ἐπαγωγή
epagoge
bringing on
Appears 24 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπαγωγή, ἡ, A. bringing on or to, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων 5.82,7.24. 2. bringing in to oneʼs aid, introduction, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐ. 3.100, cf. 82 (pl.); introduction of food through the gullet, Spir. 483a9. 3. invasion, attack, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους 10.23.7: abs., 11.15.7. 4. allurement, enticement, ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς ἐ. 19.322. b. incantation, spell, in pl., R. 364c, Lg. 933d; Ἑκάτης φάσκων ἐπαγωγὴν γεγονέναι saying that Hecate had put it under a spell, Char. 16.7. 5. process of reasoning, Harm.pp.4,53M. b. esp. in the Logic of Aristotle, argument by induction (cf. ἐπάγω 1.10b), ἐ. ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔφοδος Top. 105a13; μανθάνομεν ἢ ἐπαγωγῇ ἢ ἀποδείξει APo. 81a40; διδασκαλία . . ἡ μὲν διʼ ἐπαγωγῆς ἡ δὲ συλλογισμῷ EN 1139b27; ἔστι τὸ μὲν παράδειγμα ἐ., τὸ δʼ ἐνθύμημα συλλογισμός Rh. 1356b3; so later συλλογισμοὺς ἢ ἐπαγωγὰς περαίνοντας Polystr.p.11 W., cf. 2.4.6, etc.; also of dialectical argument which leads an opponent into a trap, 6(7).3.34, 3.53. 6. in Tactics, sequence formation, one wing following the other, opp. παραγωγή, Tact. 10.1,11.2,4. 7. leading away into captivity, captivity, Is. 14.17: generally, distress, misery, ib.Si. 23.14 (pl.), cf. 8. ἡ τῆς τριχὸς ἐ. direction of growth, 3.35.
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