λεκτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=λεκτή, λεκτόν, ([[λέγω]] B)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[gathered]], [[chosen]], [[picked out]], of stones, λ. έκ γαίης λάους Hes.''Fr.''115.3; στόλος A.''Pers.''795; ᾐθέων λεκτοί [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 19, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[capable of being spoken]], [[to be spoken]], ἔστ' ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά Id.''Ph.''633; κακὸν οὐ τλητὸν οὐδὲ λεκτόν E.''Hipp.''875; οὔτε λ. οὔτε πιστόν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''423 (lyr.): [[λεκτόν]], τό, an [[expression]] (opp. mere [[φωνή]]), A.D.''Adv.''136.32; a [[word]] (with a meaning), Id.''Pron.''59.1, al.; τὰ [[λεκτά]] = [[predication]]s, Cleanth.Stoic.1.109; but later, [[expression]]s, [[phrase]]s (including [[statement]]s, [[question]]s, [[command]]s, [[wish]]es, etc.), ''Stoic.''2.58, 61, al.; coupled with [[πρότασις|προτάσεις]] and [[ἀξίωμα|ἀξιώματα]], Plot.5.5.1.