εἰσαγγελία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A information, news, Plb.9.9.7.    2 public announcement, IG12(3).325.16 (Thera, ii B.C.).    3 application to an authority, PStrassb.56.25 (iii A.D.).    II at Athens, state prosecution, impeachment, Σόλωνος θέντος νόμον εἰσαγγελίας Arist.Ath.8.4, cf. And.1.43, Lys.30.22, X.HG1.7.9, Isoc.8.130, etc.; εἰ. δέδωκας ὑπέρ τινος Hyp.Lyc.12; εἰ. ἐδόθη εἰς τὴν βουλὴν ὑπὲρ Ἀριστάρχου Test. ap. D.21.121; εἰ. εἰσαγγέλλειν Arist.Ath.59.2.    2 a process brought before the chief Archon, to punish κάκωσις (q.v.) or maltreatment of parents by children, of ἐπίκληροι by their husbands, or of wards by their guardians, Is.3.47.    3 a procedure employed against unfair arbitrators, Harp.