λέξις, εως, ἡ,
(λέγω B) speech, opposed to ᾠδή, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 816d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις speech or action, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 396c; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. [prev. work] 400d ] Refs]; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα orders given by word of mouth, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 27.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 diction, style, ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the style used here (in courts of justice), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 17d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μούσης λ. poetical diction, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 795e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410b28, “Po.” 1450b13, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD(?): Theon Rhetor “Progymnasmata - Rhet.” 2. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II a single word or phrase, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406b1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28p.4V., +others (_plural_), 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 633.31, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.22.1, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; even a meaningless word, such as βλίτυρι, [[ 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.213; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.46.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν word for word, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.869d, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.493d, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.113; later ἐπὶ λέξεως “PLond.” 5.1713.14 (6th c.AD), “Vit.Arist.” p.438] Refs 1st c.BC+] Rose, etc.; collectively, κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ. the very words, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.275b, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 28p.15V., 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.403. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]