A.showing forth, making known, exhibiting, “δι᾽ ἀπειροσύνην . . κοὐκ ἀπόδειξιν τῶν ὑπὸ γαίας” E. Hipp.196.
2. setting forth, publication, “Ἠροδότου . . ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις” Hdt.Prooem.; ἀρχῆς ἀ. an exposition, sketch of it, Th.1.97; “ἀ. περὶ τὸν πολιτικόν” Pl.Plt.277a; “περί τινος” R.358b.
3. proof, “βουλομένοισί σφι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἀ.” Hdt.8.101; “ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι” Lys.12.19, etc.; esp. by words, “ἀποδείξεις εὑρίσκειν τινός” Isoc.10.3; “ἀ. λέγειν” Pl.Tht. 162e; “-ξεις φέρειν” Plb.12.5.5; χρῆσθαί τινι ἀποδείξει τινός use it as a proof of a thing, Plu.2.160a: in pl., proofs, or arguments in proof of, “τινός” D.18.300, cf. Pl.Phd.73a; “λέγειν τι ἐς ἀπόδειξιν τοῦ περιέσεσθαι τῷ πολέμῳ” Th.2.13; “ἄνευ ἀποδείξεως” Pl.Phd.92d; “μετ᾽ ἀ.” Plb.3.1.3, al.; ἀ. λαμβάνειν . . τῶν μανθανόντων test them by examination, etc., Plu.2.736d; “ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἐφήβων” IG2.470.40; “ἀ. τέχνης” specimen, Dionys.Com.3.4; “ἀ. αὑτοῖς δοῦναί τινος” Plu.2.79f, etc.; citation, “ποιητῶν καὶ ἱστοριαγράφων ἀποδείξεις” SIG685.93 (Crete, ii B. C.).
b. in the Logic of Arist., demonstration, i. e. deductive proof by syllogism, AP0.71b17, al., cf. Epicur.Ep. 1p.25U., Stoic.2.89; opp. inductive proof (ἐπαγωγή), Arist.AP0.81a40:—sts. in a loose sense, “ἀ. ῥητορικὴ ἐνθύμημα” Id.Rh.1355a6.
4. appointment, “θεωρῶν” SIG402.29 (Delph., iii B. C.).
