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λόγον καὶ συκοφ.] i.e. empty talk and baseless misrepresentation. For λόγος, ‘mere talk,’ cf. Or. 20 § 101 εἰ δὲ ταῦτα λόγους καὶ φλυαρίας εἶναι φήσεις, ἐκεῖνό γ᾽ οὐ λόγος, 8 § 13 λόγοι καὶ προφάσεις, 10 § 101 λόγους καὶ φλυαρίας. Similarly λόγοι in 30 § 34 and λόγος in 20 § 92. ἐπιδεῖξαι Plaintiff is challenged to prove his statements, not to rest content with vague calumny. διαλογισάμενος See § 23. ἐγκλημάτων ἃ ἔγνω Claims which were the subject of the award (γνῶσις) of Deinias, ‘ἃ ἔγνω, quae disceptavit.’ G. H. Schaefer. Cf. § 17 init. δεικνύναι sc. κελεύετε, ‘tell him to try if he can show,’ &c. To be distinguished from ἐπιδεῖξαι just above.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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