- καθόλου
- καθόλου, Adv.A on the whole, in general, = καθ' ὅλου (as it shd. perh. be written), Epist.Philipp. ap. D.18.77; κ. γράφειν, opp. κατὰ μέρος, Plb.3.32.8;
κ. εἰπεῖν Arist.Top.156a13
, Plu.2.397c, etc.; οἱ κ. λόγοι general statements, opp. οἱ ἐπὶ μέρους, Arist.EN1107a30 (but in Roman times, accounts kept by the central government, = Lat. summae rationes, OGI715.3 ([place name] Alexandria), D.C.79.21, etc.); τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι κ. μᾶλλον too general, Arist.Pol.1265a31, cf. GA748a8; ἡ τῶν κ. πραγμάτων σύνταξις general history, Plb.1.4.2; τὸ κ. D.S.1.77, Plu. 2.569f; τὸ κ. τῆς μοχθηρίας, opp. τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ib.468e; οὐδ' οὗτος ἀποφαίνει κ. τὸ καταλειφθέν the whole amount left, D.27.43; ἐν τῷ κ. in general, speaking generally, Ath.1.30e, Arr.Epict.1.8.8, al.2 in the Logic of Arist., of terms, τὸ κ. general, opp. τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον (singular),λέγω δὲ κ. μὲν ὃ ἐπὶ πλειόνων πέφυκε κατηγορεῖσθαι, καθ' ἕκαστον δὲ ὃ μή Int.17a39
, cf. Metaph.1023b29; opp. τὸ κατὰ μέρος, Rh.1357b1, al.; hence, τὰ κ. universal truths,ἡ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ κ., ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕ. λέγει Po.1451b7
; = γνῶμαι, ib.1450b12; esp. commensurate predicate,ὃ ἂν κατὰ παντός τε ὑπάρχῃ καὶ καθ' αὑτὸ καὶ ᾗ αὐτό APo.73b26
; as Adj., of propositions, λόγος κ. a universal statement, opp. ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος (particular), ἀδιόριστος (infinite), APr.24a17 sq.; of inference, ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις universal proof, opp. κατὰ μέρος, APo.85a13; hence, as predicate, κ. εἰσὶν [αἱ ἀρχαί] Metaph.1003a7; as Adv., κ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ κ. Int.17b5, al.3 completely, entirely, Plb.1.20.2; οὐδὲ κ. μακρὸν πλοῖον no warships at all, ib.13, cf. LXXDa.3.50, al.;μηδὲ τέχνην εἶναι τὸ κ. τοῦ πείθειν Phld.Rh.1.327S.
(Writtenκατὰ ὅλου Pl.Men.77a
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