showing forth, making
ἀπόδειξις, Ion.
-δεξις, εως,ἡ, (ἀποδείκνυμι)
A. showing forth, making
known, exhibiting,
δι' ἀπειροσύνην . . κοὐκ ἀπόδειξιν τῶν ὑπὸ γαίας
E. Hipp. 196
.
2. setting forth, publication,
Ἠροδότου . . ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις
Hdt.
Prooem.; ἀρχῆς ἀ. an exposition, sketchof it, Th. 1.97 ; ἀ. περὶ τὸν πολιτικόν
Pl. Plt. 277a
; περί τινος
R. 358b
.
3. proof,
βουλομένοισί σφι γένοιτ' ἂν ἀ.
Hdt. 8.101
; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι
Lys. 12.19
, etc.; esp. by words, ἀποδείξεις εὑρίσκειν τινός
Isoc. 10.3
; ἀ. λέγειν
Pl. Tht. 162e
; -ξεις φέρειν
Plb. 12.5.5
;χρῆσθαί τινι ἀποδείξει τινόςuse itas a proofof a thing, Plu. 2.160a : in pl.,proofs,orarguments in proofof, τινός
D. 18.300
, cf. Pl. Phd. 73a ; λέγειν τι ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ περιέσεσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ
Th. 2.13
; ἄνευ ἀποδείξεως
Pl. Phd. 92d
; μετ' ἀ.
Plb. 3.1.3
, al.;ἀ. λαμβάνειν . . τῶν μανθανόντων testthem by examination, etc., Plu. 2.736d ; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἐφήβων
IG 2.470.40
; ἀ. τέχνης specimen,
Dionys.Com. 3.4
; ἀ. αὑτοῖς δοῦναί τινος
Plu. 2.79f
, etc.;citation,
ποιητῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις
SIG 685.93
(Crete,ii B. C.).
b. in the Logic of Arist. ,demonstration,i. e.deductive proof by syllogism,
AP 0.71b17 , al., cf. Epicur. Ep. 1p.25U. , Stoic. 2.89 ; opp. inductive proof (ἐπαγωγή), Arist. AP 0.81a40 :—sts. in a loose sense, ἀ. ῥητορικὴ ἐνθύμημα
Id. Rh. 1355a6
.
4. appointment,
θεωρῶν
SIG 402.29
(Delph.,iii B. C.).
II. (from Med. )ἀ. ἔργων μεγάλων display, achievementof mighty works, Hdt. 1.207 , cf. 2.101 , 148 .
