ἐπάγγελμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A promise, profession, D.19.178 (pl.); τὸ Πρωταγόρου ἐ. Arist.Rh.1402a25, cf. Pl.Prt.319a; ὑπὸ τοῦ μεγέθους τοῦ ἐ. οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν ἀπιστεῖν Id.Euthd.274a: pl., Metrod. ap. Phld. Rh.1.88S.; ἐπαγγέλματι, opp. κατ' ἀλήθειαν, S.E.M.1.182.    2 subject of a treatise, that which it purports to contain, τὸ ἐ. τοῦ λόγου D.H.Dem.33; τὸ ἐ. τοῦ συγγράμματος Ael.Tact.Praef.7.    3 = ἐπαγγελία 7, Crito ap.Gal.13.878, Id. ap. Aët.15.16.    4 art, profession, τὸ ἐ. τῆς ἀοτοποιΐας M.Ant.3.2.