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|Definition=Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">on the whole, in general</b>, = [[καθ' ὅλου]] (as it shd. perh. be written), Epist.Philipp. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.77</span>; <b class="b3">κ. γράφειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ μέρος</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.32.8</span>; κ. εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>156a13</span>, Plu.2.397c, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ κ. λόγοι</b> <b class="b2">general</b> statements, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ μέρους</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1107a30</span> (but in Roman times, accounts <b class="b2">kept by the central government</b>, = Lat. <b class="b2">summae rationes</b>, <span class="title">OGI</span>715.3 (Alexandria), <span class="bibl">D.C.79.21</span>, etc.); <b class="b3">τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι κ. μᾶλλον</b> too <b class="b2">general</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1265a31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>748a8</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν κ. πραγμάτων σύνταξις</b> <b class="b2">general</b> history, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.4.2</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.1.77</span>, Plu. 2.569f; <b class="b3">τὸ κ. τῆς μοχθηρίας</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς</b>, ib.468e; <b class="b3">οὐδ' οὗτος ἀποφαίνει κ. τὸ καταλειφθέν</b> the <b class="b2">whole</b> amount left, <span class="bibl">D.27.43</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ κ</b>. <b class="b2">in general, speaking generally</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.1.30e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.8.8</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in the Logic of Arist., of terms, <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. <b class="b2">general</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον</b> (singular), λέγω δὲ κ. μὲν ὃ ἐπὶ πλειόνων πέφυκε κατηγορεῖσθαι, καθ' ἕκαστον δὲ ὃ μή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Int.</span>17a39</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1023b29</span>; opp. <b class="b3">τὸ κατὰ μέρος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1357b1</span>, al.; hence, <b class="b3">τὰ κ</b>. <b class="b2">universal</b> truths, ἡ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ κ., ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕ. λέγει <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span>1451b7</span>; = [[γνῶμαι]], ib.<span class="bibl">1450b12</span>; esp. <b class="b2">commensurate</b> predicate, ὃ ἂν κατὰ παντός τε ὑπάρχῃ καὶ καθ' αὑτὸ καὶ ᾗ αὐτό <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APo.</span>73b26</span>; as Adj., of propositions, <b class="b3">λόγος κ</b>. a <b class="b2">universal</b> statement, opp. <b class="b3">ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος</b> (particular), <b class="b3">ἀδιόριστος</b> (infinite), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>24a17</span> sq.; of inference, <b class="b3">ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις</b> <b class="b2">universal</b> proof, opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ μέρος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APo.</span>85a13</span>; hence, as predicate, <b class="b3">κ. εἰσὶν</b> [<b class="b3">αἱ ἀρχαί</b>] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1003a7</span>; as Adv., <b class="b3">κ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ κ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Int.</span>17b5</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">completely, entirely</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.20.2</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲ κ. μακρὸν πλοῖον</b> no warships <b class="b2">at all</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Da.</span>3.50</span>, al.; μηδὲ τέχνην εἶναι τὸ κ. τοῦ πείθειν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.327S. (Written κατὰ ὅλου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>77a</span>.)</span>

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