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§ 51. Besides, the plaintiff himself has defeated his own purpose by reversing the process he should have adopted; he should have charged the slave with the act direct, and made me indirectly responsible, as his master. But now he has charged me first, and then the slave through me. ἐξῄτει Sup. § 40 ἀξιῶν ὅν φησιν οἰκέτην ταῦτα συνειδέναι, βασανίζεσθαι. τὸν κύριον ‘His owner.’ Very nearly the Latin dominum. Ar. Equit. 969 διώξει Σμικύθην καὶ κύριον. [Meier and Schomann p. 573, note 58 ed. Lipsius.] ὥσπερ κυρίου As if he had any authority of his own, and was not entirely the tool and property of his master, who is responsible for his actions. ‘Who ever commenced an action against the master, and charged the facts against the slave, as if he were his own guardian?’ Kennedy.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part I. F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D., and J. E. Sandys, Litt. D. 1898. Cambridge University Press.
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