μέθοδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (μετά, ὁδός) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">following after, pursuit</b>, νύμφης μέθοδον ποιεῖσθαι Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. [[ζεῦγος ἡμιονικόν]] (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>409.35</span>):—hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">pursuit of knowledge, investigation</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>218d</span>, <span class="bibl">235c</span>, al.; <b class="b3">μ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> to pursue one's <b class="b2">inquiry</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">243d</span>; ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1289a26</span>: hence, <b class="b2">treatise</b>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>451</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>270c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1129a6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1252a18</span>, etc.; ἡ διαλεκτικὴ μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>533c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1358a4</span>; joined with <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span> 1094a1</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.32 S.; <b class="b3">μ. ἔχειν</b> to have a <b class="b2">plan</b> or <b class="b2">system</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>101a29</span>; ἡ περὶ τὸν πίνακα μ. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ πάντα κινεῖσθαι μ</b>. the <b class="b2">doctrine</b> of motion, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>183c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">'methodic' medicine</b>, ἰητὴρ μεθόδου . . προστάτα <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>306 (Smyrna), cf. Julian. ap.Gal.18(1).256. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">means</b>, <b class="b3">τῆς εὑρέσεως, τοῦ κατορθοῦν, τοῦ ἀνεπαχθῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπαινεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Meth.</span>2</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span>,<span class="bibl">25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">means of recognizing</b>, τῶν στάσεων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Stat.</span>1</span>,<span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">mode of treating</b> the subject-matter, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">trick, ruse</b>, Plu.2.176a: pl., Vett. Val.242.11; μ. ἐρωτικαί <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.1.17</span>; <b class="b2">stratagem</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span> 13.18</span>.</span>