ἐνδόσιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[serving as a prelude]], ᾆσμα <span class="bibl">Artem.2.66</span>; <b class="b3">ψαλμὸς ἐ. τῇ ᾠδῇ</b>, Suid.: but usu. neut. <b class="b3">ἐνδόσιμον, τό</b> (<b class="b3">τὸ πρὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς κιθάρισμα</b>, Hsch.); [[that which gives the key to the tune]], in music, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1414b24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>399a19</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.210</span>: metaph., [[key-note]] of a speech, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1415a7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1339a13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 186</span>: generally, [[signal]] for a race, <span class="bibl">Hld.4.3</span>; [[[πρόβατα]]] πρὸς τὰ ἐ. τῆς σύριγγος ποιμαινόμενα <span class="bibl">Id.5.14</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">τὸ τοῦ καιροῦ καὶ τῆς ὥρας ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.4.16</span>; τοῦ φιλοσοφεῖν ἐ. ἔδωκαν <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Acad.Ind.</span>p.5M.</span>; ὥσπερ ἐ. ἕξει πρός τι Plu.2.73b; τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὸ ἐ. παρεσχηκότος <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Sent.</span> 32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>30</span> (also ἐ. παρασχέσθαι <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>415</span>); λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Alex.</span>19</span>; μέχρις ἂν τὸ ἐ. τῆς διαλύσεως σημήνῃ <span class="bibl">M.Ant.11.20</span>; ἐ. τοῖς στρατιώταις ἔργῳ διδούς <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.6.10</span> (so prob. as Adj., [[[σιτία]]] <b class="b3">ἐ. τῇ πέψει</b> [[giving the signal]] for digestion, Plu.2.131c). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[yielding]], <b class="b3">τὸ ἐ. καὶ πειθήνιον</b> ib.442c, cf. <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Hld.9.4</span>; of arguments, [[easily refuted]], κατηγόρησεν ἐνδόσιμα <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>241</span>; ἐνδόσιμα προτείνειν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>8.15</span>.</span>