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logographos, pl. logographoi · Lit. “speech-writer”: specifically, a professional writer of speeches for litigants to deliver in court. It has recently been argued that the logographos did not normally write the speech so much as help the litigant to prepare it, but this view is contested.
Greek: λογογράφος, λογογράφοι.
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