A.serving as a prelude, “ᾆσμα” Artem.2.66; ψαλμὸς ἐ. τῇ ᾠδῇ, Suid.: but usu. neut. ἐνδόσιμον, τό （τὸ πρὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς κιθάρισμα, Hsch.); that which gives the key to the tune, in music, Arist.Rh.1414b24, Mu.399a19, Hld.3.2, Ael.NA11.1, Poll.1.210: metaph., key-note of a speech, Arist.Rh.1415a7, Pol.1339a13, cf. Max.Tyr.7.7, Jul.Ep. 186: generally, signal for a race, Hld.4.3; [πρόβατα] “πρὸς τὰ ἐ. τῆς σύριγγος ποιμαινόμενα” Id.5.14: metaph., τὸ τοῦ καιροῦ καὶ τῆς ὥρας ἐ. Id.4.16; “τοῦ φιλοσοφεῖν ἐ. ἔδωκαν” Phld.Acad.Ind.p.5M.; “ὥσπερ ἐ. ἕξει πρός τι” Plu.2.73b; “τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὸ ἐ. παρεσχηκότος” Porph.Sent. 32, cf. Luc.Symp.30 (also “ἐ. παρασχέσθαι” Dam.Pr.415); “λαβεῖν” Luc. Alex.19; “μέχρις ἂν τὸ ἐ. τῆς διαλύσεως σημήνῃ” M.Ant.11.20; “ἐ. τοῖς στρατιώταις ἔργῳ διδούς” Hdn.3.6.10 (so prob. as Adj., [σιτία] ἐ. τῇ πέψει giving the signal for digestion, Plu.2.131c).
II. yielding, τὸ ἐ. καὶ πειθήνιον ib.442c, cf. Max.Tyr.1.2, Hld.9.4; of arguments, easily refuted, “κατηγόρησεν ἐνδόσιμα” Hyp.Fr.241; “ἐνδόσιμα προτείνειν” D.H.Rh.8.15.
