argument
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
dispute: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, ἔρις, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, P. ἀμφισβήτησις, ἡ; see quarrel.
arguments, reasonings: P. and V. ἐνθυμήματα, τά.
case put forward: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ.
plot, story: P. σύστασις, ἡ (Aristotle).
let us see whether Nicias thinks he is making a point, and whether he is not speaking thus for the sake of argument: P. ὁρῶμεν μὴ Νικιας οἴεταί τι λέγειν καὶ οὐ λόγου ἕνεκα ταῦτα λέγει (Plato, Laches, 196C).
