discourse, conversation,
διάλεκτ-ος,ἡ,
A. discourse, conversation,
Hp. Art. 30 ; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους
Pl. Smp. 203a
;discussion, debate, argument,
Id. Tht. 146b ; opp.ἔρις,
Id. R. 454a .
2. common language, talk,
δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους
Arist. Po. 1449a26
; ἡ εἰωθυῖα δ.
Id. Rh. 1404b24
.
II. speech, language,
Ar. Fr. 685 ; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν
Antiph. 171
;δ. ἀμνίου,opp.τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος,
Hermipp. 3 ;articulate speech, language,opp.φωνή,
Arist. HA 535a28 ; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί
Id. Pr. 895a6
; but also,spoken,opp. writtenlanguage,
D.H. Comp. 11 .
2. the language of a country,
Plb. 1.80.6 , D.S. 5.6 , etc.: esp.dialect,as Ionic, Attic, etc., Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213 , D.H. Comp. 3 , S.E. M. 1.59 , Hdn.Gr. 2.932 ; also,local wordorexpression,
Plu. Alex. 31 .
III. way of speaking, accent,
D. 37.55 .
2. pl.,modes of expression,
Epicur. Ep. 1p.24U.
IV. style, πανηγυρική, ποιητικὴ δ.,
D.H. Comp. 23 , 21 : esp.poetical diction,
Phld. Po. 2
Fr. 33 , al.
V. of musical instruments,quality, 'idiom',
Arist. de An. 420b8 .
