# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 4.237

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/4.237

Περὶ δὲ τὴν λέξιν γίνεται τὸ ξηρόν, ὅταν πρᾶγμα μέγα σμικροῖς ὀνόμασιν ἀπαγγέλλῃ, οἷον ὡς ὁ Γαδαρεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐν Σαλαμῖνι ναυμαχίας φησί· καὶ τοῦ Φαλάριδος τοῦ τυράννου ἔφη τις, ἄττα γὰρ ὁ Φάλαρις ἠνώχλει τοῖς Ἀκραγαντίνοις. ναυμαχίαν γὰρ τοσαύτην καὶ τυράννων ὠμότητα οὐχὶ τῷ ἄττα ὀνόματι οὐδὲ τῷ ἠνώχλει ἐχρῆν λέγειν, ἀλλ’ ἐν μεγάλοις καὶ πρέπουσιν τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ πράγματι.

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Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, ed. William Rhys Roberts. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0613.tlg001.local001/.