λόγος λόγος, ὁ, λέγω (A) the word or that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio; and, (B) the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio. Lat. vox, oratio, that which is said or spoken: a word, pl. words, i. e. language, talk, Hom., etc.; λόγου ἕνεκα, Lat. dicis causa, merely for talkingʼs sake, Plat.; λόγῳ in word, in pretence, opp. to ἔργῳ (in deed, in reality), Hdt., Attic a word, saying, statement, Thuc.: an oracle, Pind., Plat.:— a saying, maxim, proverb, Pind., Aesch. an assertion, promise, Soph. a resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, Hdt. a condition, ἐπὶ λόγῳ τοιῷδε Hdt. a command, Aesch. speech, discourse, conversation, εἰς λόγους ἐλθεῖν, συνελθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι τινί Hdt., Attic; λόγου μεῖζον, κρεῖσσον beyond expression, Hdt., Thuc.; λόγου ἄξιον worth mention, Hdt. right of speech, power to speak, λόγον αἰτεῖσθαι Thuc.; διδόναι Xen. talk about one, report, repute, Lat. fama, λόγος, Hdt., Attic; λόγος ἐστί, λόγος ἔχει, κατέχει, φέρεται, c. acc. et inf., so the story goes, Lat. fama fert, Hdt., Attic speech, language, Plat. a saying, tale, story, opp. on the one hand to mere fable (μῦθος) , on the other, to regular history (ἱστορία) , Hdt., Thuc., etc.: then, a fictitious story, fable, like those of Aesop, Hdt., Plat. a narrative, and in pl. histories, history, Hdt.: in sg. one part of such a work, Hdt. generally, prose-writing, prose, Xen., etc. a speech, oration, Oratt. like ῥῆμα, the thing spoken of, the subject or matter of the λόγος, Hdt., Attic that which is stated, a proposition, position, principle, Plat.: also = ὁρισμός, a definition, Plat. Lat. ratio, thought, reason, οὐκ ἔχει λόγον admits not of reason, Soph.; ὀρθὸς λ. Plat.; ὡς ἔχει λόγον, ὡς ἔοικεν, Dem.:— κατὰ λόγον agreeably to reason, Plat.; μετὰ λόγου Plat. an opinion, expectation, Hdt. a reason, ground, plea, Soph., etc.; ἐκ τίνος λόγου; on what ground? Aesch.; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. Soph., etc. ὁ λόγος αἱρέει, c. acc. et inf., it stands to reason that . . , Lat. ratio evincit, Hdt. account, consideration, esteem, regard, λόγον βροτῶν οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδένα Aesch.; Μαρδονίου λόγος οὐδεὶς γίγνεται Hdt.; λόγου οὐδενὸς γενέσθαι to be of no account, Hdt.; λόγου ποιεῖσθαί τινα or τι, to make account of a person or thing, Hdt.;—so, ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ ποιεῖσθαι Hdt.;— ἐν ἀνδρὸς λόγῳ εἶναι to be reckoned as a man, Hdt. an account, λόγον διδόναι τινός to give an account of a thing, Hdt., Attic; so, λόγον παρέχειν Plat.; λ. λαμβάνειν παρά τινος Dem.; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν Dem.; ὑπέχειν Plat., Dem., etc.; ἐγγράφειν Dem., etc.; ἀποφέρειν Aeschin.; cf. λογιστής. due relation, proportion, analogy, κατὰ λόγον τινός or τινί Hdt., Attic Ὁ ΛΟΓΌΣ, the Logos or Word, comprising both senses of Thought and Word, NTest.