λέξις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[λέγω]] B)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[speech]], opp. [[ᾠδή]], Pl.Lg.816d; [[λέξις ἢ πρᾶξις]] [[speech]] or [[action]], Id.R.396c; [[ὁ τρόπος λέξεως]] ib.400d; [[τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα]] [[order]]s given [[by word of mouth]], Arr.Tact.27.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[diction]], [[style]], [[ἡ ἐνθάδε λέξις]] the [[style]] used here (in [[court]]s of [[justice]]), Pl.Ap.17d; [[Μούσης λέξις]] [[poetical]] [[diction]], Id.Lg.795e, cf. Arist.Rh.1410b28, Po. 1450b13, etc.; [[περὶ Λέξεως]], title of work by Ephorus, Theon Prog. 2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a single [[word]] or [[phrase]], Arist.Rh.1406b1, Epicur.Nat.28p.4V., al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31, Plb.2.22.1, etc.; even a meaningless [[word]], such as [[βλίτυρι]], Diog.Stoic.3.213; ταῖς λέξις κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς Plb.6.46.10; [[αὐταῖς λέξεσι]] or [[κατὰ λέξιν]] [[word for word]], D.H.Pomp.2, Plu.2.869d, Ath.11.493d, D.L.2.113; later ἐπὶ λέξεως PLond.5.1713.14 (vi A.D.), Vit.Arist.p.438 Rose, etc.; collectively, [[κρατῶ καὶ λέξεως]] = [[the very words]], Ath.7.275b, cf. Epicur.Nat.28p.15V., Gal.12.403.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[κατὰ λέξιν]] = [[as the phrase goes]], AP11.140 (Lucill.); [[παρὰ λέξιν]] [[incorrectly]], Cic.Att.16.4.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Gramm., a word [[peculiar]] in [[form]] or [[signification]]: hence [[λέξεις]] is the [[older]] [[term]] for a [[glossary]], [[Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις]] a [[glossary]] of [[Rhodian]] [[phrases]], Ath.11.485e; cf. γλῶσσα 11.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[text]] of an author, opp. [[exegesis]], Asp.in EN122.27, Arr.Epict.3.21.7, Dam.Pr.165, 169.