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Morphology Lemmata λόγοσ (external link: λόγοσ )Forms: λο*́γος (data provider: perseus), λόγε (data provider: perseus), λόγοι (data provider: perseus), λόγοιν (data provider: perseus), λόγοιο (data provider: perseus), λόγοισ (data provider: perseus), λόγοισι (data provider: perseus), λόγοισιν (data provider: perseus), λόγον (data provider: perseus), λόγοσ (data provider: perseus), λόγου (data provider: perseus), λόγουσ (data provider: perseus), λόγω (data provider: perseus), λόγῳ̆ (data provider: perseus), λόγωι (data provider: perseus), λόγων (data provider: perseus), λόγωσ (data provider: perseus), λόγῳ (data provider: perseus), λόγῷ (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Autenrieth: A Homeric lexicon Bonitz: Index Aristotelicus Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon λόγοσ λόγοσ , ὁ , verbal noun of λέγω (B), with senses corresponding to λέγω (B) II and III (on the various senses of the word v. Theo Sm. pp.72,73 H., An.Ox. 4.327): common in all periods in Prose and Verse, exc. Epic, in which it is found in signf. derived from λέγω (B) 111, cf.infr. VI. 1 a:
I. computation, reckoning (cf. λέγω (B) II).
1. account of money handled, σανίδες εἰς ἃς τὸν λ. ἀναγράφομεν IG 12.374.191 ; ἐδίδοσαν τὸν λ. ib.232.2; λ. δώσεις τῶν μετεχείρισας χρημάτων Hdt. 3.142 , cf. 143; οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λ. αὐτῶν οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω νῦν αὐτῆσ Lys. 24.26 ; λ. ἀπενεγκεῖν Arist. Ath. 54.1 ; ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις τοῦ τοιούτου λ. ὑπεχέτω Pl. Lg. 774b ; τὸν τῶν χρημάτων λ. παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνειν D. 8.47 ; ἀδικήματα εἰς ἀργυρίου λ. ἀνήκοντα Din. 1.60 ; συνᾶραι λόγον μετά τινοσ settle accounts with, Ev.Matt. 18.23, etc.; δεύτεροι λ. a second audit, Cod.Just. 1.4.26.1; ὁ τραπεζιτικὸς λ. banking account , Theo Sm.p.73 H.: metaph., οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λ. βροτόν S. Aj. 477 .
b. public accounts , i. e. branch of treasury , ἴδιος λ. , in Egypt, OGI 188.2, 189.3, 669.38; also as title of treasurer , ib.408.4, Str. 17.1.12; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λ. IPE 2.29 A (Panticapaeum ); δημόσιος λ. , = Lat. fiscus , OGI 669.21 (Egypt, i A.D. ), etc. (but later, = aerarium, Cod.Just. 1.5.15); also Καίσαρος λ. OGI 669.30 ; κυριακὸς λ. ib.18.
2. generally, account, reckoning , μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λ. excels the whole account , i.e. is best of all , S. OC 1225 (lyr.); δόντας λ. τῶν ἐποίησαν accounting for, i.e. paying the penalty for their doings, Hdt. 8.100; λ. αἰτεῖν Pl. Plt. 285e ; λ. δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι Id. Prt. 336c , al.; λαμβάνειν λ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Id. Men. 75d ; παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λ. Id. R. 344d ; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν D. 30.15 , cf. Arist. EN 1104a3; λ. ὑπέχειν, δοῦναι , D. 19.95; λ. ἐγγράψαι Id. 24.199 , al.; λ. ἀποφέρειν τῇ πόλει Aeschin. 3.22 , cf. Eu. Luc. 16.2, Ep.Hebr. 13.17; τὸ παράδοξον τῶν συμβεβηκότων ὑπὸ λόγον ἄγειν Plb. 15.34.2 ; λ. ἡ ἐπιστήμη, πολλὰ δὲ ὁ λ. the account is manifold, Plot. 6.9.4; ἔχων λόγον τοῦ διὰ τί an account of the cause, Arist. APo. 74b27; ἐς λ. τινόσ on account of, ἐς χρημάτων λ. Th. 3.46 , cf. Plb. 5.89.6, LXX 2 Ma 1.14, JRS 18.152 (Jerash ); λόγῳ c. gen., by way of, Cod.Just. 3.2.5. al.; κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθουσ if we take into account his size, Arist. HA 517b27; πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λ. Ep.Hebr. 4.13 , cf. D.Chr. 31.123.
3. measure, tale (cf. infr. 11.1), θάλασσα ..μετρέεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν Heraclit. 31 ; ψυχῆς ἐστι λ. ἑαυτὸν αὔξων Id. 115 ; ἐς τούτου (sc. γήραοσ ) λ. οὐ πολλοί τινες ἀπικνέονται to the point of old age, Hdt. 3.99, cf.7.9.β́; ὁ ξύμπας λ. the full tale , Th. 7.56, cf. Ep.Phil. 4.15; κοινῷ λ. νομίσαντα common measure , Pl. Lg. 746e; sum, total of expenditure, IG 42(1).103.151 (Epid., iv B.C. ); ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λ. , = Lat. patrimonii modus, Cod.Just. 1.5.12.20.
4. esteem, consideration, value put on a person or thing (cf. infr. VI. 2 d), οὗ πλείων λ. ἢ τῶν ἄλλων who is of more worth than all the rest, Heraclit. 39; βροτῶν λ. οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδέν ' A. Pr. 233; οὐ σμικροῦ λ. S. OC 1163 : freq. in Hdt. , Μαρδονίου λ. οὐδεὶς γίνεται 8.102 ; τῶν ἦν ἐλάχιστος ἀπολλυμένων λ. 4.135 , cf. E. Fr. 94; περὶ ἐμοῦ οὐδεὶς λ. Ar. Ra. 87 ; λόγου οὐδενὸς γίνεσθαι πρός τινοσ to be of no account, repute with.., Hdt. 1.120, cf.4.138; λόγου ποιήσασθαί τινα make one of account , Id. 1.33; ἐλαχίστου, πλείστου λ. εἶναι , to be highly, lowly esteemed , Id. 1.143, 3.146; but also λόγον τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι , like Lat. rationem habere alicujus , make account of, set a value on, Democr. 187, etc.: usu. in neg. statements, οὐδένα λ. ποιήσασθαί τινοσ Hdt. 1.4 , cf. 13, Plb. 21.14.9, etc.; λ. ἔχειν Hdt. 1.62 ,115; λ. ἴσχειν περί τινοσ Pl. Ti. 87c ; λ. ἔχειν περὶ τοὺς ποιητάσ Lycurg. 107 ; λ. ἔχειν τινόσ D. 18.199 , Arist. EN 1102b32, Plu. Phil. 18 (but also, have the reputation of .., v. infr. VI. 2 e); ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ποιήσασθαί τι Hdt. 3.50 ; ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ἀπώλοντο without regard , Id. 9.70; ἐν σμικρῷ λ. εἶναι Pl. R. 550a ; ὑμεῖς οὔτ' ἐν λ. οὔτ' ἐν ἀριθμῷ Orac. ap. Sch.Theoc. 14.48; ἐν ἀνδρῶν λ. [εἶναι] to be reckoned, count as a man, Hdt. 3.120; ἐν ἰδιώτεω λόγῳ καὶ ἀτίμου reckoned as .., Eus.Mynd. Fr. 59; σεμνὸς εἰς ἀρετῆς λ. καὶ δόξησ D. 19.142 .
II. relation, correspondence, proportion ,
1. generally, ὑπερτερίης λ. relation (of gold to lead), Thgn. 418 = 1164; πρὸς λόγον τοῦ σήματοσ A. Th. 519 ; κατὰ λόγον προβαίνοντες τιμῶσι in inverse ratio , Hdt. 1.134, cf. 7.36; κατὰ λ. τῆς ἀποφορῆσ Id. 2.109 ; τἄλλα κατὰ λ. in like fashion , Hp. VM 16, Prog. 17: c. gen., κατὰ λ. τῶν πρόσθεν ib. 24; κατὰ λ. τῶν ἡμερῶν Ar. Nu. 619 ; κατὰ λ. τῆς δυνάμεωσ X. Cyr. 8.6.11 ; ἐλάττω ἢ κατὰ λ. Arist. HA 508a2 , cf. PA 671a18; ἐκ ταύτης ἐγένετο ἐκείνη κατὰ λ. Id. Pol. 1257a31 ; cf. εὔλογοσ : sts. with ὁ αὐτόσ added, κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. τῷ τείχεϊ in fashion like to .., Hdt. 1.186; περὶ τῶν νόσων ὁ αὐτὸς λ. analogously , Pl. Tht. 158d, cf. Prm. 136b, al.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. similarly , Id. R. 353d; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. in the same ratio, IG 12.76.8; by parity of reasoning , Pl. Cra. 393c, R. 610a, al.; ἀνὰ λόγον τινός, τινί , Id. Ti. 29c, Alc. 2.145d; τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν λ. πρὸς ..ὃν ἡ παιδεία πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν is related to ..as .., Procl. in Euc. p.20 F., al.
2. Math., ratio, proportion (ὁ κατ' ἀνάλογον λ., λ. τῆς ἀναλογίασ , Theo Sm.p.73 H.), Pythag. 2; ἰσότης λόγων Arist. EN 113a31 ; λ. ἐστὶ δύο μεγεθῶν ἡ κατὰ πηλικότητα ποιὰ σχέσισ Euc. 5 Def. 3; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν τοὺς λ. Arist. Metaph. 985b32 , cf. 1092b14; λόγοι ἀριθμῶν numerical ratios , Aristox. Harm. p.32 M.; τοὺς φθόγγους ἀναγκαῖον ἐν ἀριθμοῦ λ. λέγεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλουσ to be expressed in numerical ratios , Euc. Sect.Can. Proëm. : in Metre, ratio between arsis and thesis, by which the rhythm is defined, Aristox. Harm. p.34 M.; ἐὰν ᾖ ἰσχυροτέρα τοῦ αἰσθητηρίου ἡ κίνησις, λύεται ὁ λ. Arist. de An. 424a31 ; ἀνὰ λόγον analogically , Archyt. 2; ἀνὰ λ. μερισθεῖσα [ἡ ψυχή] proportionally , Pl. Ti. 37a; so κατὰ λ. Men. 319.6 ; πρὸς λόγον in proportion , Plb. 6.30.3, 9.15.3 (but πρὸς λόγον ἐπὶ στενὸν συνάγεται narrows uniformly , Sor. 1.9, cf. Diocl.Fr. 171); ἐπὶ λόγον IG 5(1).1428 (Messene ).
3. Gramm., analogy, rule , τῷ λ. τῶν μετοχικῶν, τῆς συγκοπῆσ , by the rule of the participles, of syncope, Choerob. in Theod. 1.75 Gaisf., 1.377 H.; εἰπέ μοι τὸν λ. τοῦ Αἴας Αἴαντος, τουτέστι τὸν κανόνα An.Ox. 4.328 .
III. explanation ,
1. plea, pretext, ground , ἐκ τίνος λ. ; A. Ch. 515; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. S. Ph. 731 ; ἀπὸ παντὸς λ. Id. OC 762 ; χὠ λ. καλὸς προσῆν Id. Ph. 352 ; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λ. Id. OT 657 (lyr., v.l. λόγων ); ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Antipho 5.59 ; ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ λ. Hdt. 6.124 ; κατὰ τίνα λ. ; on what ground ? Pl. R. 366b; οὐδὲ πρὸς ἕνα λ. to no purpose , Id. Prt. 343d; ἐπὶ τίνι λ. ; for what reason ? X. HG 2.2.19; τὸν λ. τοῦτον this ground of complaint, Aeschin. 3.228; τίνι δικαίῳ λ. ; what just cause is there? Pl. Grg. 512c; τίνι λ. ; on what account? Act.Ap. 10.29; κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἠνεσχόμην ὑμῶν reason would that .., ib.18.14; λ. ἔχειν , with personal subject, εἶχον ἄν τινα λ. I (i.e. my conduct) would have admitted of an explanation , Pl. Ap. 31b; τὸν ὀρθὸν λ. the true explanation , ib.34b.
b. plea, case , in Law or argument (cf. VIII. I), τὸν ἥττω λ. κρείττω ποιεῖν to make the weaker case prevail, ib.18b, al., Arist. Rh. 1402a24, cf. Ar. Nu. 1042 (pl.); personified, ib.886, al.; ἀμύνεις τῷ τῆς ἡδονῆς λ. Pl. Phlb. 38a ; ἀνοίσεις τοὺς λ. αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX Ex. 18.19 ; ἐχειν λ. πρός τινα to have a case, ground of action against .., Act.Ap. 19.38.
2. statement of a theory, argument , οὐκ ἐμεῦ ἀλλὰ τοῦ λ. ἀκούσαντασ prob. in Heraclit. 50; λόγον ἠδὲ νόημα ἀμφὶς ἀληθείησ discourse and reflection on reality, Parm. 8.50; δηλοῖ οὗτος ὁ λ. ὅτι ..Democr. 7; οὐκ ἔχει λόγον it is not arguable , i.e. reasonable , S. El. 466, Pl. Phd. 62d, etc.; ἔχει λ. D. 44.32 ; οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λ. E. Ba. 202 ; δίκασον ..τὸν λ. ἀκούσασ Pl. Lg. 696b ; personified, φησὶ οὗτος ὁ λ. ib.714d, cf. Sph. 238b, Phlb. 50a; ὡς ὁ λ. (sc. λέγει ) Arist. EN 1115b12; ὡς ὁ λ. ὁ ὀρθὸς λέγει ib. 1138b20, cf. 29; ὁ λ. θέλει προσβιβάζειν Phld. Rh. 1.41 , cf.1.19 S. ; οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀκούσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντοσ Arist. EN 1179b27 ; λ. καθαίρων Aristo Stoic. 1.88 ; λόγου τυγχάνειν to be explained , Phld. Mus. p.77 K.; ὁ τὸν λ. μου ἀκούων my teaching, Ev.Jo. 5.24; ὁ προφητικὸς λ. , collect., of VT prophecy, 2 Ep.Pet. 1.19: pl., ὁκόσων λόγους ἤκουσα Heraclit. 108 ; οὐκ ἐπίθετο τοῖς ἐμοῖς λ. Ar. Nu. 73 ; of arguments leading to a conclusion (ὁ λ. ), Pl. Cri. 46b; τὰ Ἀναξαγόρου βιβλία γέμει τούτων τῶν λ. Id. Ap. 26d ; λ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχάσ , Arist. EN 1095a31; συλλογισμός ἐστι λ. ἐν ᾧ τεθέντων τινῶν κτλ . Id. APr. 24b18; λ. ἀντίτυπός τε καὶ ἄποροσ , of a self-contradictory theory , Plot. 6.8.7.
b. ὁ περὶ θεῶν λ. , title of a discourse by Protagoras, D.L. 9.54; ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς λ. , name of an argument , ib.23; ὁ αὐξόμενος λ. Plu. 2.559b ; καταβάλλοντεσ (sc. λόγοι ), title of work by Protagoras, S.E. M. 7.60; λ. σοφιστικοί Arist. SE 165a34 , al.; οἱ μαθηματικοὶ λ. Id. Rh. 1417a19 , etc.; οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λ. , current outside the Lyceum, Id. Ph. 217b31, al.; Δισσοὶ λ. , title of a philosophical treatise (= Dialex. ); Λ. καὶ Λογίνα , name of play of Epicharmus, quibble, argument , personified, Ath. 8.338d.
c. in Logic, proposition , whether as premiss or conclusion, πρότασίς ἐστι λ. καταφατικὸς ἢ ἀποφατικός τινος κατά τινοσ Arist. APr. 24a16 .
d. rule, principle, law , as embodying the result of λογισμόσ , Pi. O. 2.22, P. 1.35, N. 4.31; πείθεσθαι τῷ λ. ὃς ἄν μοι λογιζομένῳ βέλτιστος φαίνηται Pl. Cri. 46b , cf. c; ἡδονὰς τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λ. ἑπομένασ obeying right principles , Id. Lg. 696c; προαιρέσεως [ἀρχὴ] ὄρεξις καὶ λ. ὁ ἕνεκά τινοσ principle directed to an end, Arist. EN 1139a32; of the final cause, ἀρχὴ ὁ λ. ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐν τοῖς φύσει συνεστηκόσιν Id. PA 639b15 ; ἀποδιδόασι τοὺς λ. καὶ τὰς αἰτίας οὗ ποιοῦσι ἑκάστου ib.18; [τέχνη] ἕξις μετὰ λ. ἀληθοῦς ποιητική Id. EN 1140a10 ; ὀρθὸς λ. true principle , right rule , ib.1144b27, 1147b3, al.; κατὰ λόγον by rule , consistently, ὁ κατὰ λ. ζῶν Pl. Lg. 689d , cf. Ti. 89d; τὸ κατὰ λ. ζῆν , opp. κατὰ πάθοσ , Arist. EN 1169a5; κατὰ λ. προχωρεῖν according to plan , Plb. 1.20.3.
3. law, rule of conduct, ᾧ μάλιστα διηνεκῶς ὁμιλοῦσι λόγῳ Heraclit. 72 ; πολλοὶ λόγον μὴ μαθόντες ζῶσι κατὰ λόγον Democr. 53 ; δεῖ ὑπάρχειν τὸν λ. τὸν καθόλου τοῖς ἄρχουσιν universal principle , Arist. Pol. 1286a17; ὁ νόμος ..λ. ὢν ἀπό τινος φρονήσεως καὶ νοῦ Id. EN 1180a21 ; ὁ νόμος ..ἔμψυχος ὢν ἑαυτῷ λ. conscience , Plu. 2.780c; τὸν λ. πρόχειρον ἔχειν precept , Phld. Piet. 30, cf. 102; ὁ προστακτικὸς τῶν ποιητέων ἢ μὴ λ. κοινόσ M.Ant. 4.4 .
4. thesis, hypothesis , provisional ground , ὡς ἂν εἰ λέγοι λόγον maintain a thesis , Pl. Prt. 344b; ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λ. provisionally assuming a proposition , Id. Phd. 100a; τὸν τῆς ὁμοιότητος λ. hypothesis of equivalence, Arist. Cael. 296a20.
5. reason, ground , πάντων γινομένων κατὰ τὸν λ. τόνδε Heraclit. 1 ; οὕτω βαθὺν λ. ἔχει Id. 45 ; ἐκ λόγου , opp. μάτην , Leucipp. 2; μέγιστον σημεῖον οὗτος ὁ λ. Meliss. 8 ; [ἐμπειρία] οὐκ ἔχει λ. οὐδένα ὧν προσφέρει has no grounds for .., Pl. Grg. 465a; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης θείασ Id. Sph. 265c ; ἡ μετα λόγου ἀληθὴς δόξα (̂ ἐπιστήμη ) Id. Tht. 201c; λόγον ζητοῦσιν ὧν οὐκ ἔστι λ. proof , Arist. Metaph. 1011a12; οἱ ἁπάντων ζητοῦντες λ. ἀναιροῦσι λ. Thphr. Metaph. 26 .
6. formula (wider than definition , but freq. equivalent thereto), term expressing reason , λ. τῆς πολιτείασ Pl. R. 497c ; ψυχῆς οὐσία τε καὶ λ. essential definition , Id. Phdr. 245e; ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λ. Id. R. 343a ; τὸν λ. τῆς οὐσίασ ib.534b, cf. Phd. 78d; τὰς πολλὰς ἐπιστήμας ἑνὶ λ. προσειπεῖν Id. Tht. 148d ; ὁ τῆς οἰκοδομήσεως λ. ἔχει τὸν τῆς οἰκίασ Arist. PA 646b3 ; τεθείη ἂν ἴδιον ὄνομα καθ' ἕκαστον τῶν λ. Id. Metaph. 1006b5 , cf. 1035b4; πᾶς ὁρισμὸς λ. τίς ἐστι Id. Top. 102a5 ; ἐπὶ τῶν σχημάτων λ. κοινόσ generic definition , Id. de An. 414b23; ἀκριβέστατος λ. specific definition , Id. Pol. 1276b24; πηγῆς λ. ἔχον Ph. 2.477 ; τὸ ᾠὸν οὔτε ἀρχῆς ἔχει λ. fulfils the function of .., Plu. 2.637d; λ. τῆς μίξεωσ formula , i. e. ratio (cf. supr. II) of combination, Arist. PA 642a22, cf. Metaph. 993a17.
7. reason, law exhibited in the world-process, κατὰ λόγον by law , κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λ. ἔχοντα Pl. R. 500c ; κατ τὸν αὐτὸν αὖ λ. by the same law , Epich. 170.18; ψυχῆς τὸ πᾶν τόδε διοικούσης κατὰ λ. Plot. 2.3.13 ; esp. in Stoic Philos., the divine order , τὸν τοῦ παντὸς λ. ὃν ἔνιοι εἱμαρμένην καλοῦσιν Zeno Stoic. 1.24 ; τὸ ποιοῦν τὸν ἐν [τῇ ὕλῃ] λ. τὸν θεόν ibid., cf. 42; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου λ. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.264 ; λόγος, = φύσει νόμοσ , Stoic. 2.169; κατὰ τὸν κοινὸν θεοῖς καὶ ἀνθρώποις λ. M.Ant. 7.53 ; ὁ ὀρθὸς λ. διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενοσ Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.4 : so in Plot. , τὴν φύσιν εἶναι λόγον, ὃς ποιεῖ λ. ἄλλον γέννημα αὑτοῦ 3.8.2 .
b. σπερματικὸς λ. generative principle in organisms, ὁ θεὸς σπ. λ. τοῦ κόσμου Zeno Stoic. 1.28 : usu. in pl., Stoic. 2.205,314,al.; γίνεται τὰ ἐν τῷ παντὶ οὐ κατὰ σπερματικούς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λ. περιληπτικούσ Plot. 3.1.7 , cf.4.4.39: so without σπερματικός, ὥσπερ τινὲς λ. τῶν μερῶν Cleanth.Stoic. 1.111 ; οἱ λ. τῶν ὅλων Ph. 1.9 .
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 Plot. 3.8.4 ; οἱ ἐν σπέρματι λ. πλάττουσι ..τὰ ζῷα οἷον μικρούς τινας κόσμουσ Id. 4.3.10 , cf.3.2.16,3.5.7; opp. ὅροσ , Id. 6.7.4; ἀφανεῖς λ. τῆς φύσεωσ Procl. in R. 1.18 K.; τεχνικοὶ λ. ib.142 K., al.
IV. inward debate of the soul (cf. λ. ὃν αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτὴν ἡ ψυχὴ διεξέρχεται Pl. Tht. 189e (διάλογοσ in Sph. 263e); ὁ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ὁ ἔσω λ. (opp. ὁ ἔξω λ. ), Arist. APo. 76b25, 27; ὁ ἐνδιάθετοσ , opp. ὁ προφορικὸς λ. , Stoic. 2.43, Ph. 2.154),
1. thinking, reasoning , τοῦ λ. ἐόντος ξυνοῦ , opp. ἰδία φρόνησισ , Heraclit. 2; κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ ..ἔλεγχον test by reflection , Parm. 1.36; reflection, deliberation (cf. VI.3), ἐδίδου λόγον ἑωυτῷ περὶ τῆς ὄψιοσ Hdt. 1.209 , cf. 34, S. OT 583, D. 45.7; μὴ εἰδέναι ..μήτε λόγῳ μήτε ἔργῳ neither by reasoning nor by experience, Anaxag. 7; ἃ δὴ λόγῳ μὲν καὶ διανοίᾳ ληπτά, ὄψει δ' οὔ Pl. R. 529d , cf. Prm. 135e; ὁ λ. ἢ ἡ αἴσθησισ Arist. EN 1149a35 ,al.; αὐτῷ μόνον τῷ λ. πιστεύειν (opp. αἰσθήσεισ ), of Parmenides and his school, Aristocl. ap. Eus. PE 14.17: hence λόγῳ or τῷ λ. in idea , in thought , τῷ λ. τέμνειν Pl. R. 525e ; τῷ λ. δύο ἐστίν, ἀχώριστα πεφυκότα two in idea , though indistinguishable in fact, Arist. EN 1102a30, cf. GC 320b14, al.; λόγῳ θεωρητά mentally conceived, opp. sensibly perceived, Placit. 1.3.5, cf. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.20; τοὺς λ. θεωρητοὺς χρόνουσ Epicur. Ep. 1p.19U. ; διὰ λόγου θ. χ. ib.p.10 U.; λόγῳ καταληπτόσ Phld. Po. 5.20 , etc.; ὁ λ. οὕτω αἱρέει analogy proves, Hdt. 2.33; ὁ λ. or λ. αἱρέει reasoning convinces, Id. 3.45,6.124, cf. Pl. Cri. 48c (but, our argument shows, Lg. 663d): also c. acc. pers., χρᾶται ὅ τι μιν λ. αἱρέει as the whim took him, Hdt. 1.132; ἢν μὴ ἡμέας λ. αἱρῇ unless we see fit , Id. 4.127, cf. Pl. R. 607b; later ὁ αἱρῶν λ. ordaining reason , Zeno Stoic. 1.50, M.Ant. 2.5, cf. 4.24, Arr. Epict. 2.2.20, etc.: coupled or contrasted with other functions, καθ' ὕπνον ἐπειδὴ λόγου καὶ φρονήσεως οὐ μετεῖχε since reason and understanding are in abeyance, Pl. Ti. 71d; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμησ , opp. αἰτία αὐτομάτη , of Nature's processes of production, Id. Sph. 265c; τὸ μὲν δὴ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν embraced by thought with reflection , opp. μετ' αἰσθήσεως ἀλόγου , Id. Ti. 28a; τὸ μὲν ἀεὶ μετ' ἀληθοῦς λ. , opp. τὸ δὲ ἄλογον , ib.51e, cf. 70d, al.; λ. ἔχων ἑπόμενον τῷ νοεῖν Id. Phlb. 62a ; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀρθὸς λ. scientific knowledge and right process of thought , Id. Phd. 73a; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἐπιστήμη τῶν καθόλου Arist. Metaph. 1059b26 ; τὸ λόγον ἔχον Id. EN 1102b15 , 1138b9, al.: in sg. and pl., contrasted by Pl. and Arist. as theory, abstract reasoning with outward experience, sts. with depreciatory emphasis on the former, εἰς τοὺς λ. καταφυγόντα Pl. Phd. 99e ; τὸν ἐν λόγοις σκοπούμενον τὰ ὄντα , opp. τὸν ἐν ἔργοισ (realities), ib.100a; τῇ αἰσθήσει μᾶλλον τῶν λ. πιστευτέον Arist. GA 760b31 ; γνωριμώτερα κατὰ τὸν λ. , opp. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν , Id. Ph. 189a4; ἐκ τῶν λ. δῆλον , opp. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆσ , Id. Mete. 378b20; ἡ τῶν λ. πίστισ , opp. ἐκ τῶν ἔργων φανερόν , Id. Pol. 1326a29; ἡ πίστις οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ λ. Id. Ph. 262a19 ; μαρτυρεῖ τὰ γιγνόμενα τοῖς λ. Id. Pol. 1334a6 ; ὁ μὲν λ. τοῦ καθόλου, ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τοῦ κατὰ μέροσ explanation , opp. perception, Id. Ph. 189a7; ἔσονται τοῖς λ. αἱ πράξεις ἀκόλουθοι theory , opp. practice, Epicur. Sent. 25; in Logic, of discursive reasoning , opp. intuition, Arist. EN 1142a26, 1143b1; reasoning in general, ib.1149a26; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἀπόδειξισ all reasoning and demonstration, Id. Metaph. 1063b10; λ. καὶ φρόνησιν Phld. Mus. p.105 K.; ὁ λ. ἢ λογισμόσ ibid.; τὸ ἰδεῖν οὐκέτι λ., ἀλλὰ μεῖζον λόγου καὶ πρὸ λόγου , of mystical vision, opp. reasoning , Plot. 6.9.10.— Phrases, κατὰ λ. τὸν εἰκότα by probable reasoning , Pl. Ti. 30b; οὔκουν τόν γ' εἰκότα λ. ἂν ἔχοι Id. Lg. 647d ; παρὰ λόγον , opp. κατὰ λ. , Arist. Rh.Al. 1429a29, cf. EN 1167b19; cf. παράλογοσ (but παρὰ λ. unexpectedly , E. Ba. 940).
2. reason as a faculty, ὁ λ. ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾷ [Epich. ] 256; [θυμοειδὲς] τοῦ λ. κατήκοον Pl. Ti. 70a ; [θυμὸς] ὑπὸ τοῦ λ. ἀνακληθείσ Id. R. 440d ; σύμμαχον τῷ λ. τὸν θυμόν ib. b; πειθαρχεῖ τῷ λ. τὸ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦσ Arist. EN 1102b26 ; ἄλλο τι παρὰ τὸν λ. πεφυκός, ὃ μάχεται τῷ λ. ib.17; ἐναντίωσις λόγου πρὸς ἐπιθυμίασ Plot. 4.7.13(8) ; οὐ θυμός, οὐκ ἐπιθυμία, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδέ τις νόησισ Id. 6.9.11 : freq. in Stoic. Philos. of human Reason , opp. φαντασία , Zeno Stoic. 1.39; opp. φύσισ , Stoic. 2.206; οὐ σοφία οὐδὲ λ. ἐστὶν ἐν [τοῖς ζῴοισ ] ibid.; τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις ὡς λ. ἔχων λ. μὴ ἔχουσι χρῶ M.Ant. 6.23 ; ὁ λ. κοινὸν πρὸς τοὺς θεούσ Arr. Epict. 1.3.3 ; οἷον [εἰκὼν] λ. ὁ ἐν προφορᾷ λόγου τοῦ ἐν ψυχῇ, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὴ λ. νοῦ Plot. 5.1.3 ; τὸ τὸν λ. σχεῖν τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετήν (sc. εὐδαιμονίαν ) Procl. in Ti. 3.334 D. ; also of the reason which pervades the universe, θεῖος λ. [Epich. ] 257; τὸν θεῖον λ. καθ' Ἡράκλειτον δι' ἀναπνοῆς σπάσαντες νοεροὶ γινόμεθα S.E. M. 7.129 (cf. infr. x).
b. creative reason , ἀδύνατον ἦν λόγον μὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ πάντα ἐλθεῖν Plot. 3.2.14 ; ἀρχὴ οὖν λ. καὶ πάντα λ. καὶ τὰ γινόμενα κατ' αὐτόν Id. 3.2.15 ; οἱ λ. πάντες ψυχαί Id. 3.2.18 .
V. continuous statement, narrative (whether fact or fiction), oration , etc. (cf. λέγω (B) 11.2),
1. fable , Hdt. 1.141; Αἰσώπου λόγοι Pl. Phd. 60d , cf. Arist. Rh. 1393b8; ὁ τοῦ κυνὸς λ. X. Mem. 2.7.13 .
2. legend , ἱρὸς λ. Hdt. 2.62 , cf. 47, Pi. P. 3.80 (pl.); συνθέντες λ. E. Ba. 297 ; λ. θεῖοσ Pl. Phd. 85d ; ἱεροὶ λ. , of Orphic rhapsodies , Suid. S.V. Ὀρφεύσ .
3. tale, story , ἄλλον ἔπειμι λ. Xenoph. 7.1 , cf. Th. 1.97, etc.; συνθέτους λ. A. Pr. 686 ; σπουδὴν λόγου urgent tidings , E. Ba. 663; ἄλλος λ. 'another story ', Pl. Ap. 34e; ὁμολογούμενος ὁ λ. ἐστίν the story is consistent, Isoc. 3.27: pl., histories , ἐν τοῖσι Ἀσσυρίοισι λ. Hdt. 1.184 , cf. 106, 2.99; so in sg., a historical work , Id. 2.123, 6.19,7.152: also in sg., one section of such a work (like later βίβλοσ ), Id. 2.38,6.39, cf. VI.3d; so in pl., ἐν τοῖσι Λιβυκοῖσι λ. Id. 2.161 , cf. 1.75,5.22,7.93,213; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν λ. Id. 5.36 ; ὁ πρῶτος λ. , of St. Luke's gospel, Act.Ap. 1.1: in Pl. , opp. μῦθοσ , as history to legend, Ti. 26e; ποιεῖν μύθους ἀλλ' οὐ λόγουσ Phd. 61b , cf. Grg. 523a (but μῦθον λέγειν , opp. λόγῳ (argument ) διεξελθεῖν Prt. 320c , cf. 324d); περὶ λόγων καὶ μύθων Arist. Pol. 1336a30 ; ὁ λ ... μῦθός ἐστι Ael. NA 4.34 .
4. speech , delivered in court, assembly, etc., χρήσομαι τῇ τοῦ λ. τάξει ταύτῃ Aeschin. 3.57 , cf. Arist. Rh. 1358a38; δικανικοὶ λ. Id. EN 1181a4 ; τρία γένη τῶν λ. τῶν ῥητορικῶν, συμβουλευτικόν, δικανικόν, ἐπιδεικτικόν Id. Rh. 1358b7 ; τῷ γράψαντι τὸν λ. Thphr. Char. 17.8 , cf. λογογράφοσ 11 ; ἐπιτάφιος λ. funeral oration , Pl. Mx. 236b; esp. of the body of a speech , opp. ἐπίλογοσ , Arist. Rh. 1420b3; opp. προοίμιον , ib.1415a12; body of a law , opp. proem, Pl. Lg. 723b; spoken , opp. written word , τὸν τοῦ εἰδότος λ. ζῶντα καὶ ἔμψυχον οὗ ὁ γεγραμμένος εἴδωλόν τι Id. Phdr. 276a ; ὁ ἐκ τοῦ βιβλίου ῥηθεὶς [λ. ] speech read from a roll, ib.243c; published speech , D.C. 40.54; rarely of the speeches in Tragedy (ῥήσεισ ), Arist. Po. 1450b6,9.
VI. verbal expression or utterance (cf. λέγω (B) 111), rarely a single word , v. infr. b, never in Gramm. signf. of vocable (ἔπος, λέξις, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα ), usu. of a phrase , cf. IX. 3 (the only sense found in Ep.).
a. pl., without Art., talk , τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοισ Il. 15.393 ; αἱμύλιοι λ. Od. 1.56 , h.Merc. 317, Hes. Th. 890, Op. 78,789, Thgn. 704, A.R. 3.1141; ψευδεῖς Λ. , personified, Hes. Th. 229; ἀφροδίσιοι λ. Semon. 7.91 ; ἀγανοῖσι λ. Pi. P. 4.101 ; ὄψον δὲ λ. φθονεροῖσιν tales , Id. N. 8.21; σμικροὶ λ. brief words , S. Aj. 1268 (s.v.l.), El. 415; δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων bred of talk , Id. OT 681 (lyr.): also in sg., λέγ' εἴ σοι τῷ λ. τις ἡδονή speak if thou delightest in talking , Id. El. 891.
b. sg., expression, phrase , πρὶν εἰπεῖν ἐσθλὸν ἢ κακὸν λ. Id. Ant. 1245 , cf. E. Hipp. 514; μυρίας ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ Hdt. 2.37 ; μακρὸς λ. rigmarole , Simon. 189, Arist. Metaph. 1091a8; λ. ἠρέμα λεχθεὶς διέθηκε τὸ πόρρω a whispered message , Plot. 4.9.3; ἑνὶ λόγῳ to sum up, in brief phrase , Pl. Phdr. 241e, Phd. 65d; concisely , Arist. EN 1103b21 (but also, = ἁπλῶς, περὶ πάντων ἑνὶ λ. Id. GC 325a1): pl., λ. θελκτήριοι magic words , E. Hipp. 478; rarely of single words, λ. εὐσύνθετος οἷον τὸ "χρονοτριβεῖν" Arist. Rh. 1406a36 ; οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λ. answered her not a word, Ev.Matt. 15.23.
c. coupled or contrasted with words expressed or understood signifying act, fact, truth, etc., mostly in a depreciatory sense, λ. ἔργου σκιή Democr. 145 ; ὥσπερ μικρὸν παῖδα λόγοις μ' ἀπατᾷσ Thgn. 254 ; λόγῳ , opp. ἔργῳ , Democr. 82, etc.; νηπίοισι οὐ λ. ἀλλὰ ξυμφορὴ διδάσκαλοσ Id. 76 ; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι A. Pr. 338 , cf. S. El. 59, OC 782; λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσι ..ἔργῳ δὲ οὐκ ἀποδεικνῦσι Hdt. 4.8 ; οὐ λόγων, φασίν, ἡ ἀγορὴ δεῖται, χαλκῶν δέ Herod. 7.49 ; οὔτε λ. οὔτε ἔργῳ Lys. 9.14 ; λόγοισ , opp. ψήφῳ , Aeschin. 2.33; opp. νόῳ , Hdt. 2.100; οὐ λόγῳ μαθών E. Heracl. 5 ; ἐκ λόγων, κούφου πράγματοσ Pl. Lg. 935a ; λόγοισι εἰς τὸ πιθανὸν περιπεπεμμένα ib.886e, cf. Luc. Anach. 19; ἵνα μὴ λ. οἴησθε εἶναι, ἀλλ' εἰδῆτε τὴν ἀλήθειαν Lycurg. 23 , cf. D. 30.34; opp. πρᾶγμα , Arist. Top. 146a4; opp. βία , Id. EN 1179b29, cf. 1180a5; opp. ὄντα , Pl. Phd. 100a; opp. γνῶσισ , 2 Ep.Cor. 11.6; λόγῳ in pretence , Hdt. 1.205, Pl. R. 361b,376d, Ti. 27a, al.; λόγου ἕνεκα merely as a matter of words , ἄλλως ἕνεκα λ. ἐλέγετο Id. Cri. 46d ; λόγου χάριν , opp. ὡς ἀληθῶσ , Arist. Pol. 1280b8; but also, let us say, for instance , Id. EN 1144a33, Plb. 10.46.4, Phld. Sign. 29, M.Ant. 4.32; λόγου ἕνεκα let us suppose , Pl. Tht. 191c; ἕως λόγου, μέχρι λ. , = Lat. verbo tenus , Plb. 10.24.7, Epict. Ench. 16: sts. without depreciatory force, the antithesis or parallelism being verbal (cf. 'word and deed'), λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει S. OC 68 ; ἔν τε ἔργῳ καὶ λ. Pl. R. 382e , cf. D.S. 13.101, Ev.Luc. 24.19, Act.Ap. 7.22, Paus. 2.16.2; ὅσα μὲν λόγῳ εἶπον , opp. τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων , Th. 1.22.
2. common talk, report, tradition , ὡς λ. ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἔην Batr. 8 ; λ. ἐκ πατέρων Alc. 71 ; οὐκ ἔστ' ἔτυμος λ. οὗτοσ Stesich. 32 ; διξὸς λέγεται λ. Hdt. 3.32 ; λ. ὑπ' Αἰγυπτίων λεγόμενοσ Id. 2.47 ; νέον [λ. ] tidings , S. Ant. 1289 (lyr.); τὰ μὲν αὐτοὶ ὡρῶμεν, τὰ δὲ λόγοισι ἐπυνθανόμεθα by hearsay , Hdt. 2.148: also in pl., ἐν γράμμασιν λόγοι κείμενοι traditions , Pl. Lg. 886b.
b. rumour , ἐπὶ παντὶ λ. ἐπτοῆσθαι Heraclit. 87 ; αὐδάεις λ. voice of rumour , B. 14.44; περὶ θεῶν διῆλθεν ὁ λ. ὅτι ..Th. 6.46; λ. παρεῖχεν ὡσ ..Plb. 3.89.3; ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λ. οὗτος εῖς τινασ ὅτι ..Ev.Jo. 21.23, cf. Act.Ap. 11.22; fiction, Ev.Matt. 28.15.
c. mention, notice, description , οὐκ ὕει λόγου ἄξιον οὐδέν worth mentioning , Hdt. 4.28, cf. Plb. 1.24.8, etc.; ἔργα λόγου μέζω beyond expression , Hdt. 2.35; κρεῖσσον λόγου τὸ εἶδος τῆς νόσου beyond description , Th. 2.50; μείζω ἔργα ἢ ὡς τῷ λ. τις ἂν εἴποι D. 6.11 .
d. the talk one occasions, repute , mostly in good sense, good report, praise, honour (cf. supr. 1.4), πολλὰ φέρειν εἴωθε λ... πταίσματα Thgn. 1221 ; λ. ἐσλὸν ἀκοῦσαι Pi. I. 5(4).13 ; πλέονα ..λ. Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν Id. N. 7.21 ; ἵνα λ. σε ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθόσ Hdt. 7.5 , cf. 9.78; Τροίαν ..ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λ. whose fame, story fills the world, E. IT 517; οὐκ ἂν ἦν λ. σέθεν Id. Med. 541 : less freq. in bad sense, evil report , λ. κακόθρους, κακόσ , S. Aj. 138 (anap.), E. Heracl. 165: pl., λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων slanders , S. Aj. 148 (anap.).
e. λ. ἐστί, ἔχει, κατέχει , the story goes, c. acc. et inf. , ἔστ τις λ. τὰν Ἀρετὰν ναίειν Simon. 58.1 , cf. S. El. 417; λ. μὲν ἔστ' ἀρχαῖος ὡσ ..Id. Tr. 1; λ. alone, E. Heracl. 35; ὡς λ. A. Supp. 230 , Pl. Phlb. 65c, etc.; λ. ἐστί Hdt. 7.129 ,9.26, al.; λ. αἰὲν ἔχει S. OC 1573 (lyr.); ὅσον ὁ λ. κατέχει tradition prevails, Th. 1.10: also with a personal subject in the reverse construction. Κλεισθένης λ. ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι has the credit of .., Hdt. 5.66, cf. Pl. Epin. 987b, 988b; λ. ἔχοντα σοφίασ Ep.Col. 2.23 , v.supr.1.4.
3. discussion, debate, deliberation , πολλὸς ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λ. Hdt. 8.59 ; συνελέχθησαν οἱ Μῆδοι ἐς τὠυτὸ καὶ ἐδίδοσαν σφίσι λόγον, λέγοντες περὶ τῶν κατηκόντων Id. 1.97 ; οἱ Πελασγοὶ ἑωυτοῖσι λόγους ἐδίδοσαν Id. 6.138 ; πολέμῳ μᾶλλον ἢ λόγοις τὰ ἐγκλήματα διαλύεσθαι Th. 1.140 ; οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης λ. Aeschin. 2.74 ; τοῖς ἔξωθεν λ. πεπλήρωκε τὸν λ. [Plato] has filled his dialogue with extraneous discussions , Arist. Pol. 1264b39; τὸ μῆκος τῶν λ. D.Chr. 7.131 ; μεταβαίνων ὁ λ. εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀφῖκται our debate , Arist. EN 1097a24; ὁ παρὼν λ. ib.1104a11; θεῶν ὧν νῦν ὁ λ. ἐστί discussion , Pl. Ap. 26b, cf. Tht. 184a, M.Ant. 8.32; τῷ λ. διελθεῖν, διϊέναι , Pl. Prt. 329c, Grg. 506a, etc.; τὸν λ. διεξελθεῖν conduct the debate , Id. Lg. 893a; ξυνελθεῖν ἐς λόγον confer , Ar. Eq. 1300: freq. in pl., ἐς λόγους συνελθόντεσ parley , Hdt. 1.82; ἐς λ. ἐλθεῖν τινι have speech with, ib.86; ἐς λ. ἀπικέσθαι τινί Id. 2.32 ; διὰ λόγων ἰέναι E. Tr. 916 ; ἐμαυτῇ διὰ λ. ἀφικόμην Id. Med. 872 ; ἐς λ. ἄγειν τινά X. HG 4.1.2 ; κοινωνεῖν λόγων καὶ διανοίασ Arist. EN 1170b12 .
b. right of discussion or speech , ἢ 'πὶ τῷ πλήθει λ. ; S. OC 66; λ. αἰτήσασθαι ask leave to speak , Th. 3.53; λ. διδόναι X. HG 5.2.20 ; οὐ προυτέθη σφίσιν λ. κατὰ τὸν νόμον ib.1.7.5; λόγου τυχεῖν D. 18.13 , cf. Arist. EN 1095b21, Plb. 18.52.1; οἱ λόγου τοὺς δούλους ἀποστεροῦντεσ Arist. Pol. 1260b5 ; δοῦλος πέφυκας, οὐ μέτεστί σοι λόγου Trag.Adesp. 304 ; διδόντας λ. καὶ δεχομένους ἐν τῷ μέρει Luc. Pisc. 8 : hence, time allowed for a speech , ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λ. And. 1.26 ,al.; ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λ. Pl. Ap. 34a ; οὐκ ἐλάττω λ. ἀνήλωκε D. 18.9 .
c. dialogue , as a form of philosophical debate , ἵνα μὴ μαχώμεθα ἐν τοῖς λ. ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ Pl. Cra. 430d ; πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοὺς λ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. Prt. 348a : hence, dialogue as a form of literature, οἱ Σωκρατικοὶ λ. Arist. Po. 1447b11 , Rh. 1417a20; cf. διάλογοσ .
d. section, division of a dialogue or treatise (cf. v. 3), ὁ πρῶτος λ. Pl. Prm. 127d ; ὁ πρόσθεν, ὁ παρελθὼν λ. , Id. Phlb. 18e, 19b; ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις λ. Arist. PA 682a3 ; ἐν τοῖς περὶ κινήσεως λ. in the discussion of motion (i. e. Ph. bk.8), Id. GC 318a4; ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐπαίνου λ. Phld. Rh. 1.219 ; branch, department, division of a system of philosophy, τὴν φρόνησιν ἐκ τριῶν συνεστηκέναι λ., τῶν φυσικῶν καὶ τῶν ἠθικῶν καὶ τῶν λογικῶν Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.258 .
e. in pl., literature, letters , Pl. Ax. 365b, Epin. 975d, D.H. Comp. 1,21 (but, also in pl., treatises , Plu. 2.16c); οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι Hdn. 6.1.4 ; Λόγοι , personified, AP 9.171 (Pall. ).
VII. a particular utterance, saying :
1. divine utterance, oracle , Pi. P. 4.59; λ. μαντικοί Pl. Phdr. 275b ; οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν ἐρῶ τὸν λ. Pl. Ap. 20e ; ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ Apoc. 1.2 ,9.
2. proverb, maxim, saying , Pi. N. 9.6, A. Th. 218; ὧδ' ἔχει λ. ib.225; τόνδ' ἐκαίνισεν λ. ὡσ ..Critias 21, cf. Pl. R. 330a, Ev.Jo. 4.37; ὁ παλαιὸς λ. Pl. Phdr. 240c , cf. Smp. 195b, Grg. 499c, Lg. 757a, 1 Ep.Ti. 1.15, Plu. 2.1082e, Luc. Alex. 9, etc.; τὸ τοῦ λόγου δὴ τοῦτο Herod. 2.45 , cf. D.Chr. 66.24, Luc. JTr. 3, Alciphr. 3.56, etc.: pl., Arist. EN 1147a21.
3. assertion , opp. oath, S. OC 651; ψιλῷ λ. bare word , opp. μαρτυρία , D. 27.54.
4. express resolution , κοινῷ λ. by common consent , Hdt. 1.141,al.; ἐπὶ λ. τοιῷδε, ἐπ' ᾧ τε ..on the following terms , Id. 7.158, cf. 9.26; ἐνδέξασθαι τὸν λ. Id. 1.60 , cf. 9.5; λ. ἔχοντες πλεονέκτην a greedy proposal , Id. 7.158: freq. in pl., terms, conditions , Id. 9.33, etc.
5. word of command, behest , A. Pr. 17,40 (both pl.), Pers. 363; ἀνθρώπους πιθανωτέρους ποιεῖν λόγῳ X. Oec. 13.9 ; ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ Ev.Matt. 8.16 ; οἱ δέκα λ. the ten Commandments , LXX Ex. 34.28, Ph. 1.496.
VIII. thing spoken of, subject-matter (cf. 111.1 b and 2), λ. τοῦτον ἐάσομεν Thgn. 1055 ; προπεπυσμένος πάντα λ. the whole matter , Hdt. 1.21, cf. 111; τὸν ἐόντα λ. the truth of the matter , ib.95,116; μετασχεῖν τοῦ λ. to be in the secret , ib.127; μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τὸν λ. τοῦτον εῐπῃσ Id. 8.65 ; τίς ἦν λ. ; S. OT 684 ( = πρᾶγμα , 699); περί τινος λ. διελεγόμεθα subject, question , Pl. Prt. 314c; [τὸ προοίμιον] δεῖγμα τοῦ λ. case , Arist. Rh. 1415a12, cf. 111.1b; τέλος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λ. ψηφίζονται the end of the matter was that .., Aeschin. 3.124; οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λ. Plb. 8.12.5 ; οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ Act.Ap. 8.21 ; ἱκανὸς αὐτῷ ὁ λ. Pl. Grg. 512c ; οὐχ ὑπολείπει [Γοργίαν] ὁ λ. matter for talk , Arist. Rh. 1418a35; μηδένα λ. ὑπολιπεῖν Isoc. 4.146 ; πρὸς λόγον to the point , apposite, οὐδὲν πρὸς λ. Pl. Phlb. 42e , cf. Prt. 344a; ἐὰν πρὸς λ. τι ᾖ Id. Phlb. 33c ; also πρὸς λόγου Id. Grg. 459c (s. v.l.).
2. plot of a narrative or dramatic poem, = μῦθοσ , Arist. Po. 1455b17, al.
b. in Art, subject of a painting, ζωγραφίας λόγοι Philostr. VA 6.10 ; λ. τῆς γραφῆσ Id. Im. 1.25 .
3. thing talked of, event , μετὰ τοὺς λ. τούτουσ LXX 1 Ma. 7.33 , cf. Act.Ap. 15.6.
IX. expression, utterance, speech regarded formally, τὸ ἀπὸ [ψυχῆς] ῥεῦμα διὰ τοῦ στόματοσ ἰὸν μετὰ φθόγγου λ. , opp. διάνοια , Pl. Sph. 263e; intelligent utterance , opp. φωνή , Arist. Pol. 1253a14; λ. ἐστὶ φωνὴ σημαντικὴ κατὰ συνθήκην Id. Int. 16b26 , cf. Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213; ὅθεν (from the heart) ὁ λ. ἀναπέμπεται Stoic. 2.228 , cf. 244; Protagoras was nicknamed λόγοσ , Hsch. ap. Sch.Pl. R. 600c, Suid. ; λόγου πειθοῖ Democr. 181 : in pl., eloquence , Isoc. 3.3,9.11; τὴν ἐν λόγοις εὐρυθμίαν Epicur. Sent.Pal. 5p.69 v. d. M.; λ. ἀκριβήσ precise language , Ar. Nu. 130 (pl.), cf. Arist. Rh. 1418b1; τοῦ μὴ ᾀδομένου λ. Pl. R. 398d ; ἡδυσμένος λ. , of rhythmical language set to music, Arist. Po. 1449b25; ἐν παντὶ λ. in all manner of utterance , 1 Ep.Cor. 1.5; ἐν λόγοισ in orations , Arist. Po. 1459a13; λ. γελοῖοι, ἀσχήμονεσ , ludicrous, improper speech , Id. SE 182b15, Pol. 1336b14.
2. of various modes of expression, esp. artistic and literary, ἔν τε ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοισ Pl. Lg. 664a ; ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἐν ᾠδαῖσ X. Cyr. 1.4.25 , cf. Pl. Lg. 835b; prose , opp. ποίησισ , Id. R. 390a; opp. ψιλομετρία , Arist. Po. 1448a11; opp. ἔμμετρα , ib.1450b15 (pl.); τῷ λ. τοῦτο τῶν μέτρων (sc. τὸ ἰαμβεῖον ) ὁμοιότατον εἶναι Id. Rh. 1404a31 ; in full, ψιλοὶ λ. prose , ib.b33 (but ψιλοὶ λ. , = arguments without diagrams, Pl. Tht. 165a); λ. πεζοί , opp. ποιητική , D.H. Comp. 6; opp. ποιήματα , ib.15; κοινὰ καὶ ποιημάτων καὶ λόγων Phld. Po. 5.7 ; πεζὸς λ. ib.27, al.
b. of the constituents of lyric or dramatic poetry, words , τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν ..λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ Pl. R. 398d ; opp. πρᾶξισ , Arist. Po. 1454a18; dramatic dialogue , opp. τὰ τοῦ χοροῦ , ib.1449a17.
3. Gramm., phrase, complex term , opp. ὄνομα , Id. SE 165a13; λ. ὀνοματώδησ noun-phrase , Id. APo. 93b30, cf. Rh. 1407b27; expression , D.H. Th. 2, Demetr. Eloc. 92.
b. sentence, complete statement , "ἄνθρωπος μανθάνει" λόγον εἶναί φῃς ..ἐλάχιστόν τε καὶ πρῶτον Pl. Sph. 262c ; λ. αὐτοτελήσ A.D. Synt. 3.6 , D.T. 634.1; ῥηθῆναι λόγῳ to be expressed in a sentence , Pl. Tht. 202b; λ. ἔχειν to be capable of being so expressed, ib.201e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1404b26.
c. language , τὰ τοῦ λ. μέρη parts of speech , Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.31, S.E. M. 9.350, etc.; τὰ μόρια τοῦ λ. D.H. Comp. 6 ; μέρος λ. D.T. 633.26 , A.D. Pron. 4.6, al. (but ἓν μέρος τοῦ cod.> λόγου one word , Id. Synt. 340.10, cf. 334.22); 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 Wi. 18.15 ; ὁ ἐκ νοὸς φωτεινὸς λ. υἱὸς θεοῦ Corp.Herm. 1.6 , cf. Plu. 2.376c; λ. θεοῦ δι' οὗ κατεσκευάσθη [ὁ κόσμοσ ] Ph. 1.162; τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ σοφίας· ἡ δέ ἐστιν ὁ θεοῦ λ. ib.56; λ. θεῖος ..εἰκὼν θεοῦ ib.561, cf. 501; τὸν τομέα τῶν συμπάντων [θεοῦ] λ. ib.492; τὸν ἄγγελον ὅς ἐστι λ. ib.122: in NT identified with the person of Christ, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. Ev.Jo. 1.1 , cf. 14, 1 Ep.Jo. 2.7, Apoc. 19.13; ὁ λ. τῆς ζωῆσ 1 Ep.Jo. 1.1 .William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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