λόγ-ιος, α, ον,
(λόγος) of or belonging to λόγοι:
__I versed in tales or stories (compare λόγος see), λόγιοι καὶ ἀοιδοί [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.94, compare “N.” 6.45: hence of chroniclers (opposed to poets), Περσέων οἱ λόγιοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αἰγυπτίων -ώτατοι [[ [prev. author] 2.3, compare 4.46 ] Refs]; so later, οἱ - ώτατοι τῶν ἀρχαίων συγγραφέων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.45.1, compare 38.6.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.4, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.17, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.2 generally, learned, erudite, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 30, etc.; λ. περὶ τὴν ὅλην φύσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ λ. Ἀκεστῖνος, of a learned physician, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.7 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἱ -ώτατοι Τυρρηνῶν, of the Tuscan haruspices, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 7; Χαλδαίων οἱ λ. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.16.5, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.6.2, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; λογιώτατος as title, [[ “OGI” 408.5 (Theb. Aeg.), “POxy.” 902.1 (5th c.AD), etc.] Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὁ τῆς λ. μνήμης σχολαστικός [[ “PMasp.” 118.30 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II skilled in words, eloquent, τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὅπερ νῦν καὶ λόγιον ὀνομάζουσιν [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 38, etc.; 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] is said to have made [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus [τὸν] -ώτατον (of his disciples), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.2.4; λ. ἐξ ἀφώνου γενόμενος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 51 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; epithet of Hermes, as the god of eloquence, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 2, “Gall.” 2 (_superlative_), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.132a; οἱ λ. θεοί [prev. author] “Ep.” 80 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; this sense is condemned by [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 176] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ίως eloquently, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.405a] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὡς ἐνῆν -ώτατα as nearly in words as possible, of the elephant, [[[prev. work]968d. ] Refs]