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αὐταῖς . . . ἐστίν: cf. below in e ἡ διὰ λόγου τὸ κῦρος ἔχουσα.
οὐχ ὅτι: not but that, although. τῷ ῥήματι: as far as actual words are concerned; “but you could not have earnestly meant it.”
ὑπολάβοι ἄν τις: regular formula for introducing an objection; cf. Apol. 20 c. The opt. is potential.— δυσχεραίνειν: in the proper sense of δυσχερής, treat harshly, i.e. to make difficulties. Cf. 483 a κακουργεῖς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις. Remark the delicate irony of the words ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ κτἑ., which consists in this, that Socrates apparently passes very gently over the contradiction which exists between the words and the actual meaning of the teacher of oratory.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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