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Headword: *ai)ki/as
Adler number: alphaiota,169
Translated headword: assault, battery
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It is a kind of private lawsuit [sc. in classical Athens] which could be brought as the result of [suffering] blows. Its punishment was not defined in the laws; rather, the plaintiff specified in writing what punishment he thought the crime deserved, and the jurors adjudicated [sc. between that and the proposal of the defendant].
Greek Original:
*ai)ki/as: ei)=dos di/khs e)sti\n i)diwtikh=s e)pi\ plhgai=s lagxanome/nhs, h(=s to\ ti/mhma e)n toi=s no/mois ou)k e)/stin w(risme/non, a)ll' o( me\n kath/goros ti/mhma e)pigra/fetai o(po/sou dokei= a)/cion ei)=nai to\ a)di/khma, oi( de\ dikastai\ e)pikri/nousin.
Notes:
From Harpokration s.v., precisely followed; and cf. in part Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.488.26.
The headword is genitive case, as is customary in such entries.
cf. generally alphaiota 167, alphaiota 168 (and alphaiota 170).
Reference:
S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 102
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; law
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 October 2000@09:23:12.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, note) on 4 September 2002@20:17:44.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 5 September 2002@03:14:47.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 6 July 2011@06:50:10.
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