στοιχεί-ωσις,εως,ἡ,
A. teaching, ἀρετῆς
Hierocl. in CA 11p.445M.
;elementary exposition, τῶν ὅλων δοξῶν
Epicur. Ep. 1p.4U.
;αἱ δώδεκα ς., a work by Epicurus, Id. Fr. 56 ;ἡ ἠθικὴ ς., work by Eudromus, Stoic. 3.268 ; ς. καθολικαί
Phld. Rh. 1.104
S. ;τὰ ἁπλᾶ πρὸς στοιχείωσίν ἐστιν ἐπιτήδεια elementary teaching, Simp. in Cat. 13.29 .
2. doctrine of the elements, Gal. 7.678 , 15.175 , 19.356 .