# Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos ΒΩΜΟΛΟΧΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ

Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, Letter b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/harpocration-valerius/lexicon-in-decem-oratores-atticos/%CE%92%CE%A9%CE%9C%CE%9F%CE%9B%CE%9F%CE%A7%CE%95%CE%A5%CE%95%CE%A3%CE%98%CE%91%CE%99

κυρίως ἐλέγοντο βωμολόχοι οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν ὑπὸ τοὺς βωμοὺς καθίζοντες καὶ μετὰ κολακείας προσαιτοῦντες, ἔτι δὲ καὶ οἱ παραλαμβανόμενοι ταῖς θυσίαις αὐληταί τε καὶ μάντεις. Φερεκράτης Τυραννίδι κἄπειθ’ ἵνα μὴ πρὸς τοῖσι βωμοῖς πανταχοῦ ἀεὶ λοχῶντες βωμολόχοι καλώμεθα, ἐποίησεν ὁ Ζεὺς καπνοδόκην μεγάλην πάνυ. ἐκ μεταφορᾶς δὲ τούτων ἐλέγοντο βωμολόχοι εὔκολοί τινες ἄνθρωποι καὶ ταπεινοὶ καὶ πᾶν ὁτιοῦν ὑπομένοντες ἐπὶ κέρδει διὰ τοῦ παίζειν τε καὶ σκώπτειν. Ἀριστοφάνης Γηρυτάδῃ χαριεντίζει καὶ καταπαίζεις ἡμῶν καὶ βωμολοχεύει.

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Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. 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/tlg1389.tlg001.local001/.