εἰσαγγελ-ία,ἡ,
A. information, news,
Plb. 9.9.7 .
2. public announcement,
IG 12(3).325.16 (Thera,ii B.C.).
3. applicationto an authority, PStrassb. 56.25
(iii A.D.).
II. at Athens,state prosecution, impeachment,
Σόλωνος θέντος νόμον εἰσαγγελίας
Arist. Ath. 8.4
, cf. And. 1.43 , Lys. 30.22 , X. HG 1.7.9 , Isoc. 8.130 , etc.; εἰ. δέδωκας ὑπέρ τινος
Hyp. Lyc. 12
;εἰ. ἐδόθη εἰς τὴν βουλὴν ὑπὲρ ἈριστάρχουTest. ap. D. 21.121 ; εἰ. εἰσαγγέλλειν
Arist. Ath. 59.2
.
2. a processbrought before the chief Archon,to punish κάκωσις(q.v.) ormaltreatment of parents by children, of ἐπίκληροι by their husbands,orof wards by their guardians,