στοιχείωσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A teaching, ἀρετῆς Hierocl. in CA11p.445M.; elementary exposition, τῶν ὅλων δοξῶν Epicur.Ep.1p.4U.; αἱ δώδεκα σ., a work by Epicurus, Id.Fr.56; ἡ ἠθικὴ σ., work by Eudromus, Stoic.3.268; σ. καθολικαί Phld.Rh.1.104 S.; τὰ ἁπλᾶ πρὸς στοιχείωσίν ἐστιν ἐπιτήδεια elementary teaching, Simp. in Cat.13.29.    2 doctrine of the elements, Gal.7.678, 15.175, 19.356.