ἐπαγωγ-ή, ἡ,
bringing on or to, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.82, 7.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 bringing in to one's aid, introduction, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐ. [[ [prev. author] 3.100, compare 82 (_plural_)] Refs]; introduction of food through the gullet, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Spiritu” 483a9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 invasion, attack, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.23.7: _absolutely_, [prev. author] 11.15.7. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 allurement, enticement, ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς ἐ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.322. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4.b incantation, spell, in plural, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364c, “Lg.” 933d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἑκάτης φάσκων ἐπαγωγὴν γεγονέναι saying that Hecate had put it under a spell, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 16.7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 process of reasoning, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” pp.4,53 M. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5.b especially in the Logic of Aristotle, argument by induction [[compare (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 ] Refs]; so later συλλογισμοὺς ἢ ἐπαγωγὰς περαίνοντας Polystr.p.11 W.,[[compare 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.4.6, etc.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; also of dialectical argument which leads an opponent into a trap, [[ 2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 6(7).3.34, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.53. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]