ἐπαγωγός
τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν → what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful
English (LSJ)
όν,
A bringing on, μανίας A.Fr.57.5 (anap.); ἡδονῆς Gorg.Hel.10; ὕπνου Pl.Ti.45d; κίνησις ἐ. ὁράσεως Ph.2.359. II attractive, alluring, τὰ ἐπαγωγότατα λέγειν Hdt.3.53, cf.Th.4.88; ἀκούσαντες . . ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ οὐκ ἀληθῆ, of ex-parte statements, Id.6.8, cf. 5.85; ὀνόματος ἐπαγωγοῦ δυνάμει ἐπισπάσασθαι ib. 111; ἐ. πρός τι X.Oec.13.9; λόγοι ἐ. D.59.70; of dainty dishes, ὄψον . . ἐ. πάνυ Antiph.242: Sup., δελέατα καὶ φίλτρα -ότατα Ph.1.396: c. gen., ἐ. ἡδονῇ τῶν ἀκροωμένων D.H.Isoc.3; τοῦ δήμου Plu.Publ.2; also ἔμφασιν κάλλους ἐπαγωγὸν εἶναι τοῦ ἔρωτος Chrysipp.Stoic.3.181; ἐπαγωγόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is a temptation to... X.Mem.2.5.5; τὸ ἐ. seductiveness, Pl.Phlb.44c: neut. as Adv., ἐπαγωγὸν μειδιᾶν Luc. DMeretr.1.2, 6.3. Adv. -γῶς Poll.4.24: Sup. -ότατα Paus.9.12.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 894] herbeiführend; μανίας Aesch. frg. 51; ὕπνου Plat. Tim. 45 d; verlockend, verführend, γοήτευμα Phil. 44 c; τὰ ἐπαγωγότατα λέγειν Her. 3, 53; λόγοι Dem. 59, 70; καὶ οὐκ ἀληθῆ Thuc. 6, 8 u. öfter; ἐπαγωγόν ἐστιν, c. int., es ist einladend, Xen. Mem. 2, 55; von Speisen, Antiphan. bei Ath. I, 28 f; μειδιᾶν ἡδὺ καὶ ἐπαγωγόν Luc. D. Her. 6, öfter, wie a. Sp.; πρός τι, Xen. Oec. 13, 9; εἴς τι, Paus. 9, 12, 4; Ἰσοκράτης ἐπ. τῶν ἀκροωμένων D. Hal. de Isocr. 3.
