Dictionary entry

πιθανολογία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* πιθανολογία, -ας, ἡ

(< πιθανός, persuasive, plausible), in cl. (Plat),

the use of probable arguments, as opp. to demonstration (ἀπόδειξις); hence, persuasive speech: Col 2:4 (v. ICC, in l.).†