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practised in, master of, πολέμου Pl. R. 543b; τῶν καλῶν ἔργων D. 25.97; βδελυρίας Theopomp. Hist.217; τῶν ἔργων (sc. τῶν πολεμικῶν) Arist. Pol. 1321a26; τῆς ἀληθινῆς λέξεως D.H. Dem. 18; πάσης ἀρετῆς D.S. 9.1; οἵους ἡ γῆ τοὺς ἑαυτῆς ἀ. ἀποτελεῖ Philostr. Im. 2.24.
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dignified, D.H. Dem. 18, al.; ῥυθμός Comp. 13: Comp., Isoc. 3. Adv. -κῶς, κατεσκευάσθη Dem. 43; λέγειν Hermog. Id. 2.6.
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grip, in wrestling, etc., ἁφὴν ἐνδιδόναι αὑτοῦ Plu. Util. 2.86f: metaph., τοῖς ἀφληταῖς τῆς λέξεως ἰσχυρὰς τὰς ἁ. προσεῖναι δεῖ καὶ ἀφύκτους τὰς λαβάς D.H. Dem. 18; ἁφὰς ἔχει καὶ τόνους ἰσχυρούς Id. Lys. 13; ἁ. εἶχεν ἡ συνδιαίτησις ἄφυκτον, of Cleopatra, Plu. Ant. 27.
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τῆς οἰκονομίας πολλὴν ποιεῖσθαι δ. lay great stress on an arrangement, D.H. Dem. 51; οὐ τοσαύτην ποιούμενοι τῆς ἡδονῆς δ. ὅσην τῆς ἀληθείας ib. 18.
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suited for forensic oratory or debate, λόγος, πνεῦμα, λέξις, D.H. Is. 20, Th. 23, Dem. 18, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 193; vehement, κίνησις D.S. 18.67; πάθος Longin. 22.1.
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turgid, μηδὲν ἔχειν κ. D.H. Dem. 18.
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handle, occasion, μὴ μεθῇς τὸν ἄνδρʼ, ἐπειδή σοι λ. δέδωκεν Ar. Eq. 841; λ. γὰρ ἐνδέδωκας ib. 847, cf. Lys. 671, D. Prooem. 2; ὡς ἅπαξ παρέδωκεν λ. Ar. Nu. 551; ὥσπερ παλαιστὴς τὴν αὐτὴν λ. πάρεχε Pl. R. 544b; ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν οἷον λ. ἀποδίδωσιν Id. Lg. 682e; λ. παραδιδόναι εἰς ἔλεγχον Plu. Cic. 20; εἰλημμένος ἣν προσήκει λ. ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας Id. Profect. 2.78b; εἰλήμμεθα λαβὴν ἄφυκτον Nicoch. 3 D.: so in pl., τὰς ὁμοίας . . λ. λαβεῖν A. Ch. 498; εἰς τὰς ὁμοίας λ. ἐλήλυθας Pl. Phdr. 236b; τὰ μαθήματα φαίη τις ἂν λαβὰς εἶναι φιλοσοφίας Xenocr. ap. Plu. Virt.mor. 2.452d, cf. D.L. 4.10; ἐν λαβαῖς εἶναι or γενέσθαι to be at grips, of wrestlers, Plu. Eum. 7, 2.979a; εἰς λαβὰς ἥκειν Id. Luc. 3; of an orator, ἀφύκτους [δεῖ εἶναι] τὰς λ. D.H. Dem. 18, cf. 20; λαβὰς ἀντιλογίας διδόναι opportunities for refutation, Id. Rh. 8.15; also in friendly sense, φιλικαὶ λ. Plu. QConv. 2.660b.
make pathetic, τὰ μὴ ἔχοντα πάθος Corn. Rh. p.388 H.; fill with emotion, τοὺς ἀκροωμένους D.H. Dem. 18, cf. 20, Th. 23:— Med., aor. ἐπαθηνάμην Luc. Am. 29; speak with passionate gestures, σύ μοι χολὴν κινεῖς παθαινομένη Men. Epit. 587, cf. D.H. 3.73, D.C. 51.12; of an orator, D.H. Lys. 9, Plu. Virt.mor. 2.447f, Luc. l.c.; of a dancer, AP 5.128 ( Autom.); of a musician, Plu. QConv. 2.713a:— Pass., to be subject to passion or emotionally affected, π. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν Porph. Abst. 1.42, cf. Sent. 29, Procl. Inst. 209.
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σ. ὀνόματα weld words together into unities, Pl. Cra. 409c, 415d, 416b; of style, λέξις συγκεκροτημένη pithy, terse, D.H. Dem. 18, Isoc. 2, etc.
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terseness, concentration, D.H. Dem. 18, Th. 53, Demetr. Eloc. 8; ἐν συστροφῇ concisely, PMag.Lond. 46.25.