particle
From LSJ
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
piece cut off: P. τμῆμα, τό.
had he had a particle of evidence for the charges he trumped up against me: P. εἴ γ' εἶχε στιγμὴν ἢ σκιὰν τούτων ὧν κατεσκεύαζε κατ' ἐμοῦ (Dem. 552).
