| |Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[discourse]], [[conversation]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span>; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>203a</span>; [[discussion]], [[debate]], [[argument]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>146b</span>; opp. [[ἔρις]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>454a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[common]] [[language]], [[talk]], δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1449a26</span>; ἡ εἰωθυῖα δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1404b24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[speech]], [[language]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>685</span>; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν <span class="bibl">Antiph. 171</span>; <b class="b3">διάλεκτος ἀμνίου</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.3</span>; [[articulate]] [[speech]], [[language]], opp. [[φωνή]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>535a28</span>; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>895a6</span>; but also, [[spoken]], opp. [[written]] [[language]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the [[language]] of a [[country]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.80.6</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.6</span>, etc.: esp. [[dialect]], as Ionic, Attic, etc., <span class="bibl">Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.213</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.59</span>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.932</span>; also, [[local]] [[word]] or [[local]] [[expression]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[way of speaking]], [[accent]], <span class="bibl">D.37.55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[mode]]s of [[expression]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.24U.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[style]], <b class="b3">πανηγυρικὴ διάλεκτος, ποιητικὴ διάλεκτος</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>23</span>,<span class="bibl">21</span>: esp. [[poetical]] [[diction]], <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span> 2</span> <span class="title">Fr.</span>33, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> of musical instruments, [[quality]], '[[idiom]]', <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">de An.</span>420b8</span>.</span> | | |Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[discourse]], [[conversation]], Hp.''Art.''30; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους Pl.''Smp.''203a; [[discussion]], [[debate]], [[argument]], Id.''Tht.''146b; opp. [[ἔρις]], Id.''R.''454a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[common]] [[language]], [[talk]], δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist.''Po.''1449a26; ἡ εἰωθυῖα δ. Id.''Rh.'' 1404b24.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[speech]], [[language]], Ar.''Fr.''685; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν Antiph. 171; <b class="b3">διάλεκτος ἀμνίου</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος</b>, Hermipp.3; [[articulate]] [[speech]], [[language]], opp. [[φωνή]], Arist.''HA''535a28; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί Id.''Pr.''895a6; but also, [[spoken]], opp. [[written]] [[language]], D.H.''Comp.''11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[language]] of a [[country]], Plb.1.80.6, D.S.5.6, etc.: esp. [[dialect]], as Ionic, Attic, etc., Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.213, D.H.''Comp.''3, S.E.''M.''1.59, Hdn.Gr.2.932; also, [[local]] [[word]] or [[local]] [[expression]], Plu.''Alex.''31.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[way of speaking]], [[accent]], D.37.55.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[mode]]s of [[expression]], Epicur.''Ep.''1p.24U.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[style]], <b class="b3">πανηγυρικὴ διάλεκτος, ποιητικὴ διάλεκτος</b>, D.H.''Comp.''23,21: esp. [[poetical]] [[diction]], Phld.''Po.'' 2 ''Fr.''33, al.<br><span class="bld">V</span> of musical instruments, [[quality]], '[[idiom]]', Arist. ''de An.''420b8. |
