epagoge

English

Etymology

From Latin epagōgē, from Ancient Greek ἐπᾰγωγή (epagōgḗ, “a bringing in”). See epact.

Pronunciation

Noun

epagoge (uncountable)

  1. (logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for epagoge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπᾰγωγή (epagōgḗ).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /e.paˈɡoː.ɡeː/, [ɛ.paˈɡoː.ɡeː]

Noun

epagōgē f (genitive epagōgēs); first declension

  1. (logic) induction

Declension

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative epagōgē epagōgae
Genitive epagōgēs epagōgārum
Dative epagōgae epagōgīs
Accusative epagōgēn epagōgās
Ablative epagōgē epagōgīs
Vocative epagōgē epagōgae

Descendants

References
  • ĕpăgōgē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 592/3
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