary (LSJ)

δημηγορέω, A. 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. 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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