λόγιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (λόγος) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or [[belonging to]] [[λόγοι]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> [[versed in tales]] or [[stories]] (cf. [[λόγος]] v), λόγιοι καὶ ἀοιδοί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>6.45</span>: hence of chroniclers (opp. poets), Περσέων οἱ λόγιοι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.1</span>; [[Αἰγυπτίων]] -ώτατοι <span class="bibl">Id.2.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.46</span>; so later, οἱ -ώτατοι τῶν ἀρχαίων συγγραφέων <span class="bibl">Plb.6.45.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">38.6.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S. 2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.5.17</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[learned]], [[erudite]], <span class="bibl">Democr.30</span>, etc.; λ. περὶ τὴν ὅλην φύσιν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1267b28</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ λ. Ἀκεστῖνος</b>, of a [[learned]] physician, <span class="bibl">Hld.4.7</span>; οἱ -<b class="b3">ώτατοι Τυρρηνῶν</b>, of the Tuscan haruspices, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>7</span>; Χαλδαίων οἱ λ. <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>7.16.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.6.2</span>, etc.; [[λογιώτατος]] as title, <span class="title">OGI</span>408.5 (Theb. Aeg.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>902.1</span> (v A. D.), etc.; ὁ τῆς λ. μνήμης σχολαστικός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>118.30</span> (vi A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[skilled in words]], [[eloquent]], τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὅπερ νῦν καὶ λόγιον ὀνομάζουσιν <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>38</span>, etc.; Arist. is said to have made Thphr. [<b class="b3">τὸν] -ώτατον</b> (of his disciples), <span class="bibl">Str.13.2.4</span>; λ. ἐξ ἀφώνου γενόμενος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>51</span>; epith. of Hermes, as the god of eloquence, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Apol.</span>2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Gall.</span>2</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>4.132a</span>; οἱ λ. θεοί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>80</span>; this sense is condemned by Phryn.176. Adv. -ίως [[eloquently]], Plu.2.405a; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐνῆν</b> -ώτατα [[as nearly in words as possible]], of the elephant, ib.968d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[oracular]], Ἀπόλλωνος δῶμα λόγιον <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1911.632 (Cyprus).</span>