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καθόλου

καθόλου, on the whole, in general

καθόλου, Adv.
  • on the whole, in general, = καθʼ ὅλου (as it shd. perh. be written), Epist.Philipp. ap. D. 18.77; κ. γράφειν, opp. κατὰ μέρος, Plb. 3.32.8; κ. εἰπεῖν Arist. Top. 156a13, Plu. Pyth. 2.397c, etc.; οἱ κ. λόγοι general statements, opp. οἱ ἐπὶ μέρους, Arist. EN 1107a30 (but in Roman times, accounts kept by the central government, = Lat. summae rationes, OGI 715.3 (Alexandria), D.C. 79.21, etc.); τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι κ. μᾶλλον too general, Arist. Pol. 1265a31, cf. GA 748a8; ἡ τῶν κ. πραγμάτων σύνταξις general history, Plb. 1.4.2; τὸ κ. D.S. 1.77, Plu. Fat. 2.569f; τὸ κ. τῆς μοχθηρίας, opp. τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ib. Tranq. 468e; οὐδʼ οὗτος ἀποφαίνει κ. τὸ καταλειφθέν the whole amount left, D. 27.43; ἐν τῷ κ. in general, speaking generally, Ath. 1.30e, Arr. Epict. 1.8.8, al.
      • 2 in the Logic of Arist., of terms, τὸ κ. general, opp. τὸ καθʼ ἕκαστον (singular), λέγω δὲ κ. μὲν ὃ ἐπὶ πλειόνων πέφυκε κατηγορεῖσθαι, καθʼ ἕκαστον δὲ ὃ μή Int. 17a39, cf. Metaph. 1023b29; opp. τὸ κατὰ μέρος, Rh. 1357b1, al.; hence, τὰ κ. universal truths, ἡ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ κ., ἡ δʼ ἱστορία τὰ καθʼ ἕ. λέγει Po. 1451b7; = γνῶμαι, ib. 1450b12; esp. commensurate predicate, ὃ ἂν κατὰ παντός τε ὑπάρχῃ καὶ καθʼ αὑτὸ καὶ ᾗ αὐτό APo. 73b26; as Adj., of propositions, λόγος κ. a universal statement, opp. ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος (particular), ἀδιόριστος (infinite), APr. 24a17 sq.; of inference, ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις universal proof, opp. κατὰ μέρος, APo. 85a13; hence, as predicate, κ. εἰσὶν [αἱ ἀρχαί] Metaph. 1003a7; as Adv., κ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ κ. Int. 17b5, al.
      • 3 completely, entirely, Plb. 1.20.2; οὐδὲ κ. μακρὸν πλοῖον no warships at all, ib. 13, cf. LXX Da. 3.50, al.; μηδὲ τέχνην εἶναι τὸ κ. τοῦ πείθειν Phld. Rh. 1.327 S. (Written κατὰ ὅλου Pl. Men. 77a.)

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