What is Demosthenes, 403, 27; 433, 25?

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What is Demosthenes, 403, 27; 433, 25?

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Greetings,

An excerpt of the entry for the word πορνεια from Thayer’s Lexicon for is given in the quote below.
One of the references is given as “Demosthenes, 403, 27; 433, 25.” How do I determine what work and section of the the work this is from?
πορνεία, πορνείας, ἡ (πορνεύω), the Sept. for תַּזְנוּת, זְנוּת, זְנוּנִים, fornication (Vulg. fornicatio (and (Revelation 19:2)prostitutio)); used a. properly, of illicit sexual intercourse in general (Demosthenes, 403, 27; 433, 25): Acts 15:20, 29; Acts 21:25 (that this meaning must be adopted in these passages will surprise no one who has learned from 1 Corinthians 6:12ff how leniently converts from among the heathen regarded this vice and how lightly they indulged in it; accordingly, all other interpretations of the term, such as of marriages within the prohibited degrees and the like, are to be rejected); Romans 1:29 Rec.; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Revelation 9:21; it is distinguished from μοιχεία in Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21; and Galatians 5:19 Rec.; used of adultery ((cf. Hosea 2:2 (4), etc.)), Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9.
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Re: What is Demosthenes, 403, 27; 433, 25?

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Hi David - at the beginning of Thayer's Lexicon is a list of authors which are used in the Lexicon; at the start is a line stating "free use has been made of the lists in the Lexicons of Liddell and Scott..." see here. If we then look at the LSJ lexicon and what they say they've used for Demosthenes works (see here), we can see they've used J. J. Reiske's Greek Orators volumes, of which the volume containing Demosthenes' works is up on archive.org. The first number refers to the page, the 2nd the line.

For 403, 27 (actually 26), see here, and for 433, 25 see here.

To answer "how do I determine"; with a bit of difficulty and some googling :)
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