εἰκοτολογία
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A probability or inference therefrom, Archyt. ap. Stob.1.41.5, Phld.Rh. 1.80 S., Str.13.3.1, Iamb.VP18.86 (pl.), Herm. in Phdr. p.74 A. (pl.), Simp.in Ph.18.30.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἰκοτολογία: ἡ, πιθανολογία, πιθανὴ εἰκασία, Ἀρχύτ. ἐν Στοβ. Ἐκλογ. 1. 724, Στράβων 620.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
conjetura, probabilidadop. ἐπιστήμη ‘conocimiento’ εἰ. καὶ σ[το] χασμός Phld.Rh.2.137Aur., αἰτιολογίαι δὲ καὶ εἰκοτολογίαι Ps.Archyt.Pyth.Hell.37.1, αἱ δὲ προστιθέμεναι εἰκοτολογίαι περὶ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ εἰσὶ Πυθαγορικαί Iambl.VP 82 (= Pythag.C 4.86), καλῶς ὁ Πλάτων τὴν φυσιολογίαν εἰκοτολογίαν ἔλεγεν εἶναι con razón decía Platón que la fisiología era pura hipótesis Simp.in Ph.18.30, cf. Str.13.3.1, Syrian.in Metaph.5.5, Eust.729.20, op. ἀλήθεια Procl.in Ti.1.339.1, op. τὸ ἀνέλεγκτον καὶ ἄπταιστον Procl.in Ti.1.348.26.
