ἀπόδειξις
apodeixis
showing forth, making
Appears 350 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀπόδειξις, Ion. -δεξις, εως, ἡ, (ἀποδείκνυμι) A. showing forth, making known, exhibiting, διʼ ἀπειροσύνην . . κοὐκ ἀπόδειξιν τῶν ὑπὸ γαίας Hipp. 196. 2. setting forth, publication, Ἠροδότου . . ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις Prooem.; ἀρχῆς ἀ. an exposition, sketch of it, 1.97; ἀ. περὶ τὸν πολιτικόν Plt. 277a; περί τινος R. 358b. 3. proof, βουλομένοισί σφι γένοιτʼ ἂν ἀ. 8.101; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι 12.19, etc.; esp. by words, ἀποδείξεις εὑρίσκειν τινός 10.3; ἀ. λέγειν Tht. 162e; -ξεις φέρειν 12.5.5; χρῆσθαί τινι ἀποδείξει τινός use it as a proof of a thing, 2.160a: in pl., proofs, or arguments in proof of, τινός 18.300, cf. Phd. 73a; λέγειν τι ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ περιέσεσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ 2.13; ἄνευ ἀποδείξεως Phd. 92d; μετʼ ἀ. 3.1.3, al.; ἀ. λαμβάνειν . . τῶν μανθανόντων test them by examination, etc., 2.736d; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἐφήβων IG 2.470.40; ἀ. τέχνης specimen, 3.4; ἀ. αὑτοῖς δοῦναί τινος 2.79f, etc.; citation, ποιητῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις SIG 685.93 (Crete, ii B. C.). b. in the Logic of , demonstration, i.e. deductive proof by syllogism, APo. 71b17, al., cf. Ep. 1p.25U., Stoic. 2.89; opp. inductive proof (ἐπαγωγή), APo. 81a40 :—sts. in a loose sense, ἀ. ῥητορικὴ ἐνθύμημα Rh. 1355a6. 4. appointment, θεωρῶν SIG 402.29 (Delph., iii B. C.). II. (from Med.) ἀ. ἔργων μεγάλων display, achievement of mighty works, 1.207, cf. 2.101,148.
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