λογῐκ-ός, ή, όν,
(λόγος) of or for speaking or speech, μέρη λ. the organs of speech, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 38: λογική, ἡ ] Refs 1st c.AD+], speech, opposed to μουσική, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11; λ. φαντασία ] Refs 1st c.BC+]expressed in speech, [[ Stoic. 2.61. ] Refs]
__2 of or in eloquence, ἀγῶνες [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.1; ἀκροάσεις λ. καὶ ὀργανικαί “Supp.epigram” 2.184.6 (Tanagra, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 suited for prose, ὁ ἡρῷος σεμνὸς καὶ οὐ λ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 42; τὸ λ., opposed to τὸ μεγαλοπρεπές, [prev. work] 41 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, writing in prose, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 5.85; ἐγκώμιον λ. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]in prose, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 9(2).531.43 (Thess.). ] Refs]
__II possessed of reason, intellectual, μέρος [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 99e, +others; τὸ λ. ζῷον 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.95 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀρεταὶ λ., ={διανοητικαί}, opposed to ἠθικαί, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1108b9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 dialectical, argumentative, οἱ λ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as the Theaetetus and Cratylus, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.58; in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] usually like{διαλεκτικός, λ. συλλογισμός} [[ “APo.” 93a15, compare “Top.” 162b27; διὰ λογικωτέρων καὶ ἀκριβεστέρων λόγων ] Refs]more abstract, Metaphorical [[ 1080a10 ] Refs]; λ. δυσχέρειαι[[ [prev. work] 1005b22; λ. ἀπόδειξις “GA” 747b28 ] Refs]; but also, logical, λ. συλλογισμοί, opposed to ῥητορικοί, [[ “Rh.” 1355a13 ] Refs]. adverb - κῶς dialectically, Metaphorical [[ 1029b13, “APo.” 84a7, 88a19; φυσικῶς καὶ λ. “GC” 316a11 ] Refs]: comparative -ώτερον [[ “Cael.” 275b12. ] Refs]