ἐνδόσιμος

endosimos

serving as a prelude

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1414b24
1415a8
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

399a19
Politics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1339a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐνδόσιμος, ον, A. serving as a prelude, ᾆσμα Artem. 2.66; ψαλμὸς ἐ. τῇ ᾠδῇ, Suid.: but usu. neut. ἐνδόσιμον, τό (τὸ πρὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς κιθάρισμα, Hsch.); that which gives the key to the tune, in music, Arist. Rh. 1414b24, Mu. 399a19, Hld. 3.2, Ael. NA 11.1, Poll. 1.210: metaph., key-note of a speech, Arist. Rh. 1415a7, Pol. 1339a13, cf. Max.Tyr. 7.7, Jul. Ep. 186: generally, signal for a race, Hld. 4.3; [πρόβατα] πρὸς τὰ ἐ. τῆς σύριγγος ποιμαινόμενα Id. 5.14: metaph., τὸ τοῦ καιροῦ καὶ τῆς ὥρας ἐ. Id. 4.16; τοῦ φιλοσοφεῖν ἐ. ἔδωκαν Phld. Acad.Ind.p.5M.; ὥσπερ ἐ. ἕξει πρός τι Plu. 2.73b; τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὸ ἐ. παρεσχηκότος Porph. Sent. 32, cf. Luc. Symp. 30 (also ἐ. παρασχέσθαι Dam. Pr. 415); λαβεῖν Luc. Alex. 19; μέχρις ἂν τὸ ἐ. τῆς διαλύσεως σημήνῃ M.Ant. 11.20; ἐ. τοῖς στρατιώταις ἔργῳ διδούς Hdn. 3.6.10 (so prob. as Adj., [σιτία] ἐ. τῇ πέψει giving the signal for digestion, Plu. 2.131c). II. yielding, τὸ ἐ. καὶ πειθήνιον ib.442c, cf. Max.Tyr. 1.2, Hld. 9.4; of arguments, easily refuted, κατηγόρησεν ἐνδόσιμα Hyp. Fr. 241; ἐνδόσιμα προτείνειν D.H. Rh. 8.15.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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