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λεμφώδης
λεντίκιον
λέντιον
λεμφυφαντής
λέξεο
λεξίδιον
λεξίδριον
λεξιθηρέω
λεξικογράφος
λεξικος
λέξις
Λεξιφάνης
λέξο
λεοντάγχης
λεοντάριον
λεοντέη
λεοντεία
λεόντειος
λεόντεος
λεοντηδόν
λεοντιανός
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λέξις
λέξις, εως, ,(λέγω B)
A). speech, opp. ᾠδή, Pl. Lg. 816d ; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις speech or action, Id. R. 396c ; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. ib. 400d ; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα orders given by word of mouth, Arr. Tact. 27.2 .
2). diction, style, ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the style used here (in courts of justice), Pl. Ap. 17d ; Μούσης λ. poetical diction, Id. Lg. 795e , cf. Arist. Rh. 1410b28 , Po. 1450b13 , etc.; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, Theon Prog. 2 .
II). a single word or phrase, Arist. Rh. 1406b1 , Epicur. Nat. 28p.4V. , al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31 , Plb. 2.22.1 , etc.; even a meaningless word, such as βλίτυρι, Diog. Stoic. 3.213 ; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς Plb. 6.46.10 ; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν word for word, D.H. Pomp. 2 , Plu. 2.869d , Ath. 11.493d , D.L. 2.113 ; later ἐπὶ λέξεως PLond. 5.1713.14 (vi A.D.), Vit.Arist. p.438 Rose, etc.; collectively, κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ. the very words, Ath. 7.275b , cf. Epicur. Nat. 28p.15V. , Gal. 12.403 .
2). κατὰ λέξιν as the phrase goes, AP 11.140 ( Lucill.); παρὰ λέξιν incorrectly, Cic. Att. 16.4.1 .
3). Gramm., a word peculiar in form or signification: hence λέξεις is the older term for a glossary, Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις a glossary of Rhodian phrases, Ath. 11.485e ; cf. γλῶσσα 11.2 .
4). text of an author, opp. exegesis, Asp. in EN 122.27 , Arr. Epict. 3.21.7 , Dam. Pr. 165 , 169 .


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a speaking, saying, speech

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λέξις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="foreign greek">λέγω</span> B) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speech</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ᾠδή</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 816d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">λ. ἢ πρᾶξις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speech</span> or action, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:396c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:396c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 396c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:400d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:400d/canonical-url/"> 400d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα</span> orders given <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by word of mouth</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:27:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg005:27.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 27.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">diction, style</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἐνθάδε λ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">style</span> used here (in courts of justice), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 17d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Μούσης λ.</span> poetical <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">diction</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:795e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:795e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 795e </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1410b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1410b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1410b28 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1450b:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1450b.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1450b13 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ Λέξεως</span>, title of work by Ephorus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0607.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0607.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theon</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prog.</span> 2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a single word</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">phrase</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1406b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1406b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1406b1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28p.4V" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28p.4V/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 28p.4V. </a>, al. (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:633:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:633.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 633.31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:22:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:22:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.22.1 </a>, etc.; even a meaningless <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word</span>, such as <span class="foreign greek">βλίτυρι</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diog.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stoic.</span> 3.213 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:46:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:46:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 6.46.10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αὐταῖς λέξεσι</span> or <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ λέξιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word for word</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg015:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 2 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.869d </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:493d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.493d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 11.493d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 2.113 </a>; later <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ λέξεως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 5.1713.14 </span> (vi A.D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.Arist.</span> p.438 </span> Rose, etc.; collectively, <span class="foreign greek">κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the very words</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:275b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.275b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 7.275b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28p.15V" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:28p.15V/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nat.</span> 28p.15V. </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 12.403 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">κατὰ λέξιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">as the phrase goes,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 11.140 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lucill.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ λέξιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">incorrectly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.perseus-lat1:16:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.perseus-lat1:16:4:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Att.</span> 16.4.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> Gramm., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a word peculiar in form</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">signification</span>: hence <span class="foreign greek">λέξεις</span> is the older term for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a glossary</span>, <span class="foreign greek">Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a glossary of</span> Rhodian <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">phrases</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:485e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.485e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 11.485e </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">γλῶσσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">text</span> of an author, opp. exegesis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0615.tlg001:122:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0615.tlg001:122.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in EN</span> 122.27 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:21:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:21:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 3.21.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 165 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:169/canonical-url/"> 169 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}