ἀπαγωγή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A leading away, of troops, X.An.7.6.5; dragging away, rape, γυναικῶν Luc.Phal.1.3 (pl.).    b leading into captivity, LXX Is.10.4, al.    c separation, withdrawal, σώματος (from the soul), Plot.4.4.19.    II payment, κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀ. subjected them to payment of tribute, Hdt.1.6.27, 2.182.    III as Att. lawterm,    1 a summary process by which a person caught in the act (ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳ) might be arrested by any citizen and brought before the magistrates, Antipho 5.9, And.1.88, Lys. 13.85f, D.24.113; ἀπαγωγῆς ἄξια Hyp.Eux.16.    2 written complaint handed in to the magistrates, ἀπάγειν τὴν ἀ. lay such accusation, Lys.13.86; παραδέχεσθαι ἀ., of the Eleven, admit it, ibid.    IV in Logic, shifting of the basis of argument: hence of argument based on a probable or agreed assumption, Arist.APr.69a20, cf. Anon.in SE65.35; reduction, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἀ. reductio per impossibile, APr. 29b6; ἡ ἀ. μετάβασίς ἐστιν ἀπ' ἄλλου προβλήματος ἢ θεωρήματος ἐπ' ἄλλο, οὗ γνωσθέντος ἢ πορισθέντος καὶ τὸ προκείμενον ἔσται καταφανές Procl. in Euc.p.212F.; τῶν ἀπορουμένων διαγραμμάτων τὴν ἀ. ποιήσασθαι ib. p.213F.    b reduction of a disputant (cf. ἀπάγω v. 1c), ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄδηλον ἀ. S.E.P.2.234.