ἐπαγωγή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A bringing on or to, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Th.5.82,7.24.    2 bringing in to one's aid, introduction, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐ. Id.3.100, cf. 82 (pl.); introduction of food through the gullet, Arist.Spir.483a9.    3 invasion, attack, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους Plb.10.23.7: abs., Id.11.15.7.    4 allurement, enticement, ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς ἐ. D.19.322.    b incantation, spell, in pl., Pl.R.364c, Lg.933d; Ἑκάτης φάσκων ἐπαγωγὴν γεγονέναι saying that Hecate had put it under a spell, Thphr.Char.16.7.    5 process of reasoning, Aristox.Harm.pp.4,53M.    b esp. in the Logic of Aristotle, argument by induction (cf. ἐπάγω 1.10b), ἐ. ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ' ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔφοδος Top.105a13; μανθάνομεν ἢ ἐπαγωγῇ ἢ ἀποδείξει APo.81a40; διδασκαλία . . ἡ μὲν δι' ἐπαγωγῆς ἡ δὲ συλλογισμῷ EN1139b27; ἔστι τὸ μὲν παράδειγμα ἐ., τὸ δ' ἐνθύμημα συλλογισμός Rh.1356b3; so later συλλογισμοὺς ἢ ἐπαγωγὰς περαίνοντας Polystr.p.11 W., cf. Plot.2.4.6, etc.; also of dialectical argument which leads an opponent into a trap, Gell.6(7).3.34, D.L.3.53.    6 in Tactics, sequence formation, one wing following the other, opp. παραγωγή, Ascl.Tact.10.1,11.2,4.    7 leading away into captivity, captivity, LXX Is.14.17: generally, distress, misery, ib.Si.23.14 (pl.), cf. Hsch.    8 ἡ τῆς τριχὸς ἐ. direction of growth, D.S.3.35.