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πρὸς γένους δόξαν Sc. βλέπων. ἀναίνει Here, and at end of §, ‘disdain,’ ‘scorn,’ ‘disown,’ ‘turn up your nose at’ in family pride. Harpocr. ἀναίνεσθαι κοινῶς μὲν τὸ ἀρνεῖσθαι, ἰδίως δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν κατὰ τοὺς γάμους... λέγεται. Δημ. ἐν τῇ ὑπὲρ Φορμίωνος παραγραφῇ. In prose the word is rare and is found only with an accusative of the object, except in Isaeus 2 § 27 ἀναινέται εἰ ἐγὼ ἔσομαι ὑὸς Μενεκλέους (where see Wyse's note). κηδεστὴν in general a relation by marriage, here used of the stepfather. σὲ ταῦτα λέγειν Notice the emphatic pronoun.
Select Private Orations of Demosthenes, Part II. J. E. Sandys, Litt. D., and F. A. Paley, M.A., LL.D. 1910. Cambridge University Press.
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