ἀπόδειξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀπόδεξις (apódexis)Ionic

Etymology

From ἀποδείκνῡμι (apodeíknūmi, to show, display) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

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Noun

ἀπόδειξις • (apódeixisf (genitive ἀπόδείξεως); third declension

  1. showing forth, making known, publication
    • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1:
      Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε
      Hērodótou Halikarnēsséos historíēs apódexis hḗde
      This is the display of the inquiry of Herodotus (A. D. Godley, 1920)
  2. proof
  3. demonstration, deduction

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