# περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην 40

Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, Section 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demosthenes/text-3/40

καὶ μὴν οὐδʼ ὅπως οὐκ ἀντιδώσει τῷ Λεύκωνί τις, ἂν βούληται, δύναμαι σκοπούμενος εὑρεῖν. χρήματα μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἀεὶ παρʼ ὑμῖν αὐτοῦ, κατὰ δὲ τὸν νόμον τοῦτον, ἐάν τις ἐπʼ αὔτʼ ἔλθῃ, ἢ στερήσεται τούτων ἢ λῃτουργεῖν ἀναγκασθήσεται. ἔστι δʼ οὐ τὸ τῆς δαπάνης μέγιστον ἐκείνῳ, ἀλλʼ ὅτι τὴν δωρειὰν ὑμᾶς αὐτὸν ἀφῃρῆσθαι νομιεῖ.

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Demosthenes, περὶ τῆς Ἀτελείας πρὸς Λεπτίνην, ed. Samuel Henry Butcher. 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/tlg0014.tlg020.local001/.