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Headword: *)ekmarturei=n
Adler number: epsilon,494
Translated headword: to bear witness
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
They describe as 'bearing witness' speaking [sc. in an Athenian court] of what one has not seen for oneself but heard others speaking of. Written ekmartyria is read out [in court] when someone is dead or is abroad.
Greek Original:
*)ekmarturei=n fasi to\ le/gein, ou)x a(/per au)to\s ei)=den, a)ll' a(/per e(te/rwn h)/kouse lego/ntwn. e)kmarturi/a de\ gegramme/nh a)naginw/sketai, o(/tan tis h)=| teleuth/sas h)\ h)=| u(pero/rios.
Notes:
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, post-Suda, at Etymologicum Magnum 324.3.
See also epsilon 495, epsilon 496.
Keywords: definition; law
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 May 2003@07:32:51.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (set status) on 6 June 2003@06:08:49.
David Whitehead (added x-ref; cosmetics) on 6 June 2003@06:27:42.
David Whitehead on 6 August 2012@08:56:07.
David Whitehead on 27 August 2015@03:07:41.
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