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λόγος, ὁ,
verbal noun of λέγω (B), with senses corresponding to λέγω (B) II and III (on the various senses of the word see [[ 2nd c.AD: Theon Smyrnaeus Philosophus pp.72,73 H., “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 4.327): common in all periods in Prose and Verse, exc. Epic, in which it is found in signification derived from λέγω (B)] Refs 2nd c.AD+] 111, compareinfr. VI. 1 a:
__I computation, reckoning (compare λέγω (B) II).
__I.1 account of money handled, σανίδες εἰς ἃς τὸν λ. ἀναγράφομεν [[ “IG” 12.374.191; ἐδίδοσαν τὸν λ. [prev. work]232.2; λ. δώσεις τῶν μετεχείρισας χρημάτων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, compare 143; οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λ. αὐτῶν οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω νῦν αὐτῆς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.26; λ. ἀπενεγκεῖν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 54.1; ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις τοῦ τοιούτου λ. ὑπεχέτω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 774b; τὸν τῶν χρημάτων λ. παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.47; ἀδικήματα εἰς ἀργυρίου λ. ἀνήκοντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; συνᾶραι λόγον μετά τινος settle accounts with, [[ NT.Matt.18.23, etc.] NT]; δεύτεροι λ. a second audit, [[ 4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.4.26.1] Refs 4th c.AD+]; ὁ τραπεζιτικὸς λ. banking account, Theo Sm.p.73 H.: metaphorically, οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λ. βροτόν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 477. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.1.b public accounts, i. e. branch of treasury, ἴδιος λ., in Egypt, [[ “OGI” 188.2, 189.3, 669.38] Refs]; also as title of treasurer, [[[prev. work]408.4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.12; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λ. “IPE” 2.29 A (from Panticapaeum)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; δημόσιος λ., = Latin fiscus, [[ “OGI” 669.21 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+], etc. (but later, = aerarium, [[ 4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.5.15); also Καίσαρος λ. “OGI” 669.30; κυριακὸς λ. [prev. work]18. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I.2 generally, account, reckoning, μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λ. excels the whole account, i.e. is best of all, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1225 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόντας λ. τῶν ἐποίησαν accounting for, i.e. paying the penalty for their doings, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; λ. αἰτεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 285e; λ. δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 336c, +others; λαμβάνειν λ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν [prev. author] “Men.” 75d; παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λ. [prev. author] “R.” 344d; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.15, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ὑπέχειν, δοῦναι, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.95; λ. ἐγγράψαι [prev. author] 24.199, +others; λ. ἀποφέρειν τῇ πόλει 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.22, compare “Eu. Luc.” 16.2, NT.Heb.13.17; τὸ παράδοξον τῶν συμβεβηκότων ὑπὸ λόγον ἄγειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.34.2 ] NT+4th c.BC+]; λ. ἡ ἐπιστήμη, πολλὰ δὲ ὁ λ. the account is manifold, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.9.4 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἔχων λόγον τοῦ διὰ τί an account of the cause, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 74b27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐς λ. τινός on account of, ἐς χρημάτων λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.89.6, LXX.2Mac.1.14, “JRS” 18.152 (from Jerash)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; λόγῳ with genitive, by way of, [[ “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 3.2.5. +others] Refs]; κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθους if we take into account his size, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 517b27; πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λ. NT.Heb.4.13, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 31.123. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__I.3 measure, tale [[compare(below 11.1), θάλασσα.. μετρέεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 31; ψυχῆς ἐστι λ. ἑαυτὸν αὔξων [prev. author] 115 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐς τούτου (i.e. γήραος) λ. οὐ πολλοί τινες ἀπικνέονται to the point of old age, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.99, compare 7.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; ὁ ξύμπας λ. the full tale, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.56, cf. NT.Phil.4.15 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; κοινῷ λ. νομίσαντα common measure, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 746e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sum, total of expenditure, [[ “IG” 42(1).103.151 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λ., = Latin patrimonii modus, [[ 4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.5.12.20. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__I.4 esteem, consideration, value put on a person or thing (compare infr. VI. 2 d), οὗ πλείων λ. ἢ τῶν ἄλλων who is of more worth than all the rest, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 39 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; βροτῶν λ. οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδέν᾽ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 233; οὐ σμικροῦ λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1163: frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, Μαρδονίου λ. οὐδεὶς γίνεται 8.102; τῶν ἦν ἐλάχιστος ἀπολλυμένων λ. 4.135, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 94; περὶ ἐμοῦ οὐδεὶς λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου οὐδενὸς γίνεσθαι πρός τινος to be of no account, repute with.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120, compare 4.138 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου ποιήσασθαί τινα make one of account, [[ [prev. author] 1.33 ] Refs]; ἐλαχίστου, πλείστου λ. εἶναι, to be highly, lowly esteemed, [[ [prev. author] 1.143, 3.146 ] Refs]; but also λόγον τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι, like Latin rationem habere alicujus, make account of, set a value on, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 187, etc.: usually in _negative_ statements, οὐδένα λ. ποιήσασθαί τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4, compare 13, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.14.9, etc.; λ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62, 115; λ. ἴσχειν περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 87c; λ. ἔχειν περὶ τοὺς ποιητάς 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 107; λ. ἔχειν τινός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.199, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102b32, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Philopoemen” 18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but also, have the reputation of.., see below[[ VI. 2 e); ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ποιήσασθαί τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.50 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ἀπώλοντο without regard, [[ [prev. author] 9.70; ἐν σμικρῷ λ. εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 550a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμεῖς οὔτ᾽ ἐν λ. οὔτ᾽ ἐν ἀριθμῷ Oracle texts cited in [[Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.48 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐν ἀνδρῶν λ. [εἶναι] to be reckoned, count as a man, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.120 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἰδιώτεω λόγῳ καὶ ἀτίμου reckoned as.., [[ 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus “fragment” 59; σεμνὸς εἰς ἀρετῆς λ. καὶ δόξης 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.142. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II relation, correspondence, proportion,
__II.1 generally, ὑπερτερίης λ. relation (of gold to lead), [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 418 = 1164; πρὸς λόγον τοῦ σήματος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 519 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; κατὰ λόγον προβαίνοντες τιμῶσι in inverse ratio, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, compare 7.36; κατὰ λ. τῆς ἀποφορῆς [prev. author] 2.109 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἄλλα κατὰ λ. in like fashion, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 16, “Prog.” 17: with _genitive_, κατὰ λ. τῶν πρόσθεν [prev. work] 24; κατὰ λ. τῶν ἡμερῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 619; κατὰ λ. τῆς δυνάμεως 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.11; ἐλάττω ἢ κατὰ λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 508a2, compare “PA” 671a18; ἐκ ταύτης ἐγένετο ἐκείνη κατὰ λ. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1257a31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare εὔλογος: sometimes with ὁ αὐτός added, κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. τῷ τείχεϊ in fashion like to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῶν νόσων ὁ αὐτὸς λ. analogously, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158d, compare “Prm.” 136b, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. similarly, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 353d ] Refs]; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. in the same ratio, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.76.8] Refs]; by parity of reasoning, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 393c, “R.” 610a, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ λόγον τινός, τινί, [[ [prev. author] “Ti.” 29c, Alcaeus2.145d] Refs]; τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν λ. πρὸς.. ὃν ἡ παιδεία πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν is related to.. as.., [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.20 F., +others ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.2 in Mathematics texts, ratio, proportion (ὁ κατ᾽ ἀνάλογον λ., λ. τῆς ἀναλογίας,[[ Theo Sm. p.73 H.), 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus 2; ἰσότης λόγων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 113a31; λ. ἐστὶ δύο μεγεθῶν ἡ κατὰ πηλικότητα ποιὰ σχέσις 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 5 “Def.” 3; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν τοὺς λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 985b32, compare 1092b14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λόγοι ἀριθμῶν numerical ratios, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.32 M.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς φθόγγους ἀναγκαῖον ἐν ἀριθμοῦ λ. λέγεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους to be expressed in numerical ratios, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]Sect.Can. Proëm.: in Metre, ratio between arsis and thesis, by which the rhythm is defined, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.34 M.; ἐὰν ᾖ ἰσχυροτέρα τοῦ αἰσθητηρίου ἡ κίνησις, λύεται ὁ λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 424a31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ λόγον analogically, [[ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀνὰ λ. μερισθεῖσα [ἡ ψυχή] proportionally, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37a; so κατὰ λ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 319.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς λόγον in proportion, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.30.3, 9.15.3 (but πρὸς λόγον ἐπὶ στενὸν συνάγεται] Refs 2nd c.BC+] narrows uniformly, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.9, cf. Diocl.fragment 171); ἐπὶ λόγον “IG” 5(1).1428 (from Messene). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 Grammars, analogy, rule, τῷ λ. τῶν μετοχικῶν, τῆς συγκοπῆς, by the rule of the participles, of syncopated ope, [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.75 Gaisf., 1.377 H.; εἰπέ μοι τὸν λ. τοῦ Αἴας Αἴαντος, τουτέστι τὸν κανόνα “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 4.328. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III.1 plea, pretext, ground, ἐκ τίνος λ.; [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 515; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 731; ἀπὸ παντὸς λ. [prev. author] “OC” 762; χὠ λ. καλὸς προσῆν [prev. author] “Ph.” 352; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λ. [prev. author] “OT” 657 (Lyric poetry, variant{λόγων}); ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.59; ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ λ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.124 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τίνα λ.; on what ground? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ πρὸς ἕνα λ. to no purpose, [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 343d ] Refs]; ἐπὶ τίνι λ.; for what reason? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν λ. τοῦτον this ground of complaint, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.228 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τίνι δικαίῳ λ.; what just cause is there? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 512c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνι λ.; on what account? [[ NT.Acts.10.29] NT]; κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἠνεσχόμην ὑμῶν reason would that.., [[[prev. work]18.14] Refs]; λ. ἔχειν, with personal subject, εἶχον ἄν τινα λ. I (i.e. my conduct) would have admitted of an explanation, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ὀρθὸν λ. the true explanation, [[[prev. work] 34b. ] Refs]
__III.1.b plea, case, in Law or argument (cf. VIII. I), τὸν ἥττω λ. κρείττω ποιεῖν to make the weaker case prevail, [[[prev. work] 18b, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402a24, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1042 (_plural_); personified, [prev. work] 886, +others; ἀμύνεις τῷ τῆς ἡδονῆς λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 38a; ἀνοίσεις τοὺς λ. αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX.Exo.18.19 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐχειν λ. πρός τινα to have a case, ground of action against.., [[ NT.Act.19.38. ] NT]
__III.2 statement of a theory, argument, οὐκ ἐμεῦ ἀλλὰ τοῦ λ. ἀκούσαντας probably in [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 50 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; λόγον ἠδὲ νόημα ἀμφὶς ἀληθείης discourse and reflection on reality, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.50 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δηλοῖ οὗτος ὁ λ. ὅτι.. [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 7 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οὐκ ἔχει λόγον it is not arguable, i.e. reasonable, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 466, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 62d, etc.; ἔχει λ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.32; οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 202; δίκασον.. τὸν λ. ἀκούσας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 696b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; personified, φησὶ οὗτος ὁ λ.[[ [prev. work] 714d, compare “Sph.” 238b, “Phlb.” 50a ] Refs]; ὡς ὁ λ. (i.e. λέγει) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115b12; ὡς ὁ λ. ὁ ὀρθὸς λέγει [prev. work] 1138b20, compare 29; ὁ λ. θέλει προσβιβάζειν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.41, compare1.19 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀκούσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179b27; λ. καθαίρων Aristo Stoic. 1.88 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου τυγχάνειν to be explained, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.77 K.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὁ τὸν λ. μου ἀκούων my teaching, [[NT.John.5.24] NT]; ὁ προφητικὸς λ., collective, of [[ “VT” prophecy, NT.2Pet.1.19: _plural_, ὁκόσων λόγους ἤκουσα 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 108; οὐκ ἐπίθετο τοῖς ἐμοῖς λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 73 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of arguments leading to a conclusion (ὁ λ.), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46b; τὰ Ἀναξαγόρου βιβλία γέμει τούτων τῶν λ. [prev. author] “Ap.” 26d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχάς, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095a31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; συλλογισμός ἐστι λ. ἐν ᾧ τεθέντων τινῶν κτλ. [[ [prev. author] “APr.” 24b18 ] Refs]; λ. ἀντίτυπός τε καὶ ἄπορος, of a self-contradictory theory, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.8.7. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__III.2.b ὁ περὶ θεῶν λ., title of a discourse by Protagoras, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.54 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς λ., name of an argument,[[ [prev. work] 23; ὁ αὐξόμενος λ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.559b ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; καταβάλλοντες (i.e. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.60; λ. σοφιστικοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 165a34, +others; οἱ μαθηματικοὶ λ. [prev. author] “Rh.” 1417a19, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λ., current outside the Lyceum, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 217b31, +others] Refs]; Δισσοὶ λ., title of a philosophical treatise (= [[ “Dialexeis 5th c.BC”)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λ. καὶ Λογίνα, name of play of Epicharmus, quibble, argument, personified, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.338d. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2.c in Logic, proposition, whether as premiss or conclusion, πρότασίς ἐστι λ. καταφατικὸς ἢ ἀποφατικός τινος κατά τινος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 24a16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.2.d rule, principle, law, as embodying the result of λογισμός, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.22, “P.” 1.35, “N.” 4.31; πείθεσθαι τῷ λ. ὃς ἄν μοι λογιζομένῳ βέλτιστος φαίνηται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 46b ] Refs 5th c.BC+], compare c; ἡδονὰς τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λ. ἑπομένας obeying right principles, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 696c ] Refs]; προαιρέσεως [ἀρχὴ] ὄρεξις καὶ λ. ὁ ἕνεκά τινος principle directed to an end, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1139a32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the final cause, ἀρχὴ ὁ λ. ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐν τοῖς φύσει συνεστηκόσιν [[ [prev. author] “PA” 639b15 ] Refs]; ἀποδιδόασι τοὺς λ. καὶ τὰς αἰτίας οὗ ποιοῦσι ἑκάστου[[ [prev. work] 18; [τέχνη] ἕξις μετὰ λ. ἀληθοῦς ποιητική [prev. author] “EN” 1140a10 ] Refs]; ὀρθὸς λ. true principle, right rule, [[[prev. work] 1144b27, 1147b3, +others] Refs]; κατὰ λόγον by rule, consistently, ὁ κατὰ λ. ζῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689d, compare “Ti.” 89d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κατὰ λ. ζῆν, opposed to κατὰ πάθος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1169a5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ λ. προχωρεῖν according to plan, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.3. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.3 law, rule of conduct, ᾧ μάλιστα διηνεκῶς ὁμιλοῦσι λόγῳ [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 72; πολλοὶ λόγον μὴ μαθόντες ζῶσι κατὰ λόγον 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 53 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; δεῖ ὑπάρχειν τὸν λ. τὸν καθόλου τοῖς ἄρχουσιν universal principle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a17; ὁ νόμος.. λ. ὢν ἀπό τινος φρονήσεως καὶ νοῦ [prev. author] “EN” 1180a21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ νόμος.. ἔμψυχος ὢν ἑαυτῷ λ. conscience, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.780c] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸν λ. πρόχειρον ἔχειν precept, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 30, compare 102; ὁ προστακτικὸς τῶν ποιητέων ἢ μὴ λ. κοινός 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.4 thesis, hypothesis, provisional ground, ὡς ἂν εἰ λέγοι λόγον maintain a thesis, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 344b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λ. provisionally assuming a proposition, [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 100a ] Refs]; τὸν τῆς ὁμοιότητος λ. hypothesis of equivalence, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 296a20. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.5 reason, ground, πάντων γινομένων κατὰ τὸν λ. τόνδε [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 1; οὕτω βαθὺν λ. ἔχει [prev. author] 45 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐκ λόγου, opposed to μάτην, [[ 5th c.BC: Leucippus Philosophus 2; μέγιστον σημεῖον οὗτος ὁ λ. 5th c.BC: Melissus Philosophus 8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἐμπειρία] οὐκ ἔχει λ. οὐδένα ὧν προσφέρει has no grounds for.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 465a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης θείας [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 265c ] Refs]; ἡ μετα λόγου ἀληθὴς δόξα (ἐπιστήμη) [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 201c ] Refs]; λόγον ζητοῦσιν ὧν οὐκ ἔστι λ. proof, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1011a12; οἱ ἁπάντων ζητοῦντες λ. ἀναιροῦσι λ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Metaphysica” 26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.6 formula (wider than definition, but frequently equivalent thereto), term expressing reason, λ. τῆς πολιτείας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 497c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψυχῆς οὐσία τε καὶ λ. essential definition, [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 245e; ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λ. [prev. author] “R.” 343a ] Refs]; τὸν λ. τῆς οὐσίας[[ [prev. work] 534b, compare “Phd.” 78d; τὰς πολλὰς ἐπιστήμας ἑνὶ λ. προσειπεῖν [prev. author] “Tht.” 148d; ὁ τῆς οἰκοδομήσεως λ. ἔχει τὸν τῆς οἰκίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 646b3; τεθείη ἂν ἴδιον ὄνομα καθ᾽ ἕκαστον τῶν λ. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1006b5, compare 1035b4; πᾶς ὁρισμὸς λ. τίς ἐστι [prev. author] “Top.” 102a5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῶν σχημάτων λ. κοινός generic definition, [[ [prev. author] “de An.” 414b23 ] Refs]; ἀκριβέστατος λ. specific definition, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1276b24; πηγῆς λ. ἔχον 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.477 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ ᾠὸν οὔτε ἀρχῆς ἔχει λ. fulfils the function of.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.637d] Refs 1st c.AD+]; λ. τῆς μίξεως formula, i. e. ratio (compare supr. II) of combination, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 642a22, compare “Metaphorical” 993a17. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.7 reason, law exhibited in the world-process, κατὰ λόγον by law, κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λ. ἔχοντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 500c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ τὸν [αὐτὸν αὖ] λ. by the same law, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 170.18; ψυχῆς τὸ πᾶν τόδε διοικούσης κατὰ λ. 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.3.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in Stoic Philos., the divine order, τὸν τοῦ παντὸς λ. ὃν ἔνιοι εἱμαρμένην καλοῦσιν [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.24; τὸ ποιοῦν τὸν ἐν [τῇ ὕλῃ] λ. τὸν θεόν [prev. passage], compare 42; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου λ. 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.264 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λόγος, ={φύσει νόμος}, [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.169; κατὰ τὸν κοινὸν θεοῖς καὶ ἀνθρώποις λ. 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.53; ὁ ὀρθὸς λ. διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενος 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.4: so in 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus, τὴν φύσιν εἶναι λόγον, ὃς ποιεῖ λ. ἄλλον γέννημα αὑτοῦ 3.8.2. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.7.b σπερματικὸς λ. generative principle in organisms, ὁ θεὸς σπ. λ. τοῦ κόσμου [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.28: usually in _plural_, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.205,314, +others; γίνεται τὰ ἐν τῷ παντὶ οὐ κατὰ σπερματικούς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λ. περιληπτικούς 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.1.7, compare 4.4.39: so without σπερματικός, ὥσπερ τινὲς λ. τῶν μερῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.111; οἱ λ. τῶν ὅλων 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.7.c in Neo-Platonic Philos., of regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe, ὄντων μειζόνων λ. καὶ θεωρούντων αὑτοὺς ἐγὼ γεγέννημαι [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.8.4; οἱ ἐν σπέρματι λ. πλάττουσι.. τὰ ζῷα οἷον μικρούς τινας κόσμους [prev. author] 4.3.10, compare 3.2.16, 3.5.7 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to ὅρος, [[ [prev. author] 6.7.4; ἀφανεῖς λ. τῆς φύσεως 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]in R.1.18 K.; τεχνικοὶ λ. [[[prev. work]142 K., +others ] Refs]
__IV inward debate of the soul [[compare (λ. ὃν αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτὴν ἡ ψυχὴ διεξέρχεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 189e (διάλογος in “Sph.” 263e)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ὁ ἔσω λ. (opposed to ὁ ἔξω λ.), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76b25, 27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐνδιάθετος, opposed to ὁ προφορικὸς λ., [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.43, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.154), ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV.1 thinking, reasoning, τοῦ λ. ἐόντος ξυνοῦ, opposed to ἰδία φρόνησις, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 2 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ.. ἔλεγχον test by reflection, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; reflection, deliberation[[ (cf. VI. 3), ἐδίδου λόγον ἑωυτῷ περὶ τῆς ὄψιος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.209, compare 34, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 583, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ εἰδέναι.. μήτε λόγῳ μήτε ἔργῳ neither by reasoning nor by experience, [[ 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 7; ἃ δὴ λόγῳ μὲν καὶ διανοίᾳ ληπτά, ὄψει δ᾽ οὔ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 529d, compare “Prm.” 135e; ὁ λ. ἢ ἡ αἴσθησις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1149a35, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτῷ μόνον τῷ λ. πιστεύειν (opposed to αἰσθήσεις), of Parmenides and his school, [[ Aristocles Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.17: hence λόγῳ or τῷ λ.] Refs 4th c.AD+] in idea, in thought, τῷ λ. τέμνειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 525e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ λ. δύο ἐστίν, ἀχώριστα πεφυκότα two in idea, though indistinguishable in fact, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102a30, compare “GC” 320b14, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λόγῳ θεωρητά mentally conceived, opposed to sensibly perceived, [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 1.3.5, compare 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1055.20; τοὺς λ. θεωρητοὺς χρόνους 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.19U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; διὰ λόγου θ. χ.[[ [prev. work] p.10 U.; λόγῳ καταληπτός 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.20, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὁ λ. οὕτω αἱρέει analogy proves, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ λ. or λ. αἱρέει reasoning convinces, [[ [prev. author] 3.45, 6.124, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 48c ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, our argument shows, [[ “Lg.” 663d): also with _accusative_ _person_, χρᾶται ὅ τι μιν λ. αἱρέει] Refs] as the whim took him, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢν μὴ ἡμέας λ. αἱρῇ unless we see fit, [[ [prev. author] 4.127, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 607b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later ὁ αἱρῶν λ. ordaining reason, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.50, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 2.5, compare 4.24, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.2.20, etc.: coupled or contrasted with other functions, καθ᾽ ὕπνον ἐπειδὴ λόγου καὶ φρονήσεως οὐ μετεῖχε] Refs 4th c.BC+] since reason and understanding are in abeyance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 71d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης, opposed to αἰτία αὐτομάτη, of Nature's processes of production, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 265c ] Refs]; τὸ μὲν δὴ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν embraced by thought with reflection, opposed to μετ᾽ αἰσθήσεως ἀλόγου, [[ [prev. author] “Ti.” 28a; τὸ μὲν ἀεὶ μετ᾽ ἀληθοῦς λ., opposed to τὸ δὲ ἄλογον, [prev. work] 51e, compare 70d, +others] Refs]; λ. ἔχων ἑπόμενον τῷ νοεῖν [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 62a ] Refs]; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀρθὸς λ. scientific knowledge and right process of thought, [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 73a; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἐπιστήμη τῶν καθόλου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1059b26; τὸ λόγον ἔχον [prev. author] “EN” 1102b15, 1138b9, +others: in _sing._ and _plural_, contrasted by 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus and 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] as theory, abstract reasoning with outward experience, sometimes with depreciatory emphasis on the former, εἰς τοὺς λ. καταφυγόντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 99e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ἐν λόγοις σκοπούμενον τὰ ὄντα, opposed to τὸν ἐν ἔργοις (realities),[[ [prev. work] 100a; τῇ αἰσθήσει μᾶλλον τῶν λ. πιστευτέον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 760b31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γνωριμώτερα κατὰ τὸν λ., opposed to κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 189a4 ] Refs]; ἐκ τῶν λ. δῆλον, opposed to ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς, [[ [prev. author] “Mete.” 378b20 ] Refs]; ἡ τῶν λ. πίστις, opposed to ἐκ τῶν ἔργων φανερόν, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1326a29; ἡ πίστις οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ λ. [prev. author] “Ph.” 262a19; μαρτυρεῖ τὰ γιγνόμενα τοῖς λ. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1334a6 ] Refs]; ὁ μὲν λ. τοῦ καθόλου, ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τοῦ κατὰ μέρος explanation, opposed to perception, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 189a7 ] Refs]; ἔσονται τοῖς λ. αἱ πράξεις ἀκόλουθοι theory, opposed to practice, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 25 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; in Logic, of discursive reasoning, opposed to intuition, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1142a26, 1143b1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; reasoning in general, [[[prev. work] 1149a26 ] Refs]; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἀπόδειξις all reasoning and demonstration, [[ [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1063b10; λ. καὶ φρόνησιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.105 K.; ὁ λ. ἢ λογισμός [prev. passage]; τὸ ἰδεῖν οὐκέτι λ., ἀλλὰ μεῖζον λόγου καὶ πρὸ λόγου] Refs 1st c.BC+], of mystical vision, opposed to reasoning, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.9.10.] Refs 3rd c.AD+] —Phrases, κατὰ λ. τὸν εἰκότα by probable reasoning, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 30b; οὔκουν τόν γ᾽ εἰκότα λ. ἂν ἔχοι [prev. author] “Lg.” 647d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ λόγον, opposed to κατὰ λ., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1429a29, compare “EN” 1167b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare παράλογος (but παρὰ λ. unexpectedly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 940). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 reason as a faculty, ὁ λ. ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾷ [[[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 256; [θυμοειδὲς] τοῦ λ. κατήκοον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 70a; [θυμὸς] ὑπὸ τοῦ λ. ἀνακληθείς [prev. author] “R.” 440d; σύμμαχον τῷ λ. τὸν θυμόν [prev. work] b; πειθαρχεῖ τῷ λ. τὸ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102b26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄλλο τι παρὰ τὸν λ. πεφυκός, ὃ μάχεται τῷ λ.[[ [prev. work] 17; ἐναντίωσις λόγου πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.7.13(8); οὐ θυμός, οὐκ ἐπιθυμία, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδέ τις νόησις [prev. author] 6.9.11: frequently in Stoic. Philos. of human “Reason”, opposed to φαντασία, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.39] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to φύσις, [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.206; οὐ σοφία οὐδὲ λ. ἐστὶν ἐν [τοῖς ζῴοις] [prev. passage]; τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις ὡς λ. ἔχων λ. μὴ ἔχουσι χρῶ 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 6.23; ὁ λ. κοινὸν πρὸς τοὺς θεούς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.3.3; οἷον [εἰκὼν] λ. ὁ ἐν προφορᾷ λόγου τοῦ ἐν ψυχῇ, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὴ λ. νοῦ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ τὸν λ. σχεῖν τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετήν (i.e. εὐδαιμονίαν) [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Timaeum commentarii” 3.334 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of the reason which pervades the universe, θεῖος λ. [[[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 257; τὸν θεῖον λ. καθ᾽ Ἡράκλειτον δι᾽ ἀναπνοῆς σπάσαντες νοεροὶ γινόμεθα 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.129 (compare below x). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2.b creative reason, ἀδύνατον ἦν λόγον μὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ πάντα ἐλθεῖν [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.2.14; ἀρχὴ οὖν λ. καὶ πάντα λ. καὶ τὰ γινόμενα κατ᾽ αὐτόν [prev. author] 3.2.15; οἱ λ. πάντες ψυχαί [prev. author] 3.2.18. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__V continuous statement, narrative (whether fact or fiction), oration, etc. (compare λέγω (B) [[ 11.2), ] Refs]
__V.1 fable, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141; Αἰσώπου λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393b8; ὁ τοῦ κυνὸς λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.2 legend, ἱρὸς λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.62, compare 47, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80 (_plural_); συνθέντες λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 297; λ. θεῖος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱεροὶ λ., of Orphic rhapsodies, [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus S.V. Ὀρφεύς. ] Refs]
__V.3 tale, story, ἄλλον ἔπειμι λ. [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 7.1, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97, etc.; συνθέτους λ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 686 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σπουδὴν λόγου urgent tidings, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 663 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄλλος λ. 'another story', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁμολογούμενος ὁ λ. ἐστίν the story is consistent, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, histories, ἐν τοῖσι Ἀσσυρίοισι λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.184, compare 106, 2.99 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in singular, a historical work, [[ [prev. author] 2.123, 6.19, 7.152 ] Refs]: also in singular, one section of such a work (like later βίβλος), [[ [prev. author] 2.38, 6.39, cf. VI. 3d ] Refs]; so in plural, ἐν τοῖσι Λιβυκοῖσι λ. [[ [prev. author] 2.161, compare 1.75, 5.22, 7.93, 213 ] Refs]; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν λ. [[ [prev. author] 5.36 ] Refs]; ὁ πρῶτος λ., of St. Luke's gospel, [[ NT.Act.1.1: in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, opposed to μῦθος] NT+5th c.BC+], as history to legend, [[ “Ti.” 26e; ποιεῖν μύθους ἀλλ᾽ οὐ λόγους “Phd.” 61b, compare “Grg.” 523a (but μῦθον λέγειν, opposed to λόγῳ] Refs] (argument) διεξελθεῖν [[ “Prt.” 320c, compare 324d); περὶ λόγων καὶ μύθων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336a30; ὁ λ... μῦθός ἐστι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V.4 speech, delivered in court, assembly, etc., χρήσομαι τῇ τοῦ λ. τάξει ταύτῃ [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.57, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1358a38; δικανικοὶ λ. [prev. author] “EN” 1181a4; τρία γένη τῶν λ. τῶν ῥητορικῶν, συμβουλευτικόν, δικανικόν, ἐπιδεικτικόν [prev. author] “Rh.” 1358b7; τῷ γράψαντι τὸν λ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 17.8, compare λογογράφος 11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπιτάφιος λ. funeral oration, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 236b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the body of a speech, opposed to ἐπίλογος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1420b3; opposed to προοίμιον, [prev. work] 1415a12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; body of a law, opposed to proem, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 723b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; spoken, opposed to written word, τὸν τοῦ εἰδότος λ. ζῶντα καὶ ἔμψυχον οὗ ὁ γεγραμμένος εἴδωλόν τι [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 276a ] Refs]; ὁ ἐκ τοῦ βιβλίου ῥηθεὶς [λ.] speech read from a roll, [[[prev. work] 243c ] Refs]; published speech, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.54 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; rarely of the speeches in Tragedy (ῥήσεις), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1450b6, 9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VI verbal expression or utterance (compare λέγω (B) [[ 111), rarely a single ] Refs]word, see below b, never in Grammars signification of vocable (ἔπος, λέξις, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), usually of a phrase, cf. I[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus 3 (the only sense found in _Epic dialect_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.a plural, without Article, talk, τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.393; αἱμύλιοι λ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.56, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 317, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 890, “Op.” 78, 789, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 704, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1141 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψευδεῖς Λ., personified, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 229; ἀφροδίσιοι λ. 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.91; ἀγανοῖσι λ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.101 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄψον δὲ λ. φθονεροῖσιν tales, [[ [prev. author] “N.” 8.21 ] Refs]; σμικροὶ λ. brief words, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1268 (assuming variant), “El.” 415 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων bred of talk, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 681 (Lyric poetry): also in _sing._, λέγ᾽ εἴ σοι τῷ λ. τις ἡδονή] Refs] speak if thou delightest in talking, [[ [prev. author] “El.” 891. ] Refs]
__VI.b singular, expression, phrase, πρὶν εἰπεῖν ἐσθλὸν ἢ κακὸν λ. [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 1245, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 514; μυρίας ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μακρὸς λ. rigmarole, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 189, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1091a8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. ἠρέμα λεχθεὶς διέθηκε τὸ πόρρω a whispered message, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.9.3 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἑνὶ λόγῳ to sum up, in brief phrase, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241e, “Phd.” 65d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; concisely, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1103b21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (but also, ={ἁπλῶς, περὶ πάντων ἑνὶ λ}. [[ [prev. author] “GC” 325a1): _plural_, λ. θελκτήριοι] Refs] magic words, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 478 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely of single words, λ. εὐσύνθετος οἷον τὸ χρονοτριβεῖν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406a36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λ. answered her not a word, [[NT.Matt.15.23. ] NT]
__VI.c coupled or contrasted with words expressed or understood signifying act, fact, truth, etc., mostly in a depreciatory sense, λ. ἔργου σκιή [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 145; ὥσπερ μικρὸν παῖδα λόγοις μ᾽ ἀπατᾷς 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 254 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; λόγῳ, opposed to ἔργῳ, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 82, etc.; νηπίοισι οὐ λ. ἀλλὰ ξυμφορὴ διδάσκαλος [prev. author] 76; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 338, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 59, “OC” 782; λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσι.. ἔργῳ δὲ οὐκ ἀποδεικνῦσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8; οὐ λόγων, φασίν, ἡ ἀγορὴ δεῖται, χαλκῶν δέ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.49; οὔτε λ. οὔτε ἔργῳ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγοις, opposed to ψήφῳ, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to νόῳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.100; οὐ λόγῳ μαθών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 5; ἐκ λόγων, κούφου πράγματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 935a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγοισι εἰς τὸ πιθανὸν περιπεπεμμένα[[ [prev. work] 886e, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 19; ἵνα μὴ λ. οἴησθε εἶναι, ἀλλ᾽ εἰδῆτε τὴν ἀλήθειαν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 23, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.34 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to πρᾶγμα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 146a4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to βία, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1179b29, compare 1180a5 ] Refs]; opposed to ὄντα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 100a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γνῶσις, [[ NT.2Cor.11.6 ] NT]; λόγῳ in pretence, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.205, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 361b, 376d, “Ti.” 27a, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου ἕνεκα merely as a matter of words, ἄλλως ἕνεκα λ. ἐλέγετο [[ [prev. author] “Cri.” 46d ] Refs]; λόγου χάριν, opposed to ὡς ἀληθῶς, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1280b8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also, let us say, for instance, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1144a33, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.46.4, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 29, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 4.32 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; λόγου ἕνεκα let us suppose, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕως λόγου, μέχρι λ., = Latin verbo tenus, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.24.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 16: sometimes without depreciatory force, the antithesis or parallelism being verbal (compare 'word and deed'), λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 68; ἔν τε ἔργῳ καὶ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 382e, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.101, NT.Luke.24.19, NT.Act.7.22, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.16.2 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; ὅσα μὲν λόγῳ εἶπον, opposed to τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2 common talk, report, tradition, ὡς λ. ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἔην [[ Batrachomyomachia 8; λ. ἐκ πατέρων 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 71; οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἔτυμος λ. οὗτος 7th-6th c.BC: Stesichorus Lyricus 32; διξὸς λέγεται λ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32; λ. ὑπ᾽ Αἰγυπτίων λεγόμενος [prev. author] 2.47 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; νέον [λ.] tidings, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1289 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μὲν αὐτοὶ ὡρῶμεν, τὰ δὲ λόγοισι ἐπυνθανόμεθα by hearsay, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.148: also in _plural_, ἐν γράμμασιν λόγοι κείμενοι] Refs 5th c.BC+] traditions, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 886b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2.b rumour, ἐπὶ παντὶ λ. ἐπτοῆσθαι [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 87 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; αὐδάεις λ. voice of rumour, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 14.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ θεῶν διῆλθεν ὁ λ. ὅτι.. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. παρεῖχεν ὡς.. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.89.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λ. οὗτος εῖς τινας ὅτι.. [[ NT.John.21.23, cf. NT.Act.11.22 ] NT]; fiction, [[NT.Matt.28.15. ] NT]
__VI.2.c mention, notice, description, οὐκ ὕει λόγου ἄξιον οὐδέν worth mentioning, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.24.8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔργα λόγου μέζω beyond expression, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρεῖσσον λόγου τὸ εἶδος τῆς νόσου beyond description, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.50; μείζω ἔργα ἢ ὡς τῷ λ. τις ἂν εἴποι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2.d the talk one occasions, repute, mostly in good sense, good report, praise, honour [[compare(above 1.4), πολλὰ φέρειν εἴωθε λ... πταίσματα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1221; λ. ἐσλὸν ἀκοῦσαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).13; πλέονα.. λ. Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν [prev. author] “N.” 7.21; ἵνα λ. σε ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.5, compare 9.78 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Τροίαν.. ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λ. whose fame, story fills the world, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 517; οὐκ ἂν ἦν λ. σέθεν [prev. author] “Med.” 541 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently in bad sense, evil report, λ. κακόθρους, κακός, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 138 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 165: _plural_, λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων] Refs 5th c.BC+] slanders, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 148 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2.e λ. ἐστί, ἔχει, κατέχει, the story goes, with accusative et infinitive, ἔστι τις λ. τὰν Ἀρετὰν ναίειν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 58.1, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 417 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. μὲν ἔστ᾽ ἀρχαῖος ὡς.. [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1 ] Refs]; λ. alone, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 35; ὡς λ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 230, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 65c, etc.; λ. ἐστί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.129, 9.26, +others; λ. αἰὲν ἔχει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1573 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον ὁ λ. κατέχει tradition prevails, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10: also with a personal subject in the reverse construction. Κλεισθένης λ. ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] has the credit of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.66, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987b, 988b; λ. ἔχοντα σοφίας NT.Col.2.23, see.above 1.4. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__VI.3 discussion, debate, deliberation, πολλὸς ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.59; συνελέχθησαν οἱ Μῆδοι ἐς τὠυτὸ καὶ ἐδίδοσαν σφίσι λόγον, λέγοντες περὶ τῶν κατηκόντων [prev. author] 1.97; οἱ Πελασγοὶ ἑωυτοῖσι λόγους ἐδίδοσαν [prev. author] 6.138; πολέμῳ μᾶλλον ἢ λόγοις τὰ ἐγκλήματα διαλύεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140; οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης λ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.74 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς ἔξωθεν λ. πεπλήρωκε τὸν λ. [Plato] has filled his dialogue with extraneous discussions, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264b39; τὸ μῆκος τῶν λ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.131 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεταβαίνων ὁ λ. εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀφῖκται our debate, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097a24; ὁ παρὼν λ. [prev. work] 1104a11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; θεῶν ὧν νῦν ὁ λ. ἐστί discussion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26b, compare “Tht.” 184a, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 8.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ λ. διελθεῖν, διϊέναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329c, “Grg.” 506a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν λ. διεξελθεῖν conduct the debate, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 893a ] Refs]; ξυνελθεῖν ἐς λόγον confer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1300: frequently in _plural_, ἐς λόγους συνελθόντες] Refs 5th c.BC+] parley, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς λ. ἐλθεῖν τινι have speech with,[[ [prev. work] 86; ἐς λ. ἀπικέσθαι τινί [prev. author] 2.32; διὰ λόγων ἰέναι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 916; ἐμαυτῇ διὰ λ. ἀφικόμην [prev. author] “Med.” 872; ἐς λ. ἄγειν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.2; κοινωνεῖν λόγων καὶ διανοίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1170b12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.3.b right of discussion or speech, ἢ 'πὶ τῷ πλήθει λ.; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 66 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. αἰτήσασθαι ask leave to speak, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53; λ. διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ προυτέθη σφίσιν λ. κατὰ τὸν νόμον[[ [prev. work] 1.7.5; λόγου τυχεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.13, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095b21, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.52.1; οἱ λόγου τοὺς δούλους ἀποστεροῦντες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1260b5; δοῦλος πέφυκας, οὐ μέτεστί σοι λόγου “Tragica Adespota” 304; διδόντας λ. καὶ δεχομένους ἐν τῷ μέρει 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, time allowed for a speech, ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.26, +others; ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34a; οὐκ ἐλάττω λ. ἀνήλωκε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.3.c dialogue, as a form of philosophical debate, ἵνα μὴ μαχώμεθα ἐν τοῖς λ. ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 430d; πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοὺς λ. ποιεῖσθαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 348a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, dialogue as a form of literature, οἱ Σωκρατικοὶ λ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447b11, “Rh.” 1417a20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare διάλογος.
__VI.3.d section, division of a dialogue or treatise (compare see[[ 3), ὁ πρῶτος λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 127d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πρόσθεν, ὁ παρελθὼν λ., [[ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 18e, 19b; ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 682a3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς περὶ κινήσεως λ. in the discussion of motion (i. e. [[ “Ph.” book, [prev. author] “GC” 318a4; ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐπαίνου λ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.219 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; branch, department, division of a system of philosophy, τὴν φρόνησιν ἐκ τριῶν συνεστηκέναι λ., τῶν φυσικῶν καὶ τῶν ἠθικῶν καὶ τῶν λογικῶν [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.258. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__VI.3.e in plural, literature, letters, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 365b, “Epin.” 975d, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 1, 21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but, also in plural, treatises, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.16c); οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.1.4 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Λόγοι, personified, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.171 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__VII a particular utterance, saying:
__VII.1 divine utterance, oracle, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.59; λ. μαντικοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 275b; οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν ἐρῶ τὸν λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20e; ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ NT.Rev.1.2, 9. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__VII.2 proverb, maxim, saying, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.6, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 218; ὧδ᾽ ἔχει λ. [prev. work] 225 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόνδ᾽ ἐκαίνισεν λ. ὡς.. [[ 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a, NT.John.4.37; ὁ παλαιὸς λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 240c, compare “Smp.” 195b, “Grg.” 499c, “Lg.” 757a, NT.1Tim.1.15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1082e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 9, etc.; τὸ τοῦ λόγου δὴ τοῦτο 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.45, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 66.24, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 3, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.56, etc.: _plural_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1147a21. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__VII.3 assertion, opposed to oath, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 651 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψιλῷ λ. bare word, opposed to μαρτυρία, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.54. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VII.4 express resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ λ. τοιῷδε, ἐπ᾽ ᾧ τε.. on the following terms, [[ [prev. author] 7.158, compare 9.26; ἐνδέξασθαι τὸν λ. [prev. author] 1.60, compare 9.5 ] Refs]; λ. ἔχοντες πλεονέκτην a greedy proposal, [[ [prev. author] 7.158 ] Refs]: frequently in plural, terms, conditions, [[ [prev. author] 9.33, etc. ] Refs]
__VII.5 word of command, behest, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 17, 40 (both _plural_), “Pers.” 363; ἀνθρώπους πιθανωτέρους ποιεῖν λόγῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 13.9; ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ NT.Matt.8.16 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; οἱ δέκα λ. the ten [[ “Commandments”, LXX.Exo.34.28, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.496. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
__VIII thing spoken of, subject-matter (compare [[ 111.1 b and 2), λ. τοῦτον ἐάσομεν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1055 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; προπεπυσμένος πάντα λ. the whole matter, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21, compare 111 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ἐόντα λ. the truth of the matter, [[[prev. work] 95, 116 ] Refs]; μετασχεῖν τοῦ λ. to be in the secret,[[ [prev. work] 127; μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τὸν λ. τοῦτον εῐπῃς [prev. author] 8.65 ] Refs]; τίς ἦν λ.; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 684 (={πρᾶγμα}, 699)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περί τινος λ. διελεγόμεθα subject, question, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὸ προοίμιον] δεῖγμα τοῦ λ. case, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1415a12, compare 111.1b ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τέλος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λ. ψηφίζονται the end of the matter was that.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.124; οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.12.5; οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ NT.Act.8.21; ἱκανὸς αὐτῷ ὁ λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 512c ] NT+5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ὑπολείπει [Γοργίαν] ὁ λ. matter for talk, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1418a35; μηδένα λ. ὑπολιπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.146 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς λόγον to the point, apposite, οὐδὲν πρὸς λ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 42e, compare “Prt.” 344a; ἐὰν πρὸς λ. τι ᾖ [prev. author] “Phlb.” 33c; also πρὸς λόγου [prev. author] “Grg.” 459c (assuming variant). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VIII.2 plot of a narrative or dramatic poem, ={μῦθος}, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1455b17, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VIII.2.b in Art, subject of a painting, ζωγραφίας λόγοι [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.10; λ. τῆς γραφῆς [prev. author] “Im.” 1.25. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VIII.3 thing talked of, event, μετὰ τοὺς λ. τούτους [[ LXX.1Mac.7.33, cf. NT.Act.15.6. ] LXX+NT]
__IX expression, utterance, speech regarded formally, τὸ ἀπὸ [ψυχῆς] ῥεῦμα διὰ τοῦ στόματος ἰὸν μετὰ φθόγγου λ., opposed to διάνοια, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 263e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; intelligent utterance, opposed to φωνή, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1253a14; λ. ἐστὶ φωνὴ σημαντικὴ κατὰ συνθήκην [prev. author] “Int.” 16b26, compare 2nd c.BC: Diogenes Babylonius Stoicus 3.213 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅθεν (from the heart) ὁ λ. ἀναπέμπεται [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.228 ] Refs], compare 244; Protagoras was nicknamed λόγος, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus cited in Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600c, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus; λόγου πειθοῖ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 181 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, eloquence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.3, 9.11; τὴν ἐν λόγοις εὐρυθμίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sent.Pal.” 5p.69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] see d. M.; λ. ἀκριβής precise language, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 130 (_plural_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1418b1; τοῦ μὴ ᾀδομένου λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡδυσμένος λ., of rhythmical language set to music, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b25 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν παντὶ λ. in all manner of utterance, [[ NT.1Cor.1.5 ] NT]; ἐν λόγοις in orations, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1459a13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. γελοῖοι, ἀσχήμονες, ludicrous, improper speech, [[ [prev. author] “SE” 182b15, “Pol.” 1336b14. ] Refs]
__IX.2 of various modes of expression, especially artistic and literary, ἔν τε ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 664a; ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἐν ᾠδαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.25, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 835b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; prose, opposed to ποίησις, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 390a ] Refs]; opposed to ψιλομετρία, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1448a11; opposed to ἔμμετρα, [prev. work] 1450b15 (_plural_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῷ λ. τοῦτο τῶν μέτρων (i.e. τὸ ἰαμβεῖον) ὁμοιότατον εἶναι [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1404a31 ] Refs]; in full, ψιλοὶ λ. prose, [[[prev. work] b33 (but ψιλοὶ λ., = ] Refs]arguments without diagrams, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 165a)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. πεζοί, opposed to ποιητική, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; opposed to ποιήματα,[[ [prev. work] 15; κοινὰ καὶ ποιημάτων καὶ λόγων 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.7; πεζὸς λ. [prev. work] 27, +others ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IX.2.b of the constituents of lyric or dramatic poetry, words, τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν.. λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πρᾶξις, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454a18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; dramatic dialogue, opposed to τὰ τοῦ χοροῦ, [[[prev. work] 1449a17. ] Refs]
__IX.3 Grammars, phrase, complex term, opposed to ὄνομα, [[ [prev. author] “SE” 165a13 ] Refs]; λ. ὀνοματώδης noun-phrase, [[ [prev. author] “APo.” 93b30, compare “Rh.” 1407b27 ] Refs]; expression, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 2, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 92. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IX.3.b sentence, complete statement, ἄνθρωπος μανθάνει λόγον εἶναί φῃς.. ἐλάχιστόν τε καὶ πρῶτον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 262c; λ. αὐτοτελής 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 3.6, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 634.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥηθῆναι λόγῳ to be expressed in a sentence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἔχειν to be capable of being so expressed,[[ [prev. work] 201e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IX.3.c language, τὰ τοῦ λ. μέρη parts of speech, [[ 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.31, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.350, etc.; τὰ μόρια τοῦ λ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6; μέρος λ. 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 633.26, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 4.6, +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+] (but ἓν μέρος [τοῦ codex] λόγου one word, [[ [prev. author] “Synt.” 340.10, compare 334.22)] Refs]; περὶ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ λ., title of work by Chrysippus.
__X the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government, ὁ παντοδύναμός σου λ. [[ LXX.Wis.18.15; ὁ ἐκ νοὸς φωτεινὸς λ. υἱὸς θεοῦ “Corpus Hermeticum” 1.6, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.376c] LXX+1st c.AD+]; λ. θεοῦ δι᾽ οὗ κατεσκευάσθη [ὁ κόσμος] [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.162; τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ σοφίας· ἡ δέ ἐστιν ὁ θεοῦ λ. [prev. work] 56; λ. θεῖος.. εἰκὼν θεοῦ [prev. work] 561, compare 501; τὸν τομέα τῶν συμπάντων [θεοῦ] λ. [prev. work] 492 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸν ἄγγελον ὅς ἐστι λ.[[ [prev. work] 122: in “NT” ] Refs] identified with the person of Christ, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. [[ NT.John.1.1, compare 14, NT.1John.2.7, NT.Rev.19.13; ὁ λ. τῆς ζωῆς NT.1John.1.1. ] NT]
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