τοπικός

A. of or for place, in respect to place, ὕλη τ., = κατὰ τόπον κινητή, Arist. Metaph. 1042b6. Adv. ‐κῶς Peripl.M.Rubr. 5, al., Plu. 2.424e.

2. local, φυλαί D.H. 4.14; ἄνεμοι Antyll. ap. Orib. 9.9.1; τ. δυναστεία local influence, PRyl, 114.16 (iii A. D.); τ. βία PFlor. 58.8 (iii A. D.); of local make, ἀγγεῖον TAM 2.437 (Patara). Adv. ‐κῶς in the local dialect, opp. συνήθως, Sch.Th. Oxy. 853 xiii 3.

3. of medicines and medical treatment or ailments, to be applied locally, topical, Sor. 2.15, Gal. 12.383; τ. συγκίνησις Sor. 1.46 (τροπ‐ cod.); τ. ἕλκος, πόνος, Id. 2.36, Fract. 15; τ. διάθεσις Gal. 16.710. Adv. ‐κῶς Ruf. Anat. 30, Sor. 1.102.

4. τ. ἐπίρρημα adverb of place, D.T. 641.32, A.D. Conj. 243.29.

II. concerning τόποι or common-places, Arist. Rh. 1396b21; he wrote a treatise τὰ τοπικά, being (as he says) the method or theory of drawing conclusions ἐξ ἐνδόξων; τ. ἀντίθεσις Hermog. Stat. 6; ‐ώτεροι λόγοι Id. Id. 2.11. Adv. ‐κῶς Id. Stat. 3,12.