ἐπιχείρησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[an attempt upon]], [[attack]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.11</span>(pl.), <span class="bibl">4.130</span> ; ἡ ἐ. τινος ἐπί τινας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>12.1</span> cod. D ; <b class="b3">τὴν ἐ. μὴ συντάχυνε</b> the [[attempt]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.71</span> ; ἐκφέρειν τὴν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.8.132</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος</b> [[attempt]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span> ; <b class="b3">ἡ ὑμετέρα ἐ</b>. the [[attempt]] upon you, ib.<span class="bibl">33</span> ; ἡ ἐ. τοῦ σῶσαι Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.115b, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span> 631a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[dialectical reasoning]] (cf. [[ἐπιχείρημα]] II), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>111b16</span>, al.; τὴν ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι κατὰ τὸν εἰκότα λόγον <span class="bibl">Plb.12.7.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span> 29</span> (pl.), D.H.<span class="title">Amm.</span>1.8, Plu.2.698a, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.192</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">τὰ ἐφ' ἑκάτερα τὴν ἐ. δεχόμενα</b> things capable of proof or disproof, <span class="bibl">Hermog. <span class="title">Prog.</span>5</span>.</span>