ἐπαγωγός

English (LSJ)

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   A bringing on, μανίας A.Fr.57.5 (anap.); ἡδονῆς Gorg.Hel.10; ὕπνου Pl.Ti.45d; κίνησις ἐ. ὁράσεως Ph.2.359.    II attractive, alluring, τὰ ἐπαγωγότατα λέγειν Hdt.3.53, cf.Th.4.88; ἀκούσαντες . . ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ οὐκ ἀληθῆ, of ex-parte statements, Id.6.8, cf. 5.85; ὀνόματος ἐπαγωγοῦ δυνάμει ἐπισπάσασθαι ib. 111; ἐ. πρός τι X.Oec.13.9; λόγοι ἐ. D.59.70; of dainty dishes, ὄψον . . ἐ. πάνυ Antiph.242: Sup., δελέατα καὶ φίλτρα -ότατα Ph.1.396: c. gen., ἐ. ἡδονῇ τῶν ἀκροωμένων D.H.Isoc.3; τοῦ δήμου Plu.Publ.2; also ἔμφασιν κάλλους ἐπαγωγὸν εἶναι τοῦ ἔρωτος Chrysipp.Stoic.3.181; ἐπαγωγόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is a temptation to... X.Mem.2.5.5; τὸ ἐ. seductiveness, Pl.Phlb.44c: neut. as Adv., ἐπαγωγὸν μειδιᾶν Luc. DMeretr.1.2, 6.3. Adv. -γῶς Poll.4.24: Sup. -ότατα Paus.9.12.5.