bringing on
ἐπαγωγ-ή,ἡ,
A. bringing onorto,
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.);introductionof 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 γεγονέναιsaying that Hecate had put it under aspell,
Thphr. Char. 16.7 .
5. process of reasoning,
Aristox. Harm. pp.4,53 M.
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
EN 1139b27
; ἔστι τὸ μὲν παράδειγμα ἐ., τὸ δ' ἐνθύμημα συλλογισμός
Rh. 1356b3
; so laterσυλλογισμοὺς ἢ ἐπαγωγὰς περαίνονταςPolystr. p.11 W., cf. Plot. 2.4.6 , etc.; also ofdialectical argumentwhich 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.
8.
ἡ τῆς τριχὸς ἐ. direction of growth,
D.S. 3.35
.
