ἐπαγωγός

A. bringing on, μανίας A. Fr. 57.5 (anap.); ἡδονῆς Gorg. Hel. 10; ὕπνου Pl. Ti. 45d; κίνησις ἐ. ὁράσεως Ph. 2.359.

II. attractive, alluring, τὰ ἐπαγωγότατα λέγειν Hdt. 3.53, cf.Th. 4.88; ἀκούσαντες . . ἐπαγωγὰ καὶ οὐκ ἀληθῆ, of ex-parte statements, Id. 6.8, cf. 5.85; ὀνόματος ἐπαγωγοῦ δυνάμει ἐπισπάσασθαι ib. 111; ἐ. πρός τι X. Oec. 13.9; λόγοι ἐ. D. 59.70; of dainty dishes, ὄψον . . ἐ. πάνυ Antiph. 242: Sup., δελέατα καὶ φίλτρα ‐ότατα Ph. 1.396: c. gen., ἐ. ἡδονῇ τῶν ἀκροωμένων D.H. Isoc. 3; τοῦ δήμου Plu. Publ. 2; also ἔμφασιν κάλλους ἐπαγωγὸν εἶναι τοῦ ἔρωτος Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.181; ἐπαγωγόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is a temptation to . ., X. Mem. 2.5.5; τὸ ἐ. seductiveness, Pl. Phlb. 44c: neut. as Adv., ἐπαγωγὸν μειδιᾶν Luc. DMeretr. 1.2, 6.3. Adv. ‐γῶς Poll. 4.24: Sup. ‐ότατα Paus. 9.12.5.