πότερον: sc. some alternative question like ἢ μή (or ἢ ἀεὶ) ταὐτὰ λέγεις, since the sent. ἢ ... ἀποκρίνῃ is a new question, not opposed to the first. οἷον: velut, for example. πόσα καὶ ποῖα Σωκράτους ἐστίν: how many and what letters are in (the word) Socrates. Cf. Oec. viii. 14. περὶ ἀριθμῶν τοῖς ἐρωτῶσιν: for the position of the art., see on τὴν σοφίαν τοὺς πωλοῦντας i. 6. 13. περὶ μέν, περὶ μέντοι: correlative. ὥσπερ, καί: with omission of οὕτω, as in ii. 2. 2.
Xenophon: Memorabilia. Josiah Renick Smith. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1903.
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