I). computation, reckoning (cf. λέγω (B) II).

1). account of money handled, σανίδες εἰς ἃς τὸν λ. ἀναγράφομεν IG 12.374.191 ; ἐδίδοσαν τὸν λ. ib. 232.2 ; λ. δώσεις τῶν μετεχείρισας χρημάτων Hdt. 3.142 , cf. 143 ; οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λ. αὐτῶν οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω νῦν αὐτῆς Lys. 24.26 ; λ. ἀπενεγκεῖν Arist. Ath. 54.1 ; ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις τοῦ τοιούτου λ. ὑπεχέτω Pl. Lg. 774b ; τὸν τῶν χρημάτων λ. παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνειν D. 8.47 ; ἀδικήματα εἰς ἀργυρίου λ. ἀνήκοντα Din. 1.60 ; συνᾶραι λόγον μετά τινος settle accounts with, Ev.Matt. 18.23 , etc.; δεύτεροι λ. a second audit, Cod.Just. 1.4.26.1 ; ὁ τραπεζιτικὸς λ. banking account, Theo Sm. p.73 H.: metaph., οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λ. βροτόν S. Aj. 477 .

b). public accounts, i. e. branch of treasury, ἴδιος λ., in Egypt, OGI 188.2 , 189.3 , 669.38 ; also as title of treasurer, ib. 408.4 , Str. 17.1.12 ; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λ. IPE 2.29 A (Panticapaeum); δημόσιος λ., = Lat. fiscus, OGI 669.21 (Egypt, i A.D.), etc. (but later, = aerarium, Cod.Just. 1.5.15 ); also Καίσαρος λ. OGI 669.30 ; κυριακὸς λ. ib. 18 .

2). generally, account, reckoning, μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λ. excels the whole account, i.e. is best of all, S. OC 1225 (lyr.); δόντας λ. τῶν ἐποίησαν accounting for, i.e. paying the penalty for their doings, Hdt. 8.100 ; λ. αἰτεῖν Pl. Plt. 285e ; λ. δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι Id. Prt. 336c , al.; λαμβάνειν λ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Id. Men. 75d ; παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λ. Id. R. 344d ; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν D. 30.15 , cf. Arist. EN 1104a3 ; λ. ὑπέχειν, δοῦναι, D. 19.95 ; λ. ἐγγράψαι Id. 24.199 , al.; λ. ἀποφέρειν τῇ πόλει Aeschin. 3.22 , cf. Eu. Luc. 16.2 , Ep.Hebr. 13.17 ; τὸ παράδοξον τῶν συμβεβηκότων ὑπὸ λόγον ἄγειν Plb. 15.34.2 ; λ. ἡ ἐπιστήμη, πολλὰ δὲ ὁ λ. the account is manifold, Plot. 6.9.4 ; ἔχων λόγον τοῦ διὰ τί an account of the cause, Arist. APo. 74b27 ; ἐς λ. τινός on account of, ἐς χρημάτων λ. Th. 3.46 , cf. Plb. 5.89.6 , LXX 2 Ma 1.14 , JRS 18.152 (Jerash); λόγῳ c. gen., by way of, Cod.Just. 3.2.5 . al.; κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθους if we take into account his size, Arist. HA 517b27 ; πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λ. Ep.Hebr. 4.13 , cf. D.Chr. 31.123 .

3). measure, tale (cf. infr. 11.1 ), θάλασσα .. μετρέεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν Heraclit. 31 ; ψυχῆς ἐστι λ. ἑαυτὸν αὔξων Id. 115 ; ἐς τούτου (sc. γήραος) λ. οὐ πολλοί τινες ἀπικνέονται to the point of old age, Hdt. 3.99 , cf. 7.9 .β/; ὁ ξύμπας λ. the full tale, Th. 7.56 , cf. Ep.Phil. 4.15 ; κοινῷ λ. νομίσαντα common measure, Pl. Lg. 746e ; sum, total of expenditure, IG 42(1).103.151 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λ., = Lat. patrimonii modus, Cod.Just. 1.5.12.20 .

4). esteem, consideration, value put on a person or thing (cf. infr. VI. 2 d), οὗ πλείων λ. ἢ τῶν ἄλλων who is of more worth than all the rest, Heraclit. 39 ; βροτῶν λ. οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδέν' A. Pr. 233 ; οὐ σμικροῦ λ. S. OC 1163 : freq. in Hdt., Μαρδονίου λ. οὐδεὶς γίνεται 8.102 ; τῶν ἦν ἐλάχιστος ἀπολλυμένων λ. 4.135 , cf. E. Fr. 94 ; περὶ ἐμοῦ οὐδεὶς λ. Ar. Ra. 87 ; λόγου οὐδενὸς γίνεσθαι πρός τινος to be of no account, repute with.., Hdt. 1.120 , cf. 4.138 ; λόγου ποιήσασθαί τινα make one of account, Id. 1.33 ; ἐλαχίστου, πλείστου λ. εἶναι, to be highly, lowly esteemed, Id. 1.143 , 3.146 ; but also λόγον τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι, like Lat. rationem habere alicujus, make account of, set a value on, Democr. 187 , etc.: usu. in neg. statements, οὐδένα λ. ποιήσασθαί τινος Hdt. 1.4 , cf. 13 , Plb. 21.14.9 , etc.; λ. ἔχειν Hdt. 1.62 , 115 ; λ. ἴσχειν περί τινος Pl. Ti. 87c ; λ. ἔχειν περὶ τοὺς ποιητάς Lycurg. 107 ; λ. ἔχειν τινός D. 18.199 , Arist. EN 1102b32 , Plu. Phil. 18 (but also, have the reputation of .. , v. infr. VI. 2 e); ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ποιήσασθαί τι Hdt. 3.50 ; ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ἀπώλοντο without regard, Id. 9.70 ; ἐν σμικρῷ λ. εἶναι Pl. R. 550a ; ὑμεῖς οὔτ’ ἐν λ. οὔτ’ ἐν ἀριθμῷ Orac. ap. Sch. Theoc. 14.48 ; ἐν ἀνδρῶν λ. [εἶναι] to be reckoned, count as a man, Hdt. 3.120 ; ἐν ἰδιώτεω λόγῳ καὶ ἀτίμου reckoned as .. , Eus.Mynd. Fr. 59 ; σεμνὸς εἰς ἀρετῆς λ. καὶ δόξης D. 19.142 .

II). relation, correspondence, proportion,

1). generally, ὑπερτερίης λ. relation (of gold to lead), Thgn. 418 = 1164 ; πρὸς λόγον τοῦ σήματος A. Th. 519 ; κατὰ λόγον προβαίνοντες τιμῶσι in inverse ratio, Hdt. 1.134 , cf. 7.36 ; κατὰ λ. τῆς ἀποφορῆς Id. 2.109 ; τἄλλα κατὰ λ. in like fashion, Hp. VM 16 , Prog. 17 : c. gen., κατὰ λ. τῶν πρόσθεν ib. 24 ; κατὰ λ. τῶν ἡμερῶν Ar. Nu. 619 ; κατὰ λ. τῆς δυνάμεως X. Cyr. 8.6.11 ; ἐλάττω ἢ κατὰ λ. Arist. HA 508a2 , cf. PA 671a18 ; ἐκ ταύτης ἐγένετο ἐκείνη κατὰ λ. Id. Pol. 1257a31 ; cf. εὔλογος: sts. with ὁ αὐτός added, κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. τῷ τείχεϊ in fashion like to .. , Hdt. 1.186 ; περὶ τῶν νόσων ὁ αὐτὸς λ. analogously, Pl. Tht. 158d , cf. Prm. 136b , al.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. similarly, Id. R. 353d ; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. in the same ratio, IG 12.76.8 ; by parity of reasoning, Pl. Cra. 393c , R. 610a , al.; ἀνὰ λόγον τινός, τινί, Id. Ti. 29c , Alc. 2.145d ; τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν λ. πρὸς .. ὃν ἡ παιδεία πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν is related to .. as .. , Procl. in Euc. p.20 F., al.

2). Math., ratio, proportion (ὁ κατ’ ἀνάλογον λ., λ. τῆς ἀναλογίας, Theo Sm. p.73 H.), Pythag. 2 ; ἰσότης λόγων Arist. EN 113a31 ; λ. ἐστὶ δύο μεγεθῶν ἡ κατὰ πηλικότητα ποιὰ σχέσις Euc. 5 Def. 3 ; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν τοὺς λ. Arist. Metaph. 985b32 , cf. 1092b14 ; λόγοι ἀριθμῶν numerical ratios, Aristox. Harm. p.32 M.; τοὺς φθόγγους ἀναγκαῖον ἐν ἀριθμοῦ λ. λέγεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους to be expressed in numerical ratios, Euc. Sect.Can. Proëm.: in Metre, ratio between arsis and thesis, by which the rhythm is defined, Aristox. Harm. p.34 M.; ἐὰν ᾖ ἰσχυροτέρα τοῦ αἰσθητηρίου ἡ κίνησις, λύεται ὁ λ. Arist. de An. 424a31 ; ἀνὰ λόγον analogically, Archyt. 2 ; ἀνὰ λ. μερισθεῖσα [ἡ ψυχή] proportionally, Pl. Ti. 37a ; so κατὰ λ. Men. 319.6 ; πρὸς λόγον in proportion, Plb. 6.30.3 , 9.15.3 (but πρὸς λόγον ἐπὶ στενὸν συνάγεται narrows uniformly, Sor. 1.9 , cf. Diocl.Fr. 171 ); ἐπὶ λόγον IG 5(1).1428 (Messene).

3). Gramm., analogy, rule, τῷ λ. τῶν μετοχικῶν, τῆς συγκοπῆς, by the rule of the participles, of syncope, Choerob. in Theod. 1.75 Gaisf., 1.377 H.; εἰπέ μοι τὸν λ. τοῦ Αἴας Αἴαντος, τουτέστι τὸν κανόνα An.Ox. 4.328 .

III). explanation,

1). plea, pretext, ground, ἐκ τίνος λ.; A. Ch. 515 ; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. S. Ph. 731 ; ἀπὸ παντὸς λ. Id. OC 762 ; χὠ λ. καλὸς προσῆν Id. Ph. 352 ; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λ. Id. OT 657 (lyr., v.l. λόγων ) ; ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Antipho 5.59 ; ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ λ. Hdt. 6.124 ; κατὰ τίνα λ.; on what ground? Pl. R. 366b ; οὐδὲ πρὸς ἕνα λ. to no purpose, Id. Prt. 343d ; ἐπὶ τίνι λ.; for what reason? X. HG 2.2.19 ; τὸν λ. τοῦτον this ground of complaint, Aeschin. 3.228 ; τίνι δικαίῳ λ.; what just cause is there? Pl. Grg. 512c ; τίνι λ.; on what account? Act.Ap. 10.29 ; κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἠνεσχόμην ὑμῶν reason would that .. , ib. 18.14 ; λ. ἔχειν, with personal subject, εἶχον ἄν τινα λ. I (i.e. my conduct) would have admitted of an explanation, Pl. Ap. 31b ; τὸν ὀρθὸν λ. the true explanation, ib. 34b .

b). plea, case, in Law or argument (cf. VIII. I), τὸν ἥττω λ. κρείττω ποιεῖν to make the weaker case prevail, ib. 18b , al., Arist. Rh. 1402a24 , cf. Ar. Nu. 1042 (pl.); personified, ib. 886 , al.; ἀμύνεις τῷ τῆς ἡδονῆς λ. Pl. Phlb. 38a ; ἀνοίσεις τοὺς λ. αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX Ex. 18.19 ; ἐχειν λ. πρός τινα to have a case, ground of action against .. , Act.Ap. 19.38 .

2). statement of a theory, argument, οὐκ ἐμεῦ ἀλλὰ τοῦ λ. ἀκούσαντας prob. in Heraclit. 50 ; λόγον ἠδὲ νόημα ἀμφὶς ἀληθείης discourse and reflection on reality, Parm. 8.50 ; δηλοῖ οὗτος ὁ λ. ὅτι .. Democr. 7 ; οὐκ ἔχει λόγον it is not arguable, i.e. reasonable, S. El. 466 , Pl. Phd. 62d , etc.; ἔχει λ. D. 44.32 ; οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λ. E. Ba. 202 ; δίκασον .. τὸν λ. ἀκούσας Pl. Lg. 696b ; personified, φησὶ οὗτος ὁ λ. ib. 714d , cf. Sph. 238b , Phlb. 50a ; ὡς ὁ λ. (sc. λέγει) Arist. EN 1115b12 ; ὡς ὁ λ. ὁ ὀρθὸς λέγει ib. 1138b20 , cf. 29 ; ὁ λ. θέλει προσβιβάζειν Phld. Rh. 1.41 , cf. 1.19 S.; οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀκούσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντος Arist. EN 1179b27 ; λ. καθαίρων Aristo Stoic. 1.88 ; λόγου τυγχάνειν to be explained, Phld. Mus. p.77 K.; ὁ τὸν λ. μου ἀκούων my teaching, Ev.Jo. 5.24 ; ὁ προφητικὸς λ., collect., of VT prophecy, 2 Ep.Pet. 1.19 : pl., ὁκόσων λόγους ἤκουσα Heraclit. 108 ; οὐκ ἐπίθετο τοῖς ἐμοῖς λ. Ar. Nu. 73 ; of arguments leading to a conclusion (ὁ λ.), Pl. Cri. 46b ; τὰ Ἀναξαγόρου βιβλία γέμει τούτων τῶν λ. Id. Ap. 26d ; λ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχάς, Arist. EN 1095a31 ; συλλογισμός ἐστι λ. ἐν ᾧ τεθέντων τινῶν κτλ. Id. APr. 24b18 ; λ. ἀντίτυπός τε καὶ ἄπορος, of a self-contradictory theory, Plot. 6.8.7 .

b). ὁ περὶ θεῶν λ., title of a discourse by Protagoras, D.L. 9.54 ; ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς λ., name of an argument, ib. 23 ; ὁ αὐξόμενος λ. Plu. 2.559b ; καταβάλλοντες (sc. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras, S.E. M. 7.60 ; λ. σοφιστικοί Arist. SE 165a34 , al.; οἱ μαθηματικοὶ λ. Id. Rh. 1417a19 , etc.; οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λ., current outside the Lyceum, Id. Ph. 217b31 , al.; Δισσοὶ λ., title of a philosophical treatise (= Dialex.); Λ. καὶ Λογίνα, name of play of Epicharmus, quibble, argument, personified, Ath. 8.338d .

c). in Logic, proposition, whether as premiss or conclusion, πρότασίς ἐστι λ. καταφατικὸς ἢ ἀποφατικός τινος κατά τινος Arist. APr. 24a16 .

d). rule, principle, law, as embodying the result of λογισμός, Pi. O. 2.22 , P. 1.35 , N. 4.31 ; πείθεσθαι τῷ λ. ὃς ἄν μοι λογιζομένῳ βέλτιστος φαίνηται Pl. Cri. 46b , cf. c; ἡδονὰς τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λ. ἑπομένας obeying right principles, Id. Lg. 696c ; προαιρέσεως [ἀρχὴ] ὄρεξις καὶ λ. ὁ ἕνεκά τινος principle directed to an end, Arist. EN 1139a32 ; of the final cause, ἀρχὴ ὁ λ. ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐν τοῖς φύσει συνεστηκόσιν Id. PA 639b15 ; ἀποδιδόασι τοὺς λ. καὶ τὰς αἰτίας οὗ ποιοῦσι ἑκάστου ib. 18 ;[ τέχνη] ἕξις μετὰ λ. ἀληθοῦς ποιητική Id. EN 1140a10 ; ὀρθὸς λ. true principle, right rule, ib. 1144b27 , 1147b3 , al.; κατὰ λόγον by rule, consistently, ὁ κατὰ λ. ζῶν Pl. Lg. 689d , cf. Ti. 89d ; τὸ κατὰ λ. ζῆν, opp. κατὰ πάθος, Arist. EN 1169a5 ; κατὰ λ. προχωρεῖν according to plan, Plb. 1.20.3 .

3). law, rule of conduct, ᾧ μάλιστα διηνεκῶς ὁμιλοῦσι λόγῳ Heraclit. 72 ; πολλοὶ λόγον μὴ μαθόντες ζῶσι κατὰ λόγον Democr. 53 ; δεῖ ὑπάρχειν τὸν λ. τὸν καθόλου τοῖς ἄρχουσιν universal principle, Arist. Pol. 1286a17 ; ὁ νόμος .. λ. ὢν ἀπό τινος φρονήσεως καὶ νοῦ Id. EN 1180a21 ; ὁ νόμος .. ἔμψυχος ὢν ἑαυτῷ λ. conscience, Plu. 2.780c ; τὸν λ. πρόχειρον ἔχειν precept, Phld. Piet. 30 , cf. 102 ; ὁ προστακτικὸς τῶν ποιητέων ἢ μὴ λ. κοινός M.Ant. 4.4 .

4). thesis, hypothesis, provisional ground, ὡς ἂν εἰ λέγοι λόγον maintain a thesis, Pl. Prt. 344b ; ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λ. provisionally assuming a proposition, Id. Phd. 100a ; τὸν τῆς ὁμοιότητος λ. hypothesis of equivalence, Arist. Cael. 296a20 .

5). reason, ground, πάντων γινομένων κατὰ τὸν λ. τόνδε Heraclit. 1 ; οὕτω βαθὺν λ. ἔχει Id. 45 ; ἐκ λόγου, opp. μάτην, Leucipp. 2 ; μέγιστον σημεῖον οὗτος ὁ λ. Meliss. 8 ; [ἐμπειρία] οὐκ ἔχει λ. οὐδένα ὧν προσφέρει has no grounds for .. , Pl. Grg. 465a ; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης θείας Id. Sph. 265c ; ἡ μετα λόγου ἀληθὴς δόξα (= ἐπιστήμη) Id. Tht. 201c ; λόγον ζητοῦσιν ὧν οὐκ ἔστι λ. proof, Arist. Metaph. 1011a12 ; οἱ ἁπάντων ζητοῦντες λ. ἀναιροῦσι λ. Thphr. Metaph. 26 .

6). formula (wider than definition, but freq. equivalent thereto), term expressing reason, λ. τῆς πολιτείας Pl. R. 497c ; ψυχῆς οὐσία τε καὶ λ. essential definition, Id. Phdr. 245e ; ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λ. Id. R. 343a ; τὸν λ. τῆς οὐσίας ib. 534b , cf. Phd. 78d ; τὰς πολλὰς ἐπιστήμας ἑνὶ λ. προσειπεῖν Id. Tht. 148d ; ὁ τῆς οἰκοδομήσεως λ. ἔχει τὸν τῆς οἰκίας Arist. PA 646b3 ; τεθείη ἂν ἴδιον ὄνομα καθ’ ἕκαστον τῶν λ. Id. Metaph. 1006b5 , cf. 1035b4 ; πᾶς ὁρισμὸς λ. τίς ἐστι Id. Top. 102a5 ; ἐπὶ τῶν σχημάτων λ. κοινός generic definition, Id. de An. 414b23 ; ἀκριβέστατος λ. specific definition, Id. Pol. 1276b24 ; πηγῆς λ. ἔχον Ph. 2.477 ; τὸ ᾠὸν οὔτε ἀρχῆς ἔχει λ. fulfils the function of .. , Plu. 2.637d ; λ. τῆς μίξεως formula, i. e. ratio (cf. supr. II) of combination, Arist. PA 642a22 , cf. Metaph. 993a17 .

7). reason, law exhibited in the world-process, κατὰ λόγον by law, κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λ. ἔχοντα Pl. R. 500c ; κατ τὸν <αὐτὸν αὖ> λ. by the same law, Epich. 170.18 ; ψυχῆς τὸ πᾶν τόδε διοικούσης κατὰ λ. Plot. 2.3.13 ; esp. in Stoic Philos., the divine order, τὸν τοῦ παντὸς λ. ὃν ἔνιοι εἱμαρμένην καλοῦσιν Zeno Stoic. 1.24 ; τὸ ποιοῦν τὸν ἐν [τῇ ὕλῃ] λ. τὸν θεόν ibid., cf. 42 ; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου λ. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.264 ; λόγος, = φύσει νόμος , Stoic. 2.169 ; κατὰ τὸν κοινὸν θεοῖς καὶ ἀνθρώποις λ. M.Ant. 7.53 ; ὁ ὀρθὸς λ. διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενος Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.4 : so in Plot., τὴν φύσιν εἶναι λόγον, ὃς ποιεῖ λ. ἄλλον γέννημα αὑτοῦ 3.8.2 .

b). σπερματικὸς λ. generative principle in organisms, ὁ θεὸς σπ. λ. τοῦ κόσμου Zeno Stoic. 1.28 : usu. in pl., Stoic. 2.205 , 314 ,al.; γίνεται τὰ ἐν τῷ παντὶ οὐ κατὰ σπερματικούς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λ. περιληπτικούς Plot. 3.1.7 , cf. 4.4.39 : so without σπερματικός, ὥσπερ τινὲς λ. τῶν μερῶν Cleanth.Stoic. 1.111 ; οἱ λ. τῶν ὅλων Ph. 1.9 .

c). in Neo-Platonic Philos., of regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe, ὄντων μειζόνων λ. καὶ θεωρούντων αὑτοὺς ἐγὼ γεγέννημαι Plot. 3.8.4 ; οἱ ἐν σπέρματι λ. πλάττουσι .. τὰ ζῷα οἷον μικρούς τινας κόσμους Id. 4.3.10 , cf. 3.2.16 , 3.5.7 ; opp. ὅρος, Id. 6.7.4 ; ἀφανεῖς λ. τῆς φύσεως Procl. in R. 1.18 K.; τεχνικοὶ λ. ib. 142 K., al.

IV). inward debate of the soul (cf. λ. ὃν αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτὴν ἡ ψυχὴ διεξέρχεται Pl. Tht. 189e (διάλογος in Sph. 263e ); ὁ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ὁ ἔσω λ. (opp. ὁ ἔξω λ.), Arist. APo. 76b25 , 27 ; ὁ ἐνδιάθετος, opp. ὁ προφορικὸς λ., Stoic. 2.43 , Ph. 2.154 ),

1). thinking, reasoning, τοῦ λ. ἐόντος ξυνοῦ, opp. ἰδία φρόνησις, Heraclit. 2 ; κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ .. ἔλεγχον test by reflection, Parm. 1.36 ; reflection, deliberation (cf. VI. 3 ), ἐδίδου λόγον ἑωυτῷ περὶ τῆς ὄψιος Hdt. 1.209 , cf. 34 , S. OT 583 , D. 45.7 ; μὴ εἰδέναι .. μήτε λόγῳ μήτε ἔργῳ neither by reasoning nor by experience, Anaxag. 7 ; ἃ δὴ λόγῳ μὲν καὶ διανοίᾳ ληπτά, ὄψει δ’ οὔ Pl. R. 529d , cf. Prm. 135e ; ὁ λ. ἢ ἡ αἴσθησις Arist. EN 1149a35 ,al.; αὐτῷ μόνον τῷ λ. πιστεύειν (opp. αἰσθήσεις), of Parmenides and his school, Aristocl. ap. Eus. PE 14.17 : hence λόγῳ or τῷ λ. in idea, in thought, τῷ λ. τέμνειν Pl. R. 525e ; τῷ λ. δύο ἐστίν, ἀχώριστα πεφυκότα two in idea, though indistinguishable in fact, Arist. EN 1102a30 , cf. GC 320b14 , al.; λόγῳ θεωρητά mentally conceived, opp. sensibly perceived, Placit. 1.3.5 , cf. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.20 ; τοὺς λ. θεωρητοὺς χρόνους Epicur. Ep. 1p.19U. ; διὰ λόγου θ. χ. ib. p.10 U.; λόγῳ καταληπτός Phld. Po. 5.20 , etc.; ὁ λ. οὕτω αἱρέει analogy proves, Hdt. 2.33 ; ὁ λ. or λ. αἱρέει reasoning convinces, Id. 3.45 , 6.124 , cf. Pl. Cri. 48c (but, our argument shows, Lg. 663d ): also c. acc. pers., χρᾶται ὅ τι μιν λ. αἱρέει as the whim took him, Hdt. 1.132 ; ἢν μὴ ἡμέας λ. αἱρῇ unless we see fit, Id. 4.127 , cf. Pl. R. 607b ; later ὁ αἱρῶν λ. ordaining reason, Zeno Stoic. 1.50 , M.Ant. 2.5 , cf. 4.24 , Arr. Epict. 2.2.20 , etc.: coupled or contrasted with other functions, καθ’ ὕπνον ἐπειδὴ λόγου καὶ φρονήσεως οὐ μετεῖχε since reason and understanding are in abeyance, Pl. Ti. 71d ; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης, opp. αἰτία αὐτομάτη, of Nature's processes of production, Id. Sph. 265c ; τὸ μὲν δὴ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν embraced by thought with reflection, opp. μετ’ αἰσθήσεως ἀλόγου, Id. Ti. 28a ; τὸ μὲν ἀεὶ μετ’ ἀληθοῦς λ., opp. τὸ δὲ ἄλογον, ib. 51e , cf. 70d , al.; λ. ἔχων ἑπόμενον τῷ νοεῖν Id. Phlb. 62a ; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀρθὸς λ. scientific knowledge and right process of thought, Id. Phd. 73a ; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἐπιστήμη τῶν καθόλου Arist. Metaph. 1059b26 ; τὸ λόγον ἔχον Id. EN 1102b15 , 1138b9 , al.: in sg. and pl., contrasted by Pl. and Arist. as theory, abstract reasoning with outward experience, sts. with depreciatory emphasis on the former, εἰς τοὺς λ. καταφυγόντα Pl. Phd. 99e ; τὸν ἐν λόγοις σκοπούμενον τὰ ὄντα, opp. τὸν ἐν ἔργοις (realities), ib. 100a ; τῇ αἰσθήσει μᾶλλον τῶν λ. πιστευτέον Arist. GA 760b31 ; γνωριμώτερα κατὰ τὸν λ., opp. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν, Id. Ph. 189a4 ; ἐκ τῶν λ. δῆλον, opp. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς, Id. Mete. 378b20 ; ἡ τῶν λ. πίστις, opp. ἐκ τῶν ἔργων φανερόν, Id. Pol. 1326a29 ; ἡ πίστις οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ λ. Id. Ph. 262a19 ; μαρτυρεῖ τὰ γιγνόμενα τοῖς λ. Id. Pol. 1334a6 ; ὁ μὲν λ. τοῦ καθόλου, ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τοῦ κατὰ μέρος explanation, opp. perception, Id. Ph. 189a7 ; ἔσονται τοῖς λ. αἱ πράξεις ἀκόλουθοι theory, opp. practice, Epicur. Sent. 25 ; in Logic, of discursive reasoning, opp. intuition, Arist. EN 1142a26 , 1143b1 ; reasoning in general, ib. 1149a26 ; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἀπόδειξις all reasoning and demonstration, Id. Metaph. 1063b10 ; λ. καὶ φρόνησιν Phld. Mus. p.105 K.; ὁ λ. ἢ λογισμός ibid.; τὸ ἰδεῖν οὐκέτι λ., ἀλλὰ μεῖζον λόγου καὶ πρὸ λόγου, of mystical vision, opp. reasoning, Plot. 6.9.10 .—Phrases, κατὰ λ. τὸν εἰκότα by probable reasoning, Pl. Ti. 30b ; οὔκουν τόν γ’ εἰκότα λ. ἂν ἔχοι Id. Lg. 647d ; παρὰ λόγον, opp. κατὰ λ., Arist. Rh.Al. 1429a29 , cf. EN 1167b19 ; cf. παράλογος (but παρὰ λ. unexpectedly, E. Ba. 940 ).

2). reason as a faculty, ὁ λ. ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾷ [ Epich.] 256 ;[ θυμοειδὲς] τοῦ λ. κατήκοον Pl. Ti. 70a ;[ θυμὸς] ὑπὸ τοῦ λ. ἀνακληθείς Id. R. 440d ; σύμμαχον τῷ λ. τὸν θυμόν ib. b; πειθαρχεῖ τῷ λ. τὸ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦς Arist. EN 1102b26 ; ἄλλο τι παρὰ τὸν λ. πεφυκός, ὃ μάχεται τῷ λ. ib. 17 ; ἐναντίωσις λόγου πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας Plot. 4.7.13(8) ; οὐ θυμός, οὐκ ἐπιθυμία, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδέ τις νόησις Id. 6.9.11 : freq. in Stoic. Philos. of human Reason, opp. φαντασία, Zeno Stoic. 1.39 ; opp. φύσις, Stoic. 2.206 ; οὐ σοφία οὐδὲ λ. ἐστὶν ἐν [τοῖς ζῴοις] ibid.; τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις ὡς λ. ἔχων λ. μὴ ἔχουσι χρῶ M.Ant. 6.23 ; ὁ λ. κοινὸν πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Arr. Epict. 1.3.3 ; οἷον [εἰκὼν] λ. ὁ ἐν προφορᾷ λόγου τοῦ ἐν ψυχῇ, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὴ λ. νοῦ Plot. 5.1.3 ; τὸ τὸν λ. σχεῖν τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετήν (sc. εὐδαιμονίαν) Procl. in Ti. 3.334 D.; also of the reason which pervades the universe, θεῖος λ. [ Epich.] 257 ; τὸν θεῖον λ. καθ’ Ἡράκλειτον δῑ ἀναπνοῆς σπάσαντες νοεροὶ γινόμεθα S.E. M. 7.129 (cf. infr. x).

b). creative reason, ἀδύνατον ἦν λόγον μὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ πάντα ἐλθεῖν Plot. 3.2.14 ; ἀρχὴ οὖν λ. καὶ πάντα λ. καὶ τὰ γινόμενα κατ’ αὐτόν Id. 3.2.15 ; οἱ λ. πάντες ψυχαί Id. 3.2.18 .

V). continuous statement, narrative (whether fact or fiction), oration, etc. (cf. λέγω (B) 11.2 ),

1). fable, Hdt. 1.141 ; Αἰσώπου λόγοι Pl. Phd. 60d , cf. Arist. Rh. 1393b8 ; ὁ τοῦ κυνὸς λ. X. Mem. 2.7.13 .

2). legend, ἱρὸς λ. Hdt. 2.62 , cf. 47 , Pi. P. 3.80 (pl.); συνθέντες λ. E. Ba. 297 ; λ. θεῖος Pl. Phd. 85d ; ἱεροὶ λ., of Orphic rhapsodies, Suid. S.V. Ὀρφεύς.

3). tale, story, ἄλλον ἔπειμι λ. Xenoph. 7.1 , cf. Th. 1.97 , etc.; συνθέτους λ. A. Pr. 686 ; σπουδὴν λόγου urgent tidings, E. Ba. 663 ; ἄλλος λ. 'another story', Pl. Ap. 34e ; ὁμολογούμενος ὁ λ. ἐστίν the story is consistent, Isoc. 3.27 : pl., histories, ἐν τοῖσι Ἀσσυρίοισι λ. Hdt. 1.184 , cf. 106 , 2.99 ; so in sg., a historical work, Id. 2.123 , 6.19 , 7.152 : also in sg., one section of such a work (like later βίβλος), Id. 2.38 , 6.39 , cf. VI. 3d ; so in pl., ἐν τοῖσι Λιβυκοῖσι λ. Id. 2.161 , cf. 1.75 , 5.22 , 7.93 , 213 ; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν λ. Id. 5.36 ; ὁ πρῶτος λ., of St. Luke's gospel, Act.Ap. 1.1 : in Pl., opp. μῦθος, as history to legend, Ti. 26e ; ποιεῖν μύθους ἀλλ’ οὐ λόγους Phd. 61b , cf. Grg. 523a (but μῦθον λέγειν, opp. λόγῳ (argument) διεξελθεῖν Prt. 320c , cf. 324d ); περὶ λόγων καὶ μύθων Arist. Pol. 1336a30 ; ὁ λ .. . μῦθός ἐστι Ael. NA 4.34 .

4). speech, delivered in court, assembly, etc., χρήσομαι τῇ τοῦ λ. τάξει ταύτῃ Aeschin. 3.57 , cf. Arist. Rh. 1358a38 ; δικανικοὶ λ. Id. EN 1181a4 ; τρία γένη τῶν λ. τῶν ῥητορικῶν, συμβουλευτικόν, δικανικόν, ἐπιδεικτικόν Id. Rh. 1358b7 ; τῷ γράψαντι τὸν λ. Thphr. Char. 17.8 , cf. λογογράφος 11 ; ἐπιτάφιος λ. funeral oration, Pl. Mx. 236b ; esp. of the body of a speech, opp. ἐπίλογος, Arist. Rh. 1420b3 ; opp. προοίμιον, ib. 1415a12 ; body of a law, opp. proem, Pl. Lg. 723b ; spoken, opp. written word, τὸν τοῦ εἰδότος λ. ζῶντα καὶ ἔμψυχον οὗ ὁ γεγραμμένος εἴδωλόν τι Id. Phdr. 276a ; ὁ ἐκ τοῦ βιβλίου ῥηθεὶς [λ.] speech read from a roll, ib. 243c ; published speech, D.C. 40.54 ; rarely of the speeches in Tragedy (ῥήσεις), Arist. Po. 1450b6 , 9 .

VI). verbal expression or utterance (cf. λέγω (B) 111 ), rarely a single word, v. infr. b, never in Gramm. signf. of vocable (ἔπος, λέξις, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), usu. of a phrase, cf. I X. 3 (the only sense found in Ep.).

a). pl., without Art., talk, τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις Il. 15.393 ; αἱμύλιοι λ. Od. 1.56 , h.Merc. 317 , Hes. Th. 890 , Op. 78 , 789 , Thgn. 704 , A.R. 3.1141 ; ψευδεῖς Λ., personified, Hes. Th. 229 ; ἀφροδίσιοι λ. Semon. 7.91 ; ἀγανοῖσι λ. Pi. P. 4.101 ; ὄψον δὲ λ. φθονεροῖσιν tales, Id. N. 8.21 ; σμικροὶ λ. brief words, S. Aj. 1268 (s.v.l.), El. 415 ; δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων bred of talk, Id. OT 681 (lyr.): also in sg., λέγ’ εἴ σοι τῷ λ. τις ἡδονή speak if thou delightest in talking, Id. El. 891 .

b). sg., expression, phrase, πρὶν εἰπεῖν ἐσθλὸν ἢ κακὸν λ. Id. Ant. 1245 , cf. E. Hipp. 514 ; μυρίας ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ Hdt. 2.37 ; μακρὸς λ. rigmarole, Simon. 189 , Arist. Metaph. 1091a8 ; λ. ἠρέμα λεχθεὶς διέθηκε τὸ πόρρω a whispered message, Plot. 4.9.3 ; ἑνὶ λόγῳ to sum up, in brief phrase, Pl. Phdr. 241e , Phd. 65d ; concisely, Arist. EN 1103b21 (but also, = ἁπλῶς, περὶ πάντων ἑνὶ λ. Id. GC 325a1 ): pl., λ. θελκτήριοι magic words, E. Hipp. 478 ; rarely of single words, λ. εὐσύνθετος οἷον τὸ "χρονοτριβεῖν" Arist. Rh. 1406a36 ; οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λ. answered her not a word, Ev.Matt. 15.23 .

c). coupled or contrasted with words expressed or understood signifying act, fact, truth, etc., mostly in a depreciatory sense, λ. ἔργου σκιή Democr. 145 ; ὥσπερ μικρὸν παῖδα λόγοις μ’ ἀπατᾷς Thgn. 254 ; λόγῳ, opp. ἔργῳ, Democr. 82 , etc.; νηπίοισι οὐ λ. ἀλλὰ ξυμφορὴ διδάσκαλος Id. 76 ; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι A. Pr. 338 , cf. S. El. 59 , OC 782 ; λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσι .. ἔργῳ δὲ οὐκ ἀποδεικνῦσι Hdt. 4.8 ; οὐ λόγων, φασίν, ἡ ἀγορὴ δεῖται, χαλκῶν δέ Herod. 7.49 ; οὔτε λ. οὔτε ἔργῳ Lys. 9.14 ; λόγοις, opp. ψήφῳ, Aeschin. 2.33 ; opp. νόῳ, Hdt. 2.100 ; οὐ λόγῳ μαθών E. Heracl. 5 ; ἐκ λόγων, κούφου πράγματος Pl. Lg. 935a ; λόγοισι εἰς τὸ πιθανὸν περιπεπεμμένα ib. 886e , cf. Luc. Anach. 19 ; ἵνα μὴ λ. οἴησθε εἶναι, ἀλλ’ εἰδῆτε τὴν ἀλήθειαν Lycurg. 23 , cf. D. 30.34 ; opp. πρᾶγμα, Arist. Top. 146a4 ; opp. βία, Id. EN 1179b29 , cf. 1180a5 ; opp. ὄντα, Pl. Phd. 100a ; opp. γνῶσις, 2 Ep.Cor. 11.6 ; λόγῳ in pretence, Hdt. 1.205 , Pl. R. 361b , 376d , Ti. 27a , al.; λόγου ἕνεκα merely as a matter of words, ἄλλως ἕνεκα λ. ἐλέγετο Id. Cri. 46d ; λόγου χάριν, opp. ὡς ἀληθῶς, Arist. Pol. 1280b8 ; but also, let us say, for instance, Id. EN 1144a33 , Plb. 10.46.4 , Phld. Sign. 29 , M.Ant. 4.32 ; λόγου ἕνεκα let us suppose, Pl. Tht. 191c ; ἕως λόγου, μέχρι λ., = Lat. verbo tenus, Plb. 10.24.7 , Epict. Ench. 16 : sts. without depreciatory force, the antithesis or parallelism being verbal (cf. 'word and deed'), λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει S. OC 68 ; ἔν τε ἔργῳ καὶ λ. Pl. R. 382e , cf. D.S. 13.101 , Ev.Luc. 24.19 , Act.Ap. 7.22 , Paus. 2.16.2 ; ὅσα μὲν λόγῳ εἶπον, opp. τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων, Th. 1.22 .

2). common talk, report, tradition, ὡς λ. ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἔην Batr. 8 ; λ. ἐκ πατέρων Alc. 71 ; οὐκ ἔστ’ ἔτυμος λ. οὗτος Stesich. 32 ; διξὸς λέγεται λ. Hdt. 3.32 ; λ. ὑπ’ Αἰγυπτίων λεγόμενος Id. 2.47 ; νέον [λ.] tidings, S. Ant. 1289 (lyr.); τὰ μὲν αὐτοὶ ὡρῶμεν, τὰ δὲ λόγοισι ἐπυνθανόμεθα by hearsay, Hdt. 2.148 : also in pl., ἐν γράμμασιν λόγοι κείμενοι traditions, Pl. Lg. 886b .

b). rumour, ἐπὶ παντὶ λ. ἐπτοῆσθαι Heraclit. 87 ; αὐδάεις λ. voice of rumour, B. 14.44 ; περὶ θεῶν διῆλθεν ὁ λ. ὅτι .. Th. 6.46 ; λ. παρεῖχεν ὡς .. Plb. 3.89.3 ; ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λ. οὗτος εῖς τινας ὅτι .. Ev.Jo. 21.23 , cf. Act.Ap. 11.22 ; fiction, Ev.Matt. 28.15 .

c). mention, notice, description, οὐκ ὕει λόγου ἄξιον οὐδέν worth mentioning, Hdt. 4.28 , cf. Plb. 1.24.8 , etc.; ἔργα λόγου μέζω beyond expression, Hdt. 2.35 ; κρεῖσσον λόγου τὸ εἶδος τῆς νόσου beyond description, Th. 2.50 ; μείζω ἔργα ἢ ὡς τῷ λ. τις ἂν εἴποι D. 6.11 .

d). the talk one occasions, repute, mostly in good sense, good report, praise, honour (cf. supr. 1.4 ), πολλὰ φέρειν εἴωθε λ.. . πταίσματα Thgn. 1221 ; λ. ἐσλὸν ἀκοῦσαι Pi. I. 5(4).13 ; πλέονα .. λ. Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν Id. N. 7.21 ; ἵνα λ. σε ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθός Hdt. 7.5 , cf. 9.78 ; Τροίαν .. ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λ. whose fame, story fills the world, E. IT 517 ; οὐκ ἂν ἦν λ. σέθεν Id. Med. 541 : less freq. in bad sense, evil report, λ. κακόθρους, κακός, S. Aj. 138 (anap.), E. Heracl. 165 : pl., λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων slanders, S. Aj. 148 (anap.).

e). λ. ἐστί, ἔχει, κατέχει, the story goes, c. acc. et inf., ἔστ τις λ. τὰν Ἀρετὰν ναίειν Simon. 58.1 , cf. S. El. 417 ; λ. μὲν ἔστ’ ἀρχαῖος ὡς .. Id. Tr. 1 ; λ. alone, E. Heracl. 35 ; ὡς λ. A. Supp. 230 , Pl. Phlb. 65c , etc.; λ. ἐστί Hdt. 7.129 , 9.26 , al.; λ. αἰὲν ἔχει S. OC 1573 (lyr.); ὅσον ὁ λ. κατέχει tradition prevails, Th. 1.10 : also with a personal subject in the reverse construction. Κλεισθένης λ. ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι has the credit of .. , Hdt. 5.66 , cf. Pl. Epin. 987b , 988b ; λ. ἔχοντα σοφίας Ep.Col. 2.23 , v.supr. 1.4 .

3). discussion, debate, deliberation, πολλὸς ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λ. Hdt. 8.59 ; συνελέχθησαν οἱ Μῆδοι ἐς τὠυτὸ καὶ ἐδίδοσαν σφίσι λόγον, λέγοντες περὶ τῶν κατηκόντων Id. 1.97 ; οἱ Πελασγοὶ ἑωυτοῖσι λόγους ἐδίδοσαν Id. 6.138 ; πολέμῳ μᾶλλον ἢ λόγοις τὰ ἐγκλήματα διαλύεσθαι Th. 1.140 ; οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης λ. Aeschin. 2.74 ; τοῖς ἔξωθεν λ. πεπλήρωκε τὸν λ. [Plato] has filled his dialogue with extraneous discussions, Arist. Pol. 1264b39 ; τὸ μῆκος τῶν λ. D.Chr. 7.131 ; μεταβαίνων ὁ λ. εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀφῖκται our debate, Arist. EN 1097a24 ; ὁ παρὼν λ. ib. 1104a11 ; θεῶν ὧν νῦν ὁ λ. ἐστί discussion, Pl. Ap. 26b , cf. Tht. 184a , M.Ant. 8.32 ; τῷ λ. διελθεῖν, διϊέναι, Pl. Prt. 329c , Grg. 506a , etc.; τὸν λ. διεξελθεῖν conduct the debate, Id. Lg. 893a ; ξυνελθεῖν ἐς λόγον confer, Ar. Eq. 1300 : freq. in pl., ἐς λόγους συνελθόντες parley, Hdt. 1.82 ; ἐς λ. ἐλθεῖν τινι have speech with, ib. 86 ; ἐς λ. ἀπικέσθαι τινί Id. 2.32 ; διὰ λόγων ἰέναι E. Tr. 916 ; ἐμαυτῇ διὰ λ. ἀφικόμην Id. Med. 872 ; ἐς λ. ἄγειν τινά X. HG 4.1.2 ; κοινωνεῖν λόγων καὶ διανοίας Arist. EN 1170b12 .

b). right of discussion or speech, ἢ ’πὶ τῷ πλήθει λ.; S. OC 66 ; λ. αἰτήσασθαι ask leave to speak, Th. 3.53 ; λ. διδόναι X. HG 5.2.20 ; οὐ προυτέθη σφίσιν λ. κατὰ τὸν νόμον ib. 1.7.5 ; λόγου τυχεῖν D. 18.13 , cf. Arist. EN 1095b21 , Plb. 18.52.1 ; οἱ λόγου τοὺς δούλους ἀποστεροῦντες Arist. Pol. 1260b5 ; δοῦλος πέφυκας, οὐ μέτεστί σοι λόγου Trag.Adesp. 304 ; διδόντας λ. καὶ δεχομένους ἐν τῷ μέρει Luc. Pisc. 8 : hence, time allowed for a speech, ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λ. And. 1.26 ,al.; ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λ. Pl. Ap. 34a ; οὐκ ἐλάττω λ. ἀνήλωκε D. 18.9 .

c). dialogue, as a form of philosophical debate, ἵνα μὴ μαχώμεθα ἐν τοῖς λ. ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ Pl. Cra. 430d ; πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοὺς λ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. Prt. 348a : hence, dialogue as a form of literature, οἱ Σωκρατικοὶ λ. Arist. Po. 1447b11 , Rh. 1417a20 ; cf. διάλογος.

d). section, division of a dialogue or treatise (cf. v. 3 ), ὁ πρῶτος λ. Pl. Prm. 127d ; ὁ πρόσθεν, ὁ παρελθὼν λ., Id. Phlb. 18e , 19b ; ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις λ. Arist. PA 682a3 ; ἐν τοῖς περὶ κινήσεως λ. in the discussion of motion (i. e. Ph.bk. 8 ), Id. GC 318a4 ; ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐπαίνου λ. Phld. Rh. 1.219 ; branch, department, division of a system of philosophy, τὴν φρόνησιν ἐκ τριῶν συνεστηκέναι λ., τῶν φυσικῶν καὶ τῶν ἠθικῶν καὶ τῶν λογικῶν Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.258 .

e). in pl., literature, letters, Pl. Ax. 365b , Epin. 975d , D.H. Comp. 1 , 21 (but, also in pl., treatises, Plu. 2.16c ); οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι Hdn. 6.1.4 ; Λόγοι, personified, AP 9.171 ( Pall.).

VII). a particular utterance, saying:

1). divine utterance, oracle, Pi. P. 4.59 ; λ. μαντικοί Pl. Phdr. 275b ; οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν ἐρῶ τὸν λ. Pl. Ap. 20e ; ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ Apoc. 1.2 , 9 .

2). proverb, maxim, saying, Pi. N. 9.6 , A. Th. 218 ; ὧδ’ ἔχει λ. ib. 225 ; τόνδ’ ἐκαίνισεν λ. ὡς .. Critias 21 , cf. Pl. R. 330a , Ev.Jo. 4.37 ; ὁ παλαιὸς λ. Pl. Phdr. 240c , cf. Smp. 195b , Grg. 499c , Lg. 757a , 1 Ep.Ti. 1.15 , Plu. 2.1082e , Luc. Alex. 9 , etc.; τὸ τοῦ λόγου δὴ τοῦτο Herod. 2.45 , cf. D.Chr. 66.24 , Luc. JTr. 3 , Alciphr. 3.56 , etc.: pl., Arist. EN 1147a21 .

3). assertion, opp. oath, S. OC 651 ; ψιλῷ λ. bare word, opp. μαρτυρία, D. 27.54 .

4). express resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, Hdt. 1.141 ,al.; ἐπὶ λ. τοιῷδε, ἐπ’ ᾧ τε .. on the following terms, Id. 7.158 , cf. 9.26 ; ἐνδέξασθαι τὸν λ. Id. 1.60 , cf. 9.5 ; λ. ἔχοντες πλεονέκτην a greedy proposal, Id. 7.158 : freq. in pl., terms, conditions, Id. 9.33 , etc.

5). word of command, behest, A. Pr. 17 , 40 (both pl.), Pers. 363 ; ἀνθρώπους πιθανωτέρους ποιεῖν λόγῳ X. Oec. 13.9 ; ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ Ev.Matt. 8.16 ; οἱ δέκα λ. the ten Commandments, LXX Ex. 34.28 , Ph. 1.496 .

VIII). thing spoken of, subject-matter (cf. 111.1 b and 2 ), λ. τοῦτον ἐάσομεν Thgn. 1055 ; προπεπυσμένος πάντα λ. the whole matter, Hdt. 1.21 , cf. 111 ; τὸν ἐόντα λ. the truth of the matter, ib. 95 , 116 ; μετασχεῖν τοῦ λ. to be in the secret, ib. 127 ; μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τὸν λ. τοῦτον εῐπῃς Id. 8.65 ; τίς ἦν λ.; S. OT 684 ( = πρᾶγμα , 699 ); περί τινος λ. διελεγόμεθα subject, question, Pl. Prt. 314c ;[τὸ προοίμιον] δεῖγμα τοῦ λ. case, Arist. Rh. 1415a12 , cf. 111.1b ; τέλος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λ. ψηφίζονται the end of the matter was that .. , Aeschin. 3.124 ; οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λ. Plb. 8.12.5 ; οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ Act.Ap. 8.21 ; ἱκανὸς αὐτῷ ὁ λ. Pl. Grg. 512c ; οὐχ ὑπολείπει [Γοργίαν] ὁ λ. matter for talk, Arist. Rh. 1418a35 ; μηδένα λ. ὑπολιπεῖν Isoc. 4.146 ; πρὸς λόγον to the point, apposite, οὐδὲν πρὸς λ. Pl. Phlb. 42e , cf. Prt. 344a ; ἐὰν πρὸς λ. τι ᾖ Id. Phlb. 33c ; also πρὸς λόγου Id. Grg. 459c (s. v.l.).

2). plot of a narrative or dramatic poem, = μῦθος , Arist. Po. 1455b17 , al.

b). in Art, subject of a painting, ζωγραφίας λόγοι Philostr. VA 6.10 ; λ. τῆς γραφῆς Id. Im. 1.25 .

3). thing talked of, event, μετὰ τοὺς λ. τούτους LXX 1 Ma. 7.33 , cf. Act.Ap. 15.6 .

IX). expression, utterance, speech regarded formally, τὸ ἀπὸ [ψυχῆς] ῥεῦμα διὰ τοῦ στόματος ἰὸν μετὰ φθόγγου λ., opp. διάνοια, Pl. Sph. 263e ; intelligent utterance, opp. φωνή, Arist. Pol. 1253a14 ; λ. ἐστὶ φωνὴ σημαντικὴ κατὰ συνθήκην Id. Int. 16b26 , cf. Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213 ; ὅθεν (from the heart) ὁ λ. ἀναπέμπεται Stoic. 2.228 , cf. 244 ; Protagoras was nicknamed λόγος, Hsch. ap. Sch. Pl. R. 600c , Suid.; λόγου πειθοῖ Democr. 181 : in pl., eloquence, Isoc. 3.3 , 9.11 ; τὴν ἐν λόγοις εὐρυθμίαν Epicur. Sent.Pal. 5p.69 v. d. M.; λ. ἀκριβής precise language, Ar. Nu. 130 (pl.), cf. Arist. Rh. 1418b1 ; τοῦ μὴ ᾀδομένου λ. Pl. R. 398d ; ἡδυσμένος λ., of rhythmical language set to music, Arist. Po. 1449b25 ; ἐν παντὶ λ. in all manner of utterance, 1 Ep.Cor. 1.5 ; ἐν λόγοις in orations, Arist. Po. 1459a13 ; λ. γελοῖοι, ἀσχήμονες, ludicrous, improper speech, Id. SE 182b15 , Pol. 1336b14 .

2). of various modes of expression, esp. artistic and literary, ἔν τε ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις Pl. Lg. 664a ; ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἐν ᾠδαῖς X. Cyr. 1.4.25 , cf. Pl. Lg. 835b ; prose, opp. ποίησις, Id. R. 390a ; opp. ψιλομετρία, Arist. Po. 1448a11 ; opp. ἔμμετρα, ib. 1450b15 (pl.); τῷ λ. τοῦτο τῶν μέτρων (sc. τὸ ἰαμβεῖον) ὁμοιότατον εἶναι Id. Rh. 1404a31 ; in full, ψιλοὶ λ. prose, ib. b33 (but ψιλοὶ λ., = arguments without diagrams, Pl. Tht. 165a ); λ. πεζοί, opp. ποιητική, D.H. Comp. 6 ; opp. ποιήματα, ib. 15 ; κοινὰ καὶ ποιημάτων καὶ λόγων Phld. Po. 5.7 ; πεζὸς λ. ib. 27 , al.

b). of the constituents of lyric or dramatic poetry, words, τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν .. λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ Pl. R. 398d ; opp. πρᾶξις, Arist. Po. 1454a18 ; dramatic dialogue, opp. τὰ τοῦ χοροῦ, ib. 1449a17 .

3). Gramm., phrase, complex term, opp. ὄνομα, Id. SE 165a13 ; λ. ὀνοματώδης noun-phrase, Id. APo. 93b30 , cf. Rh. 1407b27 ; expression, D.H. Th. 2 , Demetr. Eloc. 92 .

b). sentence, complete statement," ἄνθρωπος μανθάνει" λόγον εἶναί φῃς .. ἐλάχιστόν τε καὶ πρῶτον Pl. Sph. 262c ; λ. αὐτοτελής A.D. Synt. 3.6 , D.T. 634.1 ; ῥηθῆναι λόγῳ to be expressed in a sentence, Pl. Tht. 202b ; λ. ἔχειν to be capable of being so expressed, ib. 201e , cf. Arist. Rh. 1404b26 .

c). language, τὰ τοῦ λ. μέρη parts of speech, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.31 , S.E. M. 9.350 , etc.; τὰ μόρια τοῦ λ. D.H. Comp. 6 ; μέρος λ. D.T. 633.26 , A.D. Pron. 4.6 , al. (but ἓν μέρος <τοῦ cod.> λόγου one word, Id. Synt. 340.10 , cf. 334.22 ); περὶ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ λ., title of work by Chrysippus.

X). the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government, ὁ παντοδύναμός σου λ. LXX Wi. 18.15 ; ὁ ἐκ νοὸς φωτεινὸς λ. υἱὸς θεοῦ Corp.Herm. 1.6 , cf. Plu. 2.376c ; λ. θεοῦ δῑ οὗ κατεσκευάσθη [ὁ κόσμος] Ph. 1.162 ; τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ σοφίας· ἡ δέ ἐστιν ὁ θεοῦ λ. ib. 56 ; λ. θεῖος .. εἰκὼν θεοῦ ib. 561 , cf. 501 ; τὸν τομέα τῶν συμπάντων [θεοῦ] λ. ib. 492 ; τὸν ἄγγελον ὅς ἐστι λ. ib. 122 : in NT identified with the person of Christ, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. Ev.Jo. 1.1 , cf. 14 , 1 Ep.Jo. 2.7 , Apoc. 19.13 ; ὁ λ. τῆς ζωῆς 1 Ep.Jo. 1.1 .