ἔπαλξις

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τοῖς οἰκείοις συκοφαντίαν δέδωκεν → has given to his friends an opportunity for chicane, has offered to his friends the right of vindictive prosecution

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Full diacritics: ἔπαλξις Medium diacritics: ἔπαλξις Low diacritics: έπαλξις Capitals: ΕΠΑΛΞΙΣ
Transliteration A: épalxis Transliteration B: epalxis Transliteration C: epalksis Beta Code: e)/palcis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (ἐπαλέξω)

   A means of defence: mostly in pl., battlements, Il.12.263, Hdt.9.7, A.Th.30,158 (lyr.), E.Ph.1158, etc.; τὰς ἐ. ἀπώσαντες Th.3.23; αἱ οἰκίαι . . ἐπάλξεις λαμβάνουσι Id.4.69, cf. 115.    b in sg., mostly, line of battlements, parapet, Il.12.381,al. (never in Od.); οἱ παρ' ἔπαλξιν the defenders of the wall, Th.2.13, cf. 7.28, Ar.Ach.72: pl., of individual crenellations, Th.3.21.    2 generally, defence, protection, πλούτου A.Ag.381 (lyr.); σωτηρίας E.Or.1203, etc.    3 court for trial of homicide, EM353.26, AB243.

German (Pape)

[Seite 898] ἡ, die Schutzwehr (ἐπαλέξω), bes. Brustwehr, Zinnen auf den Mauern, hinter denen sich die Bürger vertheidigen, Il. 12, 263. 381 u. öfter; Her. 9, 7 u. Folgde; auch an anderen Häusern, ἀπ' οἰκιῶν ἐπάλξεις ἐχουσῶν Thuc. 4, 115, vgl. 3, 22. – Uebertr., Schutz, Beistand, πλούτου Aesch. Ag. 371; σωτηρίας Eur. Or. 1203. – Nach E. M. und B. A. 243 ein Gerichtshof in Athen.