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εἰς τοῦθ᾽ ἥκεις μανίας Cf. § 46 εἰς τοῦθ᾽ ἥκεις ἀγνωμοσύνης. Madvig Gk Syntax, § 50 ad fin. 27 § 24; 33 § 19; 40 §§ 28, 49, 58; 56 § 3. μηδέν᾽ ὑπόλογον εἶναι Lit. ‘should not be taken into account against him,’ ‘should not detract from his credit.’ A metaphor from book-keeping, appropriate in a speech on bankingstock. Lys. 28. 13 οὐδὲ ἀδίκως τούτοις φημὶ ἂν εἶναι ὑπόλογον τὴν ἐκείνου φυγήν, ib. 4 § 18; Plat. Lach. 189 B. [Cf. ὁ παράλογος, ὁ κατάλογος, ὁ μετάμελος, words formed from a primary use of the simple noun governed by the preposition. Translate: ‘Andnowwe, in requiring that, as Phormio has left Pasion's service, it should not be remembered against him that he was once Pasion's property, are in fact speaking in your behalf; while you, in demanding that Phormio shall not be put on the same footing as yourself, are speaking against yourself.’ P.]
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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