στοχασμός

A. guessing, μελέτης ς. the power of guessing which comes from practice. Pl. Phlb. 56a; στοχασμῷ λαμβάνων, ς. πινομένη, 'quantum sufficit', Dsc. 1.48, Eup. 2.21; τὸν ς. ἀεὶ καὶ μᾶλλον ἐξακριβοῦν Gal. 6.129; as a technical term in Rhet., Phld. Rh. 1.167S., al.; esp. use of circumstantial evidence, Hermog. Stat. 2,3.

2. regard for, τινος Plu. 2.981b; τοῦ πρέποντος ib.616b; attention to, τῶν εἰρημένων ἀστέρων Ph. 1.28.

II. fixing of a hunting-net, Poll. 5.36.