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λεκτικός

λεκτικός, able to speak

λεκτικός, ή, όν,
  • good at speaking, able to speak, X. Mem. 4.3.1, Cyr. 5.5.46 (Sup.); ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of speaking, Pl. Plt. 304d.
    • II suited for speaking, οἱ λ. τῶν λόγων speeches in common colloquial style, opp. ποιητικῶς συγκείμενοι, D. 61.2; μάλιστα λ. τῶν μέτρων τὸ ἰαμβεῖόν ἐστι Arist. Po. 1449a24, cf. Rh. 1408b33. Adv. -κῶς in prose, D.H. Comp. 25.
      • 2 related to expression, stylistic, ὁ λ. τόπος the province of expression, ib. 1, 4; opp. πραγματικός, of style, opp. matter, ἀρεταί Id. Pomp. 1; μέρος Id. Th. 34.
    • III Adv. -κῶς with the force of a word, of the termination -θεν, A.D. Adv. 195.16; verbally, Stoic. 3.214.

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