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1 ἀφορμή
ἀφορμ-ή, ἡ,A starting-point, esp. in war, base of operations,ἀναχώρησίς τε καὶ ἀ. Th.1.90
, cf. Plb.1.41.6, etc.; place of safety, E.Med. 342.2 generally, starting-point, origin, occasion or pretext,ἀφορμαὶ λόγων Id.Hec. 1239
, Ph. 199;ἀφορμὴν παρέχειν D.18.156
;δεδωκέναι Id.21.98
, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.5.12;λαβεῖν ἀ. Isoc.4.61
, Ep.Rom.7.8; (ii A. D.), 923.22 (i/ii A. D.);ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆς Inscr.Prien.105.16
(i B. C.);ἀ. καὶ πρόφασις Plb. 2.52.3
; occasion, origin of an illness, Hp.Epid.2.1.11, Sor.1.29; εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν a small inducement, D.4.29;τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀ. τοῦ κακὼς φρονεῖν Id.1.23
; instigation, incitement, POxy.237 vii 21 (ii A. D.).3 means with which one begins a thing, resources,ἀ. τοῦ βίου Lys.24.24
;εἰς τὸν βίον X.Mem.3.12.4
;τίνας εἶχεν ἀφορμὰς ἡ πόλις; D.18.233
;ἀφελεῖν τὴν ἀ. δι' ἣν ὑβρίζει Id.21.98
; πίστις ἀ. μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν good faith is the best asset for business, Id.36.44, cf. 11.16; ἀ. ἐπί .. Id.3.33; esp. means of war, And.1.109;ἀ. εἰς ξένους χιλίους
means for levying mercenaries, X.HG4.8.33; ἀ. ἔργων means for undertaking.., Id.Mem.2.7.11, cf.3.5.11;πρὸς ἀφορμὴν ἐμπορίας ἢ γεωργίας Arist.Pol. 1320a39
;πάντων ἀ. τῶν καλῶν Philem.110
.4 capital of a banker, etc., Lys.Fr.1.2, X.Mem.2.7.12, Lycurg.26,D.14.30,36.11; ἀφορμῆς δίκη suit for restitution of capital, Arg.D.36.5 Rhet., food for argument, material, subject,ὑποθέσεις καὶ ἀφορμαὶ λόγων Luc.Rh.Pr.18
, cf. Men.Rh.p.334S., Aps.p.264H.II Stoic term for repulsion (opp. ὁρμή), Chrysipp.Stoic.3.42, cf. 40, Simp. in Epict.p.22D. -
2 Alnage
A term formerly used to measure cloth for the purpose of levying taxes on it. It means measuring by the ell.
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