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not artificial, unpolished, D.H. Lys. 8; esp. unpoetical, ἀ. λόγος, opp. ποιητική, Id. Comp. 1; τὰ ἀποίητα, opp. τὰ πεποημένα, Phld. Po. 1081; ἀ. ὑπόθεσις not used as material for poetry, ibid.; τὸ ἀ. simplicity, naiveté, Aristid. Or. 31(11).4. Adv. -τως D.H. Dem. 39.
a work of art, piece of workmanship, Longin. 13.4 (pl.), Ath. 11.497c, Herm. in Phdr. p.202 A.; δ. χειρῶν D.H. Comp. 1; τὰ δ. Φειδίου Jul. Or. 2.54b; οὐ τύχης οὐδʼ ἀνθρώπων δ., of the universe, Zaleuc. ap. Stob. 4.2.19, cf. Dam. Pr. 175; θεοειδὲς δ. ᾧ λογιζόμεθα Ph. 1.208; creature, πρὸς ἀπότεξιν εὐτρεπὲς δ. Hierocl. p.7 A.; also of actions, Iamb. Myst. 1.5, 2.7.
choice, selection, τῶν ἀρχόντων Pl. R. 414a, 536c; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. Lg. 802b; ἐ. [ τῶν ἀρίστων νόμων] Arist. EN 1181a18; τῶν ἐναντίων Id. Metaph. 1004a2; ὀνομάτων Phld. Rh. 1.162 S., D.H. Comp. 1, etc.; ὀνόματος A.D. Synt. 71.10; κατʼ ἐκλογὴν ἀριστίνδην κεκριμένοι Plb. 6.10.9; ἐπὶ ἐγλογῇ γεωργεῖν PTeb. 5.166 (ii B.C.).
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publish, deliver, χρηστήριον Hdt. 5.79; ἐ. λόγον S. Tr. 741, Pl. Mx. 236c, cf. Plu. Them. 23; εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας τὰ τῆς πόλεως ἁμαρτήματα Isoc. 8.14; of public measures, refer, ἐξενεῖκαι ἐς τὸν δῆμον Hdt. 9.5; ἐς πολύφημον ἐξενείκαντας Id. 5.79; ἐ. προβούλευμα εἰς τὸν δῆμον bring a project of law before the people, D. 59.4 (so in Med., ἐκφέρεσθαι προβούλευμα εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν Aeschin. 3.125): abs., freq. in Att. Inscrr., ἡ δὲ βουλὴ ἐς τὸν δῆμον ἐξενεγκέτω ἐπάναγκες IG 1(2).76.61, cf. 22.360.47; of authors, publish a work, Isoc. 9.74, Arist. Po. 1447b17, D.H. Comp. 1, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.10c, etc.:— Med., ἐκφέρεσθαι γνώμην declare oneʼs opinion, Isoc. 5.36:— Pass., εἰς Ἕλληνας ἐξοισθήσεται E. Supp. 561.
ecstatic, ὁρμαί D.H. Comp. 1, cf. Plu. Lyc. 21; φοραί Id. Pyrrh. 22, etc.; τὸ ἐ. Ph. 1.689. Adv. -δῶς Hp. Ep. 17, Sch. Il. Oxy. 1086.41.
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D.S. 14.82, Ph. 1.143 codd.; κατὰ τὴν ἐ. during his term as ἐπιστάτης, SIG 10 ( Samos, vi B.C.); ἐ. ἔργων superintendence of works, X. Mem. 1.5.2; ἡ ἐ. μοι ἡ καθʼ ἡμέραν 2 Ep.Cor. 11.28; oversight of students, D.H. Comp. 1.
interpretation, explanation, Pl. R. 524b (pl.), Tht. 209a, Epicur. Nat. 28.1; esp. of thoughts by words, expression, Diog.Apoll. 1, X. Mem. 4.3.12; χρῆσθαι τῇ γλώσσῃ πρὸς ἑρμηνείαν Arist. PA 660a35, cf. de An. 420b19, Resp. 476a19, Hermog. Inv. 1.1, etc.; mediation, Pl. Epin. 984e; style, D.H. Comp. 1, al., Demetr. Eloc. 1, etc.; an expression, ἡ ἀκόλουθος ἑ. Sch. Pi. O. 3.1 : also in pl., αἱ Πλατωνικαὶ ἑ. Platoʼs gifts of style, D.H. Pomp. 1.2.
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sweet-sounding, of the Attic dialect, AP 9.188, cf. Gal. 8.586; τὸ εὔ. that which is pleasant to the ear, D.H. Comp. 1.
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pleasant to the taste, δεῖπνον Od. 20.391; of wine, 3.51, 9.197, etc.; to the smell, ἀμβροσίην . . ἡδὺ μάλα πνείουσαν 4.446; ὀδμὴ δʼ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει 9.210; to the hearing, δίδου δʼ ἡδεῖαν ἀοιδήν 8.64; αὐδή Hes. Th. 40; feelings or states, ἡ. ὕπνος Il. 4.131, Od. 1.364, al.; κοῖτος 19.510; ἡδὺ μάλα κνώσσουσα 4.809; ἡδὺς μῦθος, opp. ἀλγεινός, S. Ant. 12: c. inf., φέγγος ἥδιον δρακεῖν A. Ag. 602; ἡδὺς ἀκοῦσαι [λόγος] Pl. Men. 81d, cf. Ar. V. 503; later ἡ. ἀκουσθῆναι D.H. Comp. 9; εἰ . . τόδε πᾶσι φίλον καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο Il. 4.17, cf. 7.387: c. inf., οὐκ ἂν ἐμοί γε μετὰ φρεσὶν ἡδὺ γένοιτο ζωέμεν Od. 24.435; ἁδύ τι θαρσαλέαις τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον ἐλπίσι A. Pr. 536, etc.; so οὔ μοι ἥδιόν ἐστι λέγειν I had rather not . . , Hdt. 2.46: neut. as Subst., τὸ διʼ ἀκοῆς τε καὶ διʼ ὄψεως ἡδύ Pl. Hp.Ma. 298a; μεμιγμένον τῷ σεμνῷ τὸ ἡ. D.H. Comp. 1; τὰ ἡ. pleasures, Th. 5.105, Pl. Grg. 495a, etc.: neut. as Adv., ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν merrily, Il. 2.270, etc.; ἁδὺ δὲ καὶ τὺ συρίσδες sweetly, Theoc. 1.2.
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pure, ὀνόματα, λέξις, D.H. Comp. 1, 3; διάλεκτος Id. Dem. 5; so of writers, [ Λυσίας] κ. τὴν ἑρμηνείαν Id. Lys. 2; [ Ξενοφῶν] κ. τοῖς ὀνόμασι Id. Pomp. 4; also, clear, simple, σεμνὸς καὶ κ. Jul. Or. 2.77a.
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artistic treatment, κ. ποιητική Str. 1.2.6, D.H. Comp. 1; manipulation, συλλαβῶν, γραμμάτων, ib. 15, 16; elaboration, Id. Pomp. 2, etc.; correct style, opp. ἰδιωτισμός, Diocl. Stoic. 3.214; technical resources, πλάσμα καὶ ἡ ἄλλη κ. δημηγόρου Phld. Rh. 1.199 S.
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head, topic of argument, D.H. Comp. 1, Rh. 10.5, Str. 1.2.31.
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related to expression, stylistic, ὁ λ. τόπος the province of expression, ib. 1, 4; opp. πραγματικός, of style, opp. matter, ἀρεταί Id. Pomp. 1; μέρος Id. Th. 34.
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literature, letters, Pl. Ax. 365b, Epin. 975d, D.H. Comp. 1, 21 (but, also in pl., treatises, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.16c); οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι Hdn. 6.1.4; Λόγοι, personified, AP 9.171 ( Pall.).
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ὑποσχεσίαι A.R. 4.359; μελιχρότατος περὶ τὰς ἐννοίας Philostr. VS 1.22.1; epith. of Sophocles, AP 7.22 ( Simm.); τὸ μελιχρότατον τῶν ἐπέων Call. Epigr. 29; τὸ μ. ἐν ταῖς ἀκοαῖς D.H. Comp. 1, cf. Dem. 48; λωτοὶ κλάζοντες ἴσον φόρμιγγι μελιχρόν APl. 16.8 ( Alc.): Comp. Adv. μελιχρότερον Hedyl. ap. Ath. 11.473a. (Formed from μέλι, as πενιχρός from πενία.)
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αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Μουσέων πεζὸς ἔπειμι νομόν Call. Aet. 2.1.9 [Fr. 112.9 Pf.]), of language, prosaic, λόγοι π. prose (cf. III.3), D.H. Comp. 6, Paus. 4.6.1 ; διὰ πεζῶν [λ.] Phld. Mus. p.87 K. ; λόγος POxy. 724.10 (ii A. D.) ; ἡ π. διάλεκτος D.H. Comp. 3 ; ἡ π. λέξις ib. 1 ; opp. ἡ ἔμμετρος, ib. 4 ; ἡ π. alone, Str. 1.2.6 ; τινὰ καὶ πεζὰ καὶ ἐν ἔπεσι ποιήματα D.C. 69.3 ; π. τις ποιητική, of bombastic prose, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 8 ; κομιδῇ πεζὸν καὶ χαμαιπετές ib. 16, cf. Plu. Comp. Arist. Men. 2.853c ; τὰ ἄγαν π. καὶ κακόμετρα [ὀνόματα] ib. QConv. 747f ; π. ὀνόματα, opp. ποιητικά, Demetr. Eloc. 167.
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having relation to public life, political, public, opp. κατʼ ἰδίας, Th. 8.89; π. τιμαί X. Mem. 2.6.24; λόγοι civil oratory, Isoc. 15.46, D.H. Comp. 1, al.; τίς π. καὶ κοινὴ βοήθεια; D. 18.311. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, litterae π. scriptae Cic. Att. 5.12.2.
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relating to subject-matter, opp. style, ὁ π. τόπος, opp. ὁ λεκτικός, D.H. Comp. 1: Sup., -ωτάτη εὕρεσις Hermog. Inv. 1.1.
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compose a writing or a work in writing, περί τινος X. Eq. 1.1, Pl. Min. 316d: c.acc., τὰς Κνιδίας γνώμας Hp. Acut. 1; πόλεμον ξ. write the history of the war, Th. 1.1, cf. 6.7; ὁ τὴν ὀψοποιίαν συγγεγραφώς the author of the book on cookery, Pl. Grg. 518b; συμβουλὴν περὶ βίου σ. Id. Lg. 858c; describe, Theoc. Ep. 22.4 (where it is used of poetry, cf. AP 9.165 ( Pall.)): esp., write in prose, opp. poetry ( ποιεῖν), Pl. Ly. 205a, Isoc. 9.8; σ. ἐπαίνους καταλογάδην Pl. Smp. 177b; σ. τέχνας compose manuals, D.H. Comp. 1.
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sphere, ὁ πραγματικὸς τ. D.H. Comp. 1.
adornment, τοῦ σώματος, Plu. Agis 4; refinement, Id. Sollert. 2.972d; with notion of effeminacy and affectation, LXX Je. 4.30: metaph. of style, elegance, D.H. Comp. 1, Plu. Fab. 1.