A.external, belonging to the outside, τὰ ἐ. the exterior members, such as hands and feet, Arist. GA786a26; ἐ. ἀρχή foreign dominion, Id.Pol.1272b19; ἐ. πράξεις external activities, ib.1325b22; ἐ. ἀγαθά ib.1323b25; οἱ ἐ. persons outside the Pythagorean school, Iamb.VP32.226.
II. οἱ ἐ. λόγοι popular arguments or treatises, opp. οἱ κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν, Arist.EE 1217b22, Pol.1278b31, Metaph.1076a28, EN1102a26, al.; “ταῦτα -κωτέρας σκέψεως” Id.Pol.1254a33; ἐ. λόγοι, opp. ἀκροαματικοί or ἐσωτερικοί (q. v.), Gell.20.5.2; ἐ. διάλογοι, opp. τὰ ἠθικά, τὰ φυσικὰ ὑπομνήματα, Plu.2.1115b; cf. ἐσωτερικός.