Note 198 — BOOK XXXII
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
ποιοῦντος τὴν διαγραφὴν seems a banker’s term for “paying,” i.e. by striking off or cancelling a debt entered against a man. The only other instance of such a use seems to be Dionys. Hal. 5, 28.