δημηγορία

demegoria

deliberative speaking

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 3
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502c12
502d2
503a6
Phaedrus 3
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261d3
261e1
261b5
Apology 1
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36b8
Theaetetus 1
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162d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

δημηγορία, ἡ, A. deliberative speaking, opp. forensic (δικανική), Arist. Rh. 1354b28. 2. speech in the public assembly, Aeschin. 2.243, Jul. Or. 2.75b(pl.). 3. position of a public speaker, Pl. Ap. 36b(pl.). II. esp. popular oratory, claptrap, Id. Tht. 162d.

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