ἀπόδειξις,
Ionic dialect -δεξις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποδείκνυμι) showing forth, making known, exhibiting, δι᾽ ἀπειροσύνην.. κοὐκ ἀπόδειξιν τῶν ὑπὸ γαίας[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 196. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 setting forth, publication, Ἠροδότου.. ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]Prooem.; ἀρχῆς ἀ. an exposition, sketch of it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97; ἀ. περὶ τὸν πολιτικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277a; περί τινος “R.” 358b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 proof, βουλομένοισί σφι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.101; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.19, etc.; especially by words, ἀποδείξεις εὑρίσκειν τινός 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.3; ἀ. λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 162e; -ξεις φέρειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.5.5] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρῆσθαί τινι ἀποδείξει τινός use it as a proof of a thing, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.160a] Refs 1st c.AD+]: in plural, proofs, or arguments in proof of, τινός[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.300, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 73a; λέγειν τι ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ περιέσεσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13; ἄνευ ἀποδείξεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 92d; μετ᾽ ἀ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.1.3, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. λαμβάνειν.. τῶν μανθανόντων test them by examination, etc., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.736d; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἐφήβων “IG” 2.470.40; ἀ. τέχνης ] Refs 1st c.AD+]specimen, [[ 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 3.4; ἀ. αὑτοῖς δοῦναί τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.79f, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; citation, ποιητῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις[[ “SIG” 685.93 (Crete, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]