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G4086

πιθανολογία

pithanologiaG:N-F

persuasive speech

πιθανολογία, -ας, ἡ (πιθανός, persuasive, plausible), in cl. (Plat), the use of probable arguments, as opposite to demonstration (ἀπόδειξις); hence, persuasive speech: Col.2:4 (see ICC, in l).† (AS)

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πιθανολογία — pithanología

πιθανολογίᾳ, πιθανολογιας, ἡ (from πιθανολόγος; and this from πιθανός, on which see πειθός, and λόγος), speech adapted to persuade, discourse in which probable arguments are adduced; once so in classical Greek, viz. Plato, Theact., p. 162 e.; in a bad sense, persuasiveness of speech, specious discourse leading others into error: Col 2:4, and several times in ecclesiastical writers.

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