epagoge

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛpəˈɡəʊɡiː/

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπᾰγωγή (epagōgḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.paˈɡoː.ɡeː/, [ɛpäˈɡoːɡeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.paˈɡo.d͡ʒe/, [epäˈɡɔːd͡ʒe]

Noun

epagōgē f (genitive epagōgēs); first declension

1. (logic) induction

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	epagōgē	epagōgae
genitive	epagōgēs	epagōgārum
dative	epagōgae	epagōgīs
accusative	epagōgēn	epagōgās
ablative	epagōgē	epagōgīs
vocative	epagōgē	epagōgae

Descendants

• English: epagoge

References

• ĕpăgōgē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 592/3.