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ἀπαγωγή

ἀπαγωγή, a leading away

ἀπᾰγωγή, ἡ,
  • leading away, of troops, X. An. 7.6.5; dragging away, rape, γυναικῶν Luc. Phal. 1.3 (pl.).
        • b leading into captivity, LXX Is. 10.4, al.
        • c separation, withdrawal, σώματος (from the soul), Plot. 4.4.19.
    • II payment, κατεστρέψατο ἐς φόρου ἀ. subjected them to payment of tribute, Hdt. 1.6.27, 2.182.
    • III as Att. law-term,
      • 1 a summary process by which a person caught in the act (ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ) might be arrested by any citizen and brought before the magistrates, Antipho 5.9, And. 1.88, Lys. 13.85f, D. 24.113; ἀπαγωγῆς ἄξια Hyp. Eux. 16.
      • 2 written complaint handed in to the magistrates, ἀπάγειν τὴν ἀ. lay such accusation, Lys. 13.86; παραδέχεσθαι ἀ., of the Eleven, admit it, ibid.
    • IV in Logic, shifting of the basis of argument: hence of argument based on a probable or agreed assumption, Arist. APr. 69a20, cf. Anon. in SE 65.35; reduction, ἡ εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἀ. reductio per impossibile, APr. 29b6; ἡ ἀ. μετάβασίς ἐστιν ἀπʼ ἄλλου προβλήματος ἢ θεωρήματος ἐπʼ ἄλλο, οὗ γνωσθέντος ἢ πορισθέντος καὶ τὸ προκείμενον ἔσται καταφανές Procl. in Euc. p.212 F.; τῶν ἀπορουμένων διαγραμμάτων τὴν ἀ. ποιήσασθαι ib. p.213F.
        • b reduction of a disputant (cf. ἀπάγω v. 1c), ἡ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄδηλον ἀ. S.E. P. 2.234.

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