- ἐπαγωγή
- ἐπαγωγ-ή, ἡ,A bringing on or to,
τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Th.5.82
,7.24.2 bringing in to one's aid, introduction,τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐ. Id.3.100
, cf. 82 (pl.); introduction of food through the gullet, Arist.Spir.483a9.3 invasion, attack,ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους Plb.10.23.7
: abs., Id.11.15.7.4 allurement, enticement,ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς ἐ. D.19.322
.b incantation, spell, in pl., Pl.R.364c, Lg.933d; Ἑκάτης φάσκων ἐπαγωγὴν γεγονέναι saying that Hecate had put it under a spell, Thphr.Char.16.7.5 process of reasoning, Aristox.Harm.pp.4,53M.b esp. in the Logic of Aristotle, argument by induction (cf.ἐπάγω 1.10b
),ἐ. ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ' ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔφοδος Top.105a13
;μανθάνομεν ἢ ἐπαγωγῇ ἢ ἀποδείξει APo.81a40
;διδασκαλία . . ἡ μὲν δι' ἐπαγωγῆς ἡ δὲ συλλογισμῷ EN1139b27
;ἔστι τὸ μὲν παράδειγμα ἐ., τὸ δ' ἐνθύμημα συλλογισμός Rh.1356b3
; so later συλλογισμοὺς ἢ ἐπαγωγὰς περαίνοντας Polystr.p.11 W., cf. Plot.2.4.6, etc.; also of dialectical argument which leads an opponent into a trap, Gell.6(7).3.34, D.L.3.53.6 in Tactics, sequence formation, one wing following the other, opp. παραγωγή, Ascl.Tact.10.1,11.2,4.7 leading away into captivity, captivity, LXX Is.14.17: generally, distress, misery, ib.Si.23.14 (pl.), cf. Hsch.8ἡ τῆς τριχὸς ἐ.
direction of growth,D.S.
3.35.
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