δημηγορέω

demegoreo

practise speaking in the assembly

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 3
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482c5
519d5
503b8
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
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817c4
Protagoras 1
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336b3
Republic 1
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Book I 1
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350e1
Theaetetus 1
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162d6

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.

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