Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.on the whole, in general, = καθ᾽ ὅλου (as it shd. perh. be written), Epist.Philipp. ap. D.18.77; κ. γράφειν, opp. κατὰ μέρος, Plb.3.32.8; “κ. εἰπεῖν” Arist.Top.156a13, Plu.2.397c, etc.; οἱ κ. λόγοι general statements, opp. οἱ ἐπὶ μέρους, Arist.EN1107a30 (but in Roman times, accounts kept by the central government, = Lat. summae rationes, OGI715.3 (Alexandria), D.C.79.21, etc.); τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι κ. μᾶλλον too general, Arist.Pol.1265a31, cf. GA748a8; ἡ τῶν κ. πραγμάτων σύνταξις general history, Plb.1.4.2; τὸ κ. D.S.1.77, Plu. 2.569f; τὸ κ. τῆς μοχθηρίας, opp. τὸ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ib.468e; οὐδ᾽ οὗτος ἀποφαίνει κ. τὸ καταλειφθέν the whole amount left, D.27.43; ἐν τῷ κ. in general, speaking generally, Ath.1.30e, Arr.Epict.1.8.8, al.

2. in the Logic of Arist., of terms, τὸ κ. general, opp. τὸ καθ᾽ ἕκαστον (singular), “λέγω δὲ κ. μὲν ὃ ἐπὶ πλειόνων πέφυκε κατηγορεῖσθαι, καθ᾽ ἕκαστον δὲ ὃ μή” Int.17a39, cf. Metaph.1023b29; opp. τὸ κατὰ μέρος, Rh.1357b1, al.; hence, τὰ κ. universal truths, “ἡ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ κ., ἡ δ᾽ ἱστορία τὰ καθ᾽ ἕ. λέγει” Po.1451b7; = γνῶμαι, ib.1450b12; esp. commensurate predicate, “ὃ ἂν κατὰ παντός τε ὑπάρχῃ καὶ καθ᾽ αὑτὸ καὶ ᾗ αὐτό” APo.73b26; as Adj., of propositions, λόγος κ. a universal statement, opp. ἐν μέρει, κατὰ μέρος (particular), ἀδιόριστος (infinite), APr.24a17 sq.; of inference, ἡ κ. ἀπόδειξις universal proof, opp. κατὰ μέρος, APo.85a13; hence, as predicate, κ. εἰσὶν [αἱ ἀρχαί] Metaph.1003a7; as Adv., κ. ἀποφαίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ κ. Int.17b5, al.

3. completely, entirely, Plb.1.20.2; οὐδὲ κ. μακρὸν πλοῖον no warships at all, ib.13, cf. LXXDa.3.50, al.; “μηδὲ τέχνην εἶναι τὸ κ. τοῦ πείθειν” Phld.Rh.1.327S. (Written “κατὰ ὅλου” Pl.Men.77a.)