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1 Plead
v. trans.Urge in excuse: P. προφασίζεσθαι (also absol. in Ar.), P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.), προβάλλειν (mid. also in P.), προὔχεσθαι, προΐστασθαι (Eur., Cycl. 319), V. προτείνειν.Plead one's cause: Ar. and P. δικάζεσθαι.Make a defence: P. and V. ἀπολογεῖσθαι (Eur., Bacch. 41).Plead guilty: use confess.Beg off: P. and V. ἐξαιτεῖσθαι (acc.).Be advocate for: P. and V. συνηγορεῖν (dat.), συνδικεῖν (dat.). ὑπερδικεῖν (gen.) (Plat.), P. συναγορεύειν (dat.), συνειπεῖν (dat.).Mind how you plead for this man's acquittal: V. πῶς γὰρ τὸ φεύγειν τοῦδʼ ὑπερδικεῖς ὅρα (Æsch., Eum. 652).Plead with: see Entreat.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Plead
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2 Unskilled
adj.You are unskilled in speaking: Ar. ἀδύνατος εἶ λέγειν (Ar., Nub. 1077).I am unskilled to plead a cause before the multitude: V. ἐγὼ δʼ ἄκομψος εἰς ὄχλον δοῦναι λόγον (Eur., Hipp. 986).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Unskilled
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3 Before
prep.Of place: P. and V. πρό (gen.), πρόσθεν (gen.), ἐπίπροσθεν (gen.), Ar. and P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.), V. πάρος (gen.), πάροιθε (gen.), πάροιθεν (gen.), πρόσθε (gen.).Of time: P. and V. πρό (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.), V. πρόσθεν (gen.) (also Xen. but rare P.), πρόσθε (gen.), πάρος (gen.), πάροιθεν (gen.), πάροιθε (gen.).Of preference or superiority: P. and V. πρό (gen.), ἐπίπροσθεν (gen.), V. πάρος (gen.), πρόσθε (gen.), πάροιθεν (gen.), πάροιθε (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.).In the presence of: P. and V. ἐναντίον (gen.), V. ἀντίον (gen.).Appear before (a judge, etc.): P. and V. εἰσέρχεσθαι εἰς or πρός (acc.).(Speak, plead) before: P. and V. ἐν (dat.).Leochares is the cause of my speaking before you: P. αἴτιος μέν ἐστι Λεωχαρὴς τοῦ... ἐμὲ λέγειν ἐν ὑμῖν (Dem. 1080).The citizens will become beller with this as an example before them: P. τούτῳ παραδείγματι χρώμενοι βελτίους ἔσονται οἱ πολῖται (Lys. 140).The day before: P. τῇ προτεραίᾳ (gen. or absol.).On the day before the trial: P..τῇ προτεραίᾳ τῆς δίκης (Plat., Phaedo, 58A).——————adv.Of place: P. and V. πρόσθεν, ἐπίπροσθεν, P. ἔμπροσθεν.Of time: P. and V. πρόσθεν, πρίν, τὸ πρίν, πρὸ τοῦ, πρότερον, P. ἔμπροσθεν, Ar. and V. πάρος, V. πάροιθεν τὸν πρὸ τοῦ χρόνον.Already: P. and V. ἤδη.——————conj.The day before he set sail: P. τῇ προτεραίᾳ ἢ ἀνήγετο (Lys. 153).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Before
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