Gorgias of Leontini, Defense of Palamedes

Ὑπέρ Παλαμήδους ἀπολογία

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βίας ὑμεῖς. ἀποκτεῖναι μὲν γάρ με δυνήσεσθε βουλόμενοι ῥᾳδίως· κρατεῖτε γὰρ καὶ τούτων, ὧν οὐδὲν ἐγὼ τυγχάνω κρατῶν.

Number in parentheses is frequency per 10k in this work.

ἀποκτείνω to kill, slay (12.00)

βία bodily strength, force, power, might (4.00)

βούλομαι to will, wish, be willing (47.98)

γάρ for (235.91)

δέ but (231.91)

δίκη (custom, usage) justice, lawsuit, penalty (19.99)

δισσός two-fold, double (12.00)

δύναμαι to be able, capable, strong enough (31.99)

ἐγώ I (first person pronoun) (167.93)

εἰμί to be (203.92)

καί and, also (271.89)

κρατέω to be strong, mighty, powerful (12.00)

μέν on the one hand, on the other hand (167.93)

ὁ the (931.63)

ὅλος whole, entire, complete in all its parts (4.00)

ὅς who, that, which: relative pronoun (175.93)

ὅς2 [possessive pronoun] (43.98)

οὐδείς not one, nobody (47.98)

οὗτος this; that (163.93)

ῥᾴδιος easy, ready, easy to make (12.00)

σύ you (personal pronoun) (127.95)

τυγχάνω (with gen.) to hit the mark, to get; (with pple) to happen to, to actually (12.00)