λέξις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (<b class="b3">λέγω</b> B) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[speech]], opp. <b class="b3">ᾠδή</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>816d</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἢ πρᾶξις</b> [[speech]] or action, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>396c</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">400d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα</b> orders given [[by word of mouth]], <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>27.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[diction]], [[style]], <b class="b3">ἡ ἐνθάδε λ</b>. the [[style]] used here (in courts of justice), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17d</span>; <b class="b3">Μούσης λ</b>. poetical [[diction]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>795e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1410b28</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span> 1450b13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">περὶ Λέξεως</b>, title of work by Ephorus, <span class="bibl">Theon <span class="title">Prog.</span> 2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a single word</b> or [[phrase]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1406b1</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>28p.4V.</span>, al. (pl.), <span class="bibl">D.T. 633.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.22.1</span>, etc.; even a meaningless [[word]], such as <b class="b3">βλίτυρι</b>, Diog.<span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.213; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς <span class="bibl">Plb.6.46.10</span>; <b class="b3">αὐταῖς λέξεσι</b> or <b class="b3">κατὰ λέξιν</b> <b class="b2">word for word</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>2</span>, Plu.2.869d, <span class="bibl">Ath.11.493d</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.2.113</span>; later ἐπὶ λέξεως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>5.1713.14</span> (vi A.D.), <span class="title">Vit.Arist.</span>p.438 Rose, etc.; collectively, <b class="b3">κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ</b>. <b class="b2">the very words</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.275b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>28p.15V.</span>, Gal.12.403. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> κατὰ λέξιν [[as the phrase goes]], AP11.140 (Lucill.); <b class="b3">παρὰ λέξιν</b> [[incorrectly]], <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>16.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Gramm., [[a word peculiar in form]] or [[signification]]: hence <b class="b3">λέξεις</b> is the older term for [[a glossary]], <b class="b3">Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις</b> <b class="b2">a glossary of</b> Rhodian [[phrases]], <span class="bibl">Ath.11.485e</span>; cf. γλῶσσα <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[text]] of an author, opp. exegesis, <span class="bibl">Asp.<span class="title">in EN</span>122.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.21.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>165</span>, <span class="bibl">169</span>.</span>