καθόλου: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[on the whole]], [[in general]], = [[καθ' ὅλου]] (as it shd. perh. be written), Epist.Philipp. ap. D.18.77; καθόλου [[γράφειν]], opp. [[κατὰ μέρος]], Plb.3.32.8; καθόλου [[εἰπεῖν]] Arist.Top.156a13, Plu.2.397c, etc.; [[οἱ καθόλου λόγοι]] [[general]] statements, opp. [[οἱ ἐπὶ μέρους]], Arist.EN1107a30 (but in Roman times, [[account]]s kept by the [[central]] [[government]], = Lat. [[summae rationes]], OGI715.3 (Alexandria), D.C.79.21, etc.); [[τοῦτο]] γάρ ἐστι καθόλου [[μᾶλλον]] = [[too]] [[general]], Arist.Pol.1265a31, cf. GA748a8; ἡ τῶν καθόλου πραγμάτων [[σύνταξις]] = [[general]] [[history]], Plb.1.4.2; [[τὸ καθόλου]] D.S.1.77, Plu. 2.569f; τὸ καθόλου τῆς [[μοχθηρία]]ς, opp. [[τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς]], ib.468e; οὐδ' οὗτος ἀποφαίνει καθόλου τὸ [[καταλειφθέν]] the [[whole]] [[amount]] [[left]], D.27.43; [[ἐν τῷ καθόλου]] = [[in general]], [[speaking]] [[generally]], Ath.1.30e, Arr.Epict.1.8.8, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in the Logic of Arist., of terms, [[τὸ καθόλου]] [[general]], opp. [[τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον]] ([[singular]]), λέγω δὲ καθόλου μὲν ὃ ἐπὶ πλειόνων πέφυκε κατηγορεῖσθαι, καθ' ἕκαστον δὲ ὃ μή Int.17a39, cf. Metaph.1023b29; opp. [[τὸ κατὰ μέρος]], Rh.1357b1, al.; hence, [[τὰ καθόλου]] = [[universal]] [[truth]]s, ἡ μὲν γὰρ [[ποίησις]] [[μᾶλλον]] τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' [[ἱστορία]] τὰ [[καθ' ἕκαστον]] λέγει = [[poetry]] [[tend]]s to [[give]] [[general]] [[truth]]s while [[history]] gives [[particular]] [[fact]]s Po.1451b7; = [[γνῶμαι]], ib.1450b12; esp. [[commensurate]] [[predicate]], ὃ ἂν κατὰ παντός τε ὑπάρχῃ καὶ καθ' αὑτὸ καὶ ᾗ αὐτό APo.73b26; as Adj., of [[proposition]]s, [[λόγος]] [[καθόλου]] a [[universal]] [[statement]], opp. [[ἐν μέρει]], [[κατὰ μέρος]] (particular), [[ἀδιόριστος]] (infinite), APr.24a17 sq.; of inference, [[ἡ καθόλου ἀπόδειξις]] [[universal]] proof, opp. [[κατὰ μέρος]], APo.85a13; hence, as [[predicate]], [[καθόλου]] εἰσὶν [αἱ ἀρχαί] Metaph.1003a7; as Adv., [[καθόλου]] [[ἀποφαίνεσθαι]] ἐπὶ τοῦ [[καθόλου]] Int.17b5, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[completely]], [[entirely]], Plb.1.20.2; οὐδὲ καθόλου μακρὸν [[πλοῖον]] = no [[warship]]s [[at all]], ib.13, cf. LXXDa.3.50, al.; μηδὲ [[τέχνη]]ν εἶναι τὸ καθόλου τοῦ [[πείθειν]] Phld.Rh.1.327S. (Written κατὰ ὅλου Pl.Men.77a.)