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|Definition=ἡ, ([[μετά]], [[ὁδός]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[following after]], [[pursuit]], νύμφης μέθοδον ποιεῖσθαι Anon. ap. Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ζεῦγος ἡμιονικόν]] (''EM''409.35):—hence,<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[pursuit of knowledge]], [[investigation]], Pl.''Sph.''218d, 235c, al.; <b class="b3">μ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> to pursue one's [[inquiry]], ib.243d; ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μ. Arist.''Pol.''1289a26: hence, [[treatise]], Dam.''Pr.''451.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[mode of prosecuting such inquiry]], [[method]], [[system]], Pl.''Phdr.''270c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1129a6, ''Pol.''1252a18, etc.; ἡ διαλεκτικὴ μ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 533c, Arist.''Rh.''1358a4; joined with [[τέχνη]], Id.''EN'' 1094a1, cf. Phld.''Rh.''1.32 S.; <b class="b3">μ. ἔχειν</b> to have a [[plan]] or [[system]], Arist.''Top.''101a29; ἡ περὶ τὸν πίνακα μ. Plu.''Rom.''12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ πάντα κινεῖσθαι μ.</b> the [[doctrine]] of motion, Pl.''Tht.''183c.<br><span class="bld">4</span> '[[methodic' medicine]], ἰητὴρ μεθόδου… προστάτα ''Epigr.Gr.''306 (Smyrna), cf. Julian. ap.Gal.18(1).256.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Rhet., [[means]], <b class="b3">τῆς εὑρέσεως, τοῦ κατορθοῦν, τοῦ ἀνεπαχθῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπαινεῖν</b>, Hermog.''Meth.''2,22,25.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[means of recognizing]], τῶν στάσεων Id.''Stat.''1,2.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[mode of treating]] the subject-matter, Id.''Id.''1.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[trick]], [[ruse]], Plu.2.176a: pl., Vett. Val.242.11; μ. ἐρωτικαί Aristaenet.1.17; [[stratagem]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ma.'' 13.18.