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δείγματι A place where samples of goods (δείγματα) were shown. See Boeckh, Publ. Ec. p. 58 Lewis. Or. 50 § 24 παραλαβὼν Δεινίαν τὸν κηδεστὴν τὸν ἐμὸν προσέρχεται αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ δείγματι. Ar. Equit. 979 ἐν τῷ δείγματι τῶν δικῶν. Hesych. δεῖγμα τόπος ἐν Ἀθήναις οὕτως καλούμενος. [Harpocrat. τόπος τις ἐν τῷ Ἀθήνησιν ἐμπορίῳ. Leake's Athens I 382. S.] ἐπιμελεῖσθαι ‘To do all in their power.’ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ‘They said that this was the very thing (just what) they were trying to manage’; they only asked for time to carry it out. F. H. Baynes.] ἐπεσκοποῦμεν ‘We kept our eyes upon them.’ πεντηκοστεύονται ‘Are paying duty on.’ Before the goods were landed, they had to pay 2 per cent. (Or. 34 § 7), and thus by the entries made in the books (ἀπογραφαὶ) all imports and exports could be known.
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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