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στοχασμός

στοχασμός, guessing, use of circumstantial evidence

στοχ-ασμός, ὁ,
  • 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. Sollert. 2.981b; τοῦ πρέποντος ib. QConv. 616b; attention to, τῶν εἰρημένων ἀστέρων Ph. 1.28.
    • II fixing of a hunting-net, Poll. 5.36.

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