ἐπαγωγή

A. bringing on or to, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Th. 5.82,7.24.

2. bringing in to one's aid, introduction, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐ. Id. 3.100, cf. 82 (pl.); introduction of food through the gullet, Arist. Spir. 483a9.

3. invasion, attack, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐναντίους Plb. 10.23.7: abs., Id. 11.15.7.

4. allurement, enticement, ταῖς ἐλπίσι καὶ ταῖς ἐ. D. 19.322.

b. incantation, spell, in pl., Pl. R. 364c, Lg. 933d; Ἑκάτης φάσκων ἐπαγωγὴν γεγονέναι saying that Hecate had put it under a spell, Thphr. Char. 16.7.

5. process of reasoning, Aristox. Harm. pp.4,53M.

b. esp. in the Logic of Aristotle, argument by induction (cf. ἐπάγω 1.10b), ἐ. ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστον ἐπὶ τὰ καθόλου ἔφοδος Top. 105a13; μανθάνομεν ἢ ἐπαγωγῇ ἢ ἀποδείξει APo. 81a40; διδασκαλία . . ἡ μὲν δῑ ἐπαγωγῆς ἡ δὲ συλλογισμῷ EN 1139b27; ἔστι τὸ μὲν παράδειγμα ἐ., τὸ δ’ ἐνθύμημα συλλογισμός Rh. 1356b3; so later συλλογισμοὺς ἢ ἐπαγωγὰς περαίνοντας Polystr.p.11 W., cf. Plot. 2.4.6, etc.; also of dialectical argument which leads an opponent into a trap, Gell. 6(7).3.34, D.L. 3.53.

6. in Tactics, sequence formation, one wing following the other, opp. παραγωγή, Ascl. Tact. 10.1,11.2,4.

7. leading away into captivity, captivity, LXX Is. 14.17: generally, distress, misery, ib.Si. 23.14 (pl.), cf. Hsch.

8. ἡ τῆς τριχὸς ἐ. direction of growth, D.S. 3.35.