ἀπόδοσις
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (ἀποδίδωμι)
A giving back, restitution, return, τῶν ἵππων Hdt.4.9; τῶν χωρίων Th.5.35, Pl.R.332b; dist. from δόσις, Arist. Pr.950a37. 2 payment, IG.1.32A5, etc.; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ μισθοῦ Th.8.85; φόρου Luc.VH1.36: generally, giving, Pl.Lg.807d; rendering, i.e. performance, ἔργου Dam.Pr. 64. 3 assignment, attribution, Plot.5.1.6. II rendering by way of definition, Arist.Cat.7a8, Top.108b9, al.; definition, S.E.P.3.242, etc. 2 in a sentence, clause answering to the πρότασις, διὰ μακροῦ τὰς ἀ. λαμβάνειν D.H.Th.52,al.; cf. ἀποδίδωμι 11.2. 3 Gramm., interpretation, explanation, A.D.Synt.155.25, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib.48.70.5: generally, account, explanation, Epicur.Ep.2p.41U. (pl.), Simp.in Ph.614.13; but ψιλὴ ἀ. bare statement, Theodor. ap. Corn.Rh.p.363H. III (from Med.) sale, Poll.3.124.
German (Pape)
[Seite 301] ἡ, das Wiedergeben, καὶ λῆψις Plat. Rep. I, 332 b; ὁμήρων Pol. 10, 34; bes. Zurückzahlen. Uebh. das Darreichen, Geben, πόνων καὶ τροφῆς Plat. Legg. VII, 807 d; Erklärung, Arist. top. 1, 5; Sp. auch Erzählung; der Nachsatz, im Ggstz von πρότασις, Gramm.
