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by Louis L Sorenson » December 3rd, 2012, 10:02 pm
Here is a TLG-e extract of a search for φησι in Lucian's The Ass. There are only a few instances of φησι... here. But if one were to look at historical presents, this is a book which should be included in the analysis...
Pseudo-Lucianus Soph., Asinus (0061: 001)
“Lucian, vol. 8”, Ed. Macleod, M.D.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967.
Section 4, line 12
ὡς δὲ πλησιαίτερον
γίνομαι, προσαγορεύει με ἡ γυνή, καὶ ἀμείβομαι
αὐτῇ ὁμοίως, καὶ φησίν, Ἐγὼ Ἄβροιά εἰμι, εἴ
τινα τῆς σῆς μητρὸς φίλην ἀκούεις, καὶ ὑμᾶς δὲ
τοὺς ἐξ ἐκείνης γενομένους φιλῶ ὥσπερ οὓς ἔτεκον
αὐτή· τί οὖν οὐχὶ παρ' ἐμοὶ καταλύσεις, ὦ τέκνον;
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Pseudo-Lucianus Soph., Asinus
Section 11, line 19
ἡ δὲ Παλαίστρα, Παῦσαι, φησί, προσπαίζων.
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Pseudo-Lucianus Soph., Asinus
Section 22, line 34
Ναί, φησίν, ῥίψωμεν αὐτὸν καθαρισμὸν τοῦ στρατοῦ
ἐσόμενον.
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Pseudo-Lucianus Soph., Asinus
Section 55, line 1
καὶ ὁ ἄρχων, Λέγε, φησίν, ἡμῖν ὄνομα τὸ σὸν
καὶ γονέων τῶν σῶν καὶ συγγενῶν, εἴ τινας φῂς ἔχειν
τῷ γένει προσήκοντας, καὶ πόλιν.
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Pseudo-Lucianus Soph., Asinus
Section 17, line 26
εἶτα ἐμβὰς εἰς τὸν κῆπον θριδάκων μὲν
καὶ ῥαφανίδων καὶ σελίνων, ὅσα ὠμὰ ἐσθίει
ἄνθρωπος, ἐνεπλήσθην, τὰ δὲ ῥόδα ἐκεῖνα οὐκ ἦν
ῥόδα ἀληθινά, τὰ δ' ἦν ἐκ τῆς ἀγρίας δάφνης
φυόμενα· ῥοδοδάφνην αὐτὰ καλοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι,
κακὸν ἄριστον ὄνῳ τοῦτο παντὶ καὶ ἵππῳ· φασὶ
γὰρ τὸν φαγόντα ἀποθνῄσκειν αὐτίκα.
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