ἀπό-δοσις, εως, ἡ,
(ἀποδίδωμι) giving back, restitution, return, τῶν ἵππων[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.9; τῶν χωρίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 332b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; distinct from δόσις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 950a37. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 payment, IG.1.32 A 5, etc.; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ μισθοῦ[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.85; φόρου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.36] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, giving, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 807d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rendering, i.e. performance, ἔργου[[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 64. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__3 assignment, attribution, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.6. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II rendering by way of definition, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 7a8, “Top.” 108b9, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; definition, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.242, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 in a sentence, clause answering to the πρότασις, διὰ μακροῦ τὰς ἀ. λαμβάνειν[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 52, +others; compare ἀποδίδωμι 11.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 Grammars, interpretation, explanation, [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 155.25, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.70.5] Refs 1st c.AD+]: generally, account, explanation, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.41U. (_plural_), 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 614.13] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ψιλὴ ἀ. bare statement, Theodor. cited in [[ 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “Rh.” p.363H. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]