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Headword:
*)ekfulloforei=n
Adler number: epsilon,721
Translated headword: to leaf out
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Those who had held a certain public office, if they were examined by the council and caught out [sc. in wrongdoing], the councillors used to write their names on olive leaves and place [sc. the leaves] inside the jars. And at the same time the proof about them was also written on the leaves.
Greek Original:*)ekfulloforei=n: oi( a)rxh/n tina a)/rcantes, a)\n eu)quno/menoi u(po\ th=s boulh=s a(lw=sin, e)n fu/llois e)lai/as ta\ o)no/mata au)tw=n e)ne/grafon oi( bouleutai/, kai\ kaqia=sin ei)s tou\s e)xi/nous. a(/ma te h( peri\ au)tw=n pi/stis prosenegra/feto toi=s fu/llois.
Note:
The main substantive flaw of this generally feeble entry is a failure to realize (and convey) the fact that ekphyllophoria was a procedure for internal discipline WITHIN the classical Athenian Council. See further under
epsilon 722.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 31 October 2000@08:14:13.
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