λέξις,εως,ἡ, (λέγωB)
A. speech, opp.ᾠδή, Pl. Lg. 816d ;λ. ἢ πρᾶξις speechor action, Id. R. 396c ;ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ.ib. 400d ;τὰ λέξει δηλούμεναorders givenby word of mouth, Arr. Tact. 27.2 .
2. diction, style,ἡ ἐνθάδε λ.thestyleused here (in courts of justice), Pl. Ap. 17d ;Μούσης λ.poeticaldiction, Id. Lg. 795e , cf. Arist. Rh. 1410b28 , Po. 1450b13 , etc.;περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, Theon Prog. 2 .
II. a single wordorphrase, Arist. Rh. 1406b1 , Epicur. Nat. 28p.4V. , al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31 , Plb. 2.22.1 , etc.; even a meaninglessword, such asβλίτυρι, Diog. Stoic. 3.213 ; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς
Plb. 6.46.10
;αὐταῖς λέξεσιorκατὰ 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