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ἔντευξις , εως, ἡ, (ἐντυγχάνω)
A.lighting upon, meeting with, c. dat., “αἱ τοῖς λῃσταῖς ἐντεύξεις” Pl.Plt.298d.
2. converse, intercourse, “πρὸς τοὺς πολλούς” Arist.Rh.1355a29: c. gen., Vit.Philonid.p.7C.; ἐντεύξεις ποιεῖσθαί τισι hold converse with . ., Isoc.1.20; [“ἡ πραγματεία] χρήσιμος πρὸς τὰς ἐ.” Arist.Top. 101a27, cf. Metaph.1009a17, etc.; “τὴν ἡλικίαν τῇ ἐντεύξει γνωρίζομεν” Sor.2.8.
b. manners, behaviour, Aeschin.2.47, Thphr.Char.5.1, 20.1.
c. esp. sexual intercourse, Epicur.Sent.Vat.51, Fr.61.
3. ἐντεύξεις ὀχλικαί speeches to the mob, D.H.Th.50.
4. petition, PSI 4.383.6 (iii B. C.), PFlor.55.18 (i A. D.), Plu.TG11, etc.; intercession for a person, D.S.16.55, Nic. Dam.Fr.130.7 J., 1 Ep.Ti.2.1(pl.).
5. reading, study, “ἡ ἔ. τῆς πραγματείας” Plb.1.1.4, etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aeschines, On the Embassy, 47
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 16.55
    • Isocrates, To Demonicus, 20
    • Plato, Statesman, 298d
    • Theophrastus, Characters, 20.1
    • Theophrastus, Characters, 5.1
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.1.4
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydide, 50
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