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ὁ τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς πατὴρ i.e. Deinias, father of the Theomnestus who speaks the first 15 §§ of Or. 59 κατὰ Νεαίρας, when Apollodorus takes up the speech. Apollodorus, besides being brother-in-law to Theomnestus by marrying the sister of the latter, gave his own daughter in marriage to him (Or. 59 § 2). ἀνεψιαδοῦς Hesych. ἀνεψιαδοῦς: ἐκ τοῦ ἀνεψιοῦ γεγονὼς, ἢ τἢς ἀνεψιᾶς, second cousins. The form of the word follows the analogy of λυκιδεὺς, κυναδεὺς, ἀδελφιδοῦς, θυγατριδοῦς, ἀλωπεκιδεὺς, the terminations in -ιδεὺς, -ιδέος, -αδεὺς, -αδέος (οῦς) being a kind of patronymic form. P.] See Dict. Ant. s. v. Heres. πολλοὶ πεποιήκασι κ.τ.λ. Instances of such generosity are given in the passages quoted from Dem. in the note on § 35, supra, where instead of ἐπιδοῦναι προῖκα the rather less common phrase προσθεῖναι προῖκα is used. τὰ τῆς συγγεν εἰας ἀναγκαῖα ‘The strong ties of kindred.’ Cf. necessitudo. Fals. Leg. § 290 ὑπὲρ συγγενῶν καὶ ἀναγκαίων. Cf. Or. 36 § 30 ἀνάγκη̣ ..οἰκεῖον.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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