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endeictic, a.|ɛnˈdaɪktɪk| [ad. Gr. ἐνδεικτικός f. ἐνδεικνύναι, f. ἐν in + δεικνύναι to show.] Serving to show or exhibit; probative. (A name of one of the classes into which the Platonic Dialogues were divided by ancient grammarians or commentators. Cf. Diog. Laert. III. 49.)
1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 175/1 Agonistick [discourse is] Endeictick [or] Anatreptick. 1791Enfield Hist. Philos. I. 215 The Agonistic dialogues, supposed to resemble the combat, were either Endeictic, as exhibiting a specimen of skill, or Anatreptic presenting the spectacle of a perfect defeat. 1855Butler Lect. Anc. Philos. (1874) 323 Another classification [of Platonic Dialogues] of great antiquity is based vpon the style and purpose of the dialogue,—as maieutick, anatreptick, endeictick, and so forth. 1876tr. Zeller's Plato 97 note. |