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λογόγρα^φ-ος , ,
A.prose-writer, opp. poet (v. λόγος v), Arist.Rh. 1388b22, D.H.Comp.16.1: applied to the early Greek historians from Cadmus of Miletus to Hdt. by Th.1.21; cf. “λογοποιός1: generally, historian, Plb.7.7.1; coupled with συγγραφεύς, D.H.1.73.
II. professional speech-writer, Alex.124.19, Aeschin.1.94; as a term of reproach, “διὰ πάσης τῆς λοιδορίας ἐκάλει λογογράφονPl.Phdr.257c, cf. Din.1.111, D.19.246, Aeschin.3.173, Hyp.Ath.3: but without such implication, “Χαιρήμων ἀκριβὴς ὥσπερ λ.Arist.Rh.1413b13.
III. accountant, POxy.2115 (iv A. D.), etc.
IV. recorder in a court, PAmh.2.82.3 (iii/iv A. D.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 94
    • Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon, 173
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 246
    • Hyperides, Against Demosthenes, 3
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 257c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.21
    • Polybius, Histories, 7.7.1
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 1.73
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