ἐξωτερικός
ή, όν
A.
external, belonging to the outside, τὰ ἐ. the exterior members, such as hands and feet, Arist. GA 786a26; ἐ. ἀρχή foreign dominion, Id. Pol. 1272b19; ἐ. πράξεις external activities, ib.1325b22; ἐ. ἀγαθά ib.1323b25; οἱ ἐ. persons outside the Pythagorean school, Iamb. VP 32.226.
II.
οἱ ἐ. λόγοι popular arguments or treatises, opp. οἱ κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν, Arist. EE 1217b22, Pol. 1278b31, Metaph. 1076a28, EN 1102a26, al.; ταῦτα ‐κωτέρας σκέψεως Id. Pol. 1254a33; ἐ. λόγοι, opp. ἀκροαματικοί or ἐσωτερικοί (q. v.), Gell. 20.5.2; ἐ. διάλογοι, opp. τὰ ἠθικά, τὰ φυσικὰ ὑπομνήματα, Plu. 2.1115b; cf. ἐσωτερικός.