δημηγορ-έω,
practise speaking in the assembly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 956, etc.; πρὸ τοῦ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ δ. ἐμέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.60; δ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.45; δ. πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 817c; ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 83: with _accusative_ _cognate_, δ. καὶ συνηγορεῖν λόγους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.15; δ. λόγον παρά τισι [prev. author] 23.110 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ δεδημηγορημένα public speeches, [[ [prev. author] 19.9. ] Refs]
__II especially make popular speeches, use clap-trap, ταῦτα δημηγορεῖς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482c: _absolutely_, [prev. work] 503b, “Tht.” 162d, “R.” 350e; τῶν δημηγοριῶν ὧν δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.202 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. πρὸς χάριν, πρὸς ἡδονήν, [[ [prev. author] 3.3, 4.38, compare 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]