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οἱ μέντοι νόμοι κ.τ.λ. Cf. Or. 32 (Zenoth.) § 1 οἱ νόμοι κελεύουσιν. τὰς δίκας εἶναι τοῖς ναυκλήροις καὶ τοῖς ἐμπόροις τῶν Ἀθήναζε καὶ τῶν Ἀθήνηθεν συμβολαίων, καὶ περὶ ὧν ἂν ὦσι συγγραφαί: ἂν δέ τις παρὰ ταῦτα δικάζηται, μὴ εἰσαγώγιμον εἶναι τὴν δίκην. S.] ἀμφισβητῇ ‘should contend (raise the question, urge the point) on the other side that he has done all that the contract required.’ οὐ κατηγορεῖν See on § 1, ἐν τῷ μέρει. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ κ.τ.λ. ‘Not but that I hope’—lit. ‘I do not however (dwell on this point, viz. what is the true ground of a παραγραφή), but I hope,’ &c. Translate: ‘Still I hope to show from the facts of the case itself that this suit of mine is one that can be tried. And now observe well what is admitted by the defendants themselves, and what is denied; for by these means you will best investigate the truth of my charges.’ [οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ here introduces an argument a fortiori. The speaker has already said that the demurrer is bad in law. He now says; ‘nay, but (granting that they have in law a right to put in a special plea, yet even so) I hope to show that the action may still be brought, their allegation being false in fact. I will prove from the facts of the case that, supposing their plea to be admissible, it cannot help them. It is indeed worse than inadmissible, it is false if admitted.’ F. H. Baynes.]
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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