ἐπαγωγή
ὃς ἂν βούληται τῆν γῆν κινῆσαι κινησάτω τὸ πρῶτον ἑαυτόν → let him that would move the world first move himself
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.
