λεκτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, ([[λέγω]] B) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[gathered]], [[chosen]], [[picked out]], of stones, λ. έκ γαίης λάους <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>115.3</span>; στόλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>795</span>; ᾐθέων λεκτοί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 19</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[capable of being spoken]], to [[be spoken]], ἔστ' ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>633</span>; κακὸν οὐ τλητὸν οὐδὲ λεκτόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>875</span>; οὔτε λ. οὔτε πιστόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>423</span> (lyr.): <b class="b3">λεκτόν, τό</b>, [[an expression]] (opp. mere [[φωνή]]), <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>136.32</span>; [[a word]] (with a meaning), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pron.</span>59.1</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τὰ λ</b>. [[predications]], <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.109</span>; but later, [[expressions]], [[phrases]] (including statements, questions, commands, wishes, etc.), <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.58, 61, al.; coupled with [[προτάσεις]] and [[ἀξιώματα]], <span class="bibl">Plot.5.5.1</span>.</span>