λεκτός

λεκτός, ή, όν, (λέγω B)

• gathered, chosen, picked out, of stones, λ. ἐκ γαίης λάους Hes. Fr. 115.3; στόλος A. Pers. 795; ᾐθέων λεκτοί S. OT 19, etc.
• • II capable of being spoken, to be spoken, ἔστʼ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά Id. Ph. 633; κακὸν οὐ τλητὸν οὐδὲ λεκτόν E. Hipp. 875; οὔτε λ. οὔτε πιστόν Ar. 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 λ. predications, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.109; but later, expressions, phrases (including statements, questions, commands, wishes, etc.), Stoic. 2.58, 61, al.; coupled with προτάσεις and ἀξιώματα, Plot. 5.5.1.

λεκτός -ή -όν [λέγω]
🄰 chosen, select Hes. fr. 34 Soph. O.T. 19; λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον let us enlist select troops Aeschl. Pers. 795; λεκτοὺς ἀθροίσας Ἀθηναίων κόρους having gathered the choicest youth of Athens Eur. Suppl. 356

🄱 that which can be said, expressible Aristoph. Av. 423 etc.; ἀλλ’ ἔστ’ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά, πάντα δὲ τολμητά that man knows no limits in speech and action Soph. Ph. 633; κακὸν οὐ τλητὸν οὐδὲ λεκτόν an evil unbearable and unspeakable Eur. Hip. 875 ‖ subst. τὸ λεκτόν expression, word Ap.⁷ Adv. 136.32, al. | log. τὰ λεκτά predicate Cleanth. 1.109.28 (Diog. 7.63) | Stoic log. statement, articulation Stoic. 2.58.24 (Clem. Str. 8.9.26), al. ◆ adv. λεκτῶς distinctly L. Sud. ρ 1616.

λεκτός, 1) gesammelt, auserlesen ; στρατός Soph. O.R. 19 ; Hes. frg. 11 ; ἀλλʼ εὐσταλῆ καὶ λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον Aesch. Pers. 781 ; Eur. Suppl. 356 u. sp.D.
2) sagbar, zu sagen ; ἔστʼ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά, er darf Alles sagen, Soph. Phil. 638 ; Ar. Av. 422 ; Plut. u. a.Sp.

λεκτός, ή, όν

• • I (λέγω2) gathered, chosen, picked out, Aesch., Soph., etc.
  • II (λέγω3) capable of being spoken, to be spoken, Soph., Eur., etc.