argument

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

dispute: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, ἔρις, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, P. ἀμφισβήτησις, ἡ; see quarrel.

arguments, reasonings: P. and V. ἐνθυμήματα, τά.

case put forward: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ.

plot, story: P. σύστασις, ἡ (Aristotle).

let us see whether Nicias thinks he is making a point, and whether he is not speaking thus for the sake of argument: P. ὁρῶμεν μὴ Νικιας οἴεταί τι λέγειν καὶ οὐ λόγου ἕνεκα ταῦτα λέγει (Plato, Laches, 196C).

Dutch > Greek

πειθώ, πίστις