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1. εἶτα σοφίζεται, then he puts on airs of wisdom, or becomes very subtle, with the same sarcasm as in σοφοῦ παραδείγματος, § 228.2. 2. ἀμελῆσαι, disregard: Aeschines (III. 60) says, μήτ᾽ ἀπογνώτω μηδὲν μήτε καταγνώτω πρὶν ἀκούσῃ. 3. περιεῖναι χρήματά τῳ, that one has a balance in his favour.—λογίζησθε: cf. Aesch. III. 59, καθεζώμεθα ἐπὶ τοὺς λογισμούς.—ἂν καθαιρῶσιν... περιῇ, if the counters are decisive and there is no balance remaining. With most recent editors, I follow Σ.1 and read καθαιρῶσιν, the common text having καθαραὶ ὦσιν, which was referred to the counters being cleared off from the abacus (ἄβαξ or ἀβάκιον): cf. § 231.3. This was a reckoningboard, on which counters (originally ψῆφοι, pebbles) represented units, tens, etc., according to their position. See the article Abacus in Smith's Dict. of Ant. Aeschines says (59), ἐπινεύσας ἀληθὲς εἶναι ὅ τι ἂν αὐτὸς ὁ λογισμὸς αἱρῇ, whatever the account proves (cf. αἱρεῖν τινα κλέπτοντα), and there is a strong presumption that Demosthenes uses a similar expression in his reply. Köchly quotes Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. VII. 36, ὅ τι δ᾽ ἂν αἱ πλείους ψῆφοι καθαιρῶσι, τοῦτο ποιεῖν (and again, slightly changed, in 39): here the meaning determine is beyond question. 5. προσθέσθαι, acquiesce in: cf. προσθεμένην, § 203.5. 7. ᾖ πεπραγμένον: see § 178.15, and note on § 178.10.
Demosthenes de Corona. William Watson Goodwin. 1904. Cambridge University Press.
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