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Med., with pf. Pass. ( Aeschin. 1.154, D. 45.45), as law-term, put in as an ἀντιγραφή, plead against, τι περί τινος Is. 11.17, cf. D. 48.31; also ἀ. τινί, c. inf., plead against another that such is the case, Lys. 23.5, D. 44.39:—also, bring a counter-accusation, Poll. 8.58, cf. Aeschin. 1.119, 154; later in Act., plead in answer to a charge, -γράψαι ὡς οὐκ ἔπραξεν D.S. 1.75.
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over-wise, over-curious, περισσὸς καὶ φρονῶν μέγα E. Hipp. 445, cf. Ba. 429 (lyr.); ὁ πολυπράγμων καὶ π. Plb. 9.1.4; τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα θεραπείαν ἀκριβὴς καὶ π. Plu. Cic. 8; so, of speakers, π. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Δημοσθένης Aeschin. 1.119.
of or for harlots, εἶδος LXX Pr. 7.10, cf. AP 12.7 ( Strat.); of planetary influences, Vett.Val. 17.31; π. τέλος the tax paid by brothel-keepers, Aeschin. 1.119; οἱ π. libertines, Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.166.
one must apply, τὸν νοῦν ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς Pl. Men. 96d, cf. Isoc. Ep. 2.17: abs., one must attend, τινι to a thing, Pl. Demod. 384e; λόγοις Aeschin. 1.119, cf. Plb. 1.64.2; Σοφοκλεῖ Plu. Phoc. 1; one must notice, πῶς . . Iamb. in Nic. p.69 P.
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π. τέλη let out the taxes, Aeschin. 1.119; μέταλλα Arist. Ath. 47.2; ὠνάς SIG 284.28 ( Erythrae, iv B.C.).
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dues exacted by the state, Ar. V. 658 (pl.), Pl. R. 425d (pl.); ἀγορᾶς τ. a market- toll, Ar. Ach. 896; πορνικὸν τ. Aeschin. 1.119; τ. πρίασθαι, πωλεῖν, farm a tax or let it, D. 24.144, Aeschin. l.c.; ἐκλέγειν. πράττειν, levy it, D. l.c., Alex. 263.3, Aeschin. 3.113; τελεῖν pay a tax or duty, Pl. Lg. 847b; εἰ τὰ τ. τελεῖ, ποῖον τ. τελεῖ, questions put to candidates at Athens, Din. 2.17, Arist. Ath. 7.4; τέλη κατατίθησιν Antipho 5.77; καταβαλεῖν And. 1.93; freq. in Inscrr., IG 1(2).46.12, al., SIG 135.14 ( Olynthus, iv B.C.), al., and Papyri, τὸ ὡρισμένον τῆς αἰτήσεως τ., etc., POxy. 1473.30 (iii A.D.), cf. PCair.Zen. 240.7 (iii B.C.), etc.: metaph., τέλη λύειν, v. λύω V.2.
farmer or collector of tolls, customs, or taxes, Ar. Eq. 248 (troch.), Aeschin. 1.119, Herod. 6.64, PCair.Zen. 31.20 (iii B.C.), UPZ 113.8 (ii B.C.), Aristocl. ap. Eus. PE 15.2, etc.: freq. with a sense of reproach, πάντες τελῶναι, πάντες εἰσὶν ἅρπαγες, of the Oropians, Xeno 1; ἐφʼ οἷς ἂν καὶ τελώνης σεμνυνθείη βάναυσος Plb. 12.13.9, cf. Gal. 8.587, 9.804; = Lat. publicanus, Ev.Matt. 5.46, al.; πορνοβοσκοὶ καὶ τ. Asp. in EN 102.21.