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οὐ μὰ Δἴ, ἀλλ᾽ ἀσθενεῖ is the reply of a second imaginary Athenian. Each is seeking an excuse for putting off action. τὶ πάθῃ, euphemistically for ἀποθάνῃ, as commonly. οὐδὲ ... οὖτος , ‘not the present Philip either’ (any more than his possible successor). παρά, in a causal sense, ‘by reason of’ (vulgarly ‘along of’), as in Dem. 18. 232 παρὰ τοῦτο γέγονεν τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων.
Demosthenes: Philippics I, II, III with Introduction and Notes. Gilbert A. Davies, M.A. 1949. Cambridge University Press.
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