μέθοδος
μέθοδ-ος,
ἡ,(
μετά, ὁδός)
A). following after, pursuit,
νύμφης μέθοδον ποιεῖσθαι Anon. ap.
Suid. s.v.
ζεῦγος ἡμιονικόν (
EM 409.35 ):—hence,
2). mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system,
Pl. Phdr. 270c ,
Arist. EN 1129a6 ,
Pol. 1252a18 , etc.;
ἡ διαλεκτικὴ μ. Pl. R. 533c ,
Arist. Rh. 1358a4 ; joined with
τέχνη,
Id. EN 1094a1 , cf.
Phld. Rh. 1.32 S.;
μ. ἔχειν to have a
plan or
system,
Arist. Top. 101a29 ;
ἡ περὶ τὸν πίνακα μ. Plu. Rom. 12 .
3). ἡ τοῦ πάντα κινεῖσθαι μ. the
doctrine of motion,
Pl. Tht. 183c .
4). 'methodic' medicine, ἰητὴρ μεθόδου .. προστάτα Epigr.Gr. 306 (Smyrna), cf. Julian. ap. Gal. 18(1).256 .
5). Rhet.,
means,
τῆς εὑρέσεως, τοῦ κατορθοῦν, τοῦ ἀνεπαχθῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπαινεῖν,
Hermog. Meth. 2 ,
22 ,
25 .
ShortDef
a following after, pursuit
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
μεθοδος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέθοδ-ος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">μετά, ὁδός</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">following after, pursuit</span>, <span class="quote greek">νύμφης μέθοδον ποιεῖσθαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anon.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">ζεῦγος ἡμιονικόν</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:409:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:409.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 409.35 </a>):—hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pursuit of knowledge, investigation</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:218d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:218d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 218d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235c/canonical-url/"> 235c </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ποιεῖσθαι</span> to pursue one\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inquiry</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:243d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:243d/canonical-url/"> 243d </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1289a26 </a> : hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">treatise</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:451" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:451/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 451 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:270c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:270c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 270c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1129a:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1129a.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1129a6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1252a:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1252a.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1252a18 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἡ διαλεκτικὴ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:533c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:533c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 533c </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1358a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1358a.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1358a4 </a>; joined with <span class="foreign greek">τέχνη</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1094a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1094a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1094a1 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.32 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἔχειν</span> to have a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plan</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">system</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:101a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:101a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 101a29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ περὶ τὸν πίνακα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg002:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg002:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rom.</span> 12 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τοῦ πάντα κινεῖσθαι μ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">doctrine</span> of motion, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:183c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:183c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 183c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">\'methodic\' medicine</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἰητὴρ μεθόδου .. προστάτα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 306 </span> (Smyrna), cf. Julian. ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(1).256 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> Rhet., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τῆς εὑρέσεως, τοῦ κατορθοῦν, τοῦ ἀνεπαχθῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐπαινεῖν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Meth.</span> 2 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:22/canonical-url/"> 22 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg005:25/canonical-url/"> 25 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">means of recognizing</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῶν στάσεων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stat.</span> 1 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg002:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mode of treating</span> the subject-matter, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0592.tlg004:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Id.</span> 1.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trick, ruse</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.176a </span>: pl., Vett. Val.<span class="bibl"> 242.11 </span>; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἐρωτικαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4000.tlg001:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4000.tlg001:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristaenet.</span> 1.17 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stratagem</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg024:13:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg024:13.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ma.</span> 13.18 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}