στοιχείωσις

εως, ἡ
A. teaching, ἀρετῆς Hierocl. in CA 11p.445M.; elementary exposition, τῶν ὅλων δοξῶν Epicur. Ep. 1p.4U.; αἱ δώδεκα ς., a work by Epicurus, Id. Fr. 56; ἡ ἠθικὴ ς., work by Eudromus, Stoic. 3.268; ς. καθολικαί Phld. Rh. 1.104 S.; τὰ ἁπλᾶ πρὸς στοιχείωσίν ἐστιν ἐπιτήδεια elementary teaching, Simp. in Cat. 13.29.
2. doctrine of the elements, Gal. 7.678, 15.175, 19.356.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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