λόγος

λόγος, ὁ, verbal noun of λέγω (B), with senses corresponding to λέγω (B) II and III (on the various senses of the word v. Theo Sm. pp. 72,73 H., An.Ox. 4.327): common in all periods in Prose and Verse, exc. Epic, in which it is found in signf. derived from λέγω (B) III, cf.infr. VI. 1 a:

• • I computation, reckoning (cf. λέγω (B) II).
  • • 1 account of money handled, σανίδες εἰς ἃς τὸν λ. ἀναγράφομεν IG 1(2).374.191; ἐδίδοσαν τὸν λ. ib. 232.2; λ. δώσεις τῶν μετεχείρισας χρημάτων Hdt. 3.142, cf. 143; οὔτε χρήματα διαχειρίσας τῆς πόλεως δίδωμι λ. αὐτῶν οὔτε ἀρχὴν ἄρξας οὐδεμίαν εὐθύνας ὑπέχω νῦν αὐτῆς Lys. 24.26; λ. ἀπενεγκεῖν Arist. Ath. 54.1; ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις τοῦ τοιούτου λ. ὑπεχέτω Pl. Lg. 774b; τὸν τῶν χρημάτων λ. παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνειν D. 8.47; ἀδικήματα εἰς ἀργυρίου λ. ἀνήκοντα Din. 1.60; συνᾶραι λόγον μετά τινος settle accounts with, Ev.Matt. 18.23, etc.; δεύτεροι λ. a second audit, Cod.Just. 1.4.26.1; ὁ τραπεζιτικὸς λ. banking account, Theo Sm. p.73 H.: metaph., οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λ. βροτόν S. Aj. 477.
    • • b public accounts, i. e. branch of treasury, ἴδιος λ., in Egypt, OGI 188.2, 189.3, 669.38; also as title of treasurer, ib. 408.4, Str. 17.1.12; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λ. IPE 2.29 A (Panticapaeum); δημόσιος λ., = Lat. fiscus, OGI 669.21 (Egypt, i A.D.), etc. (but later, = aerarium, Cod.Just. 1.5.15); also Καίσαρος λ. OGI 669.30; κυριακὸς λ. ib. 18.
    • 2 generally, account, reckoning, μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λ. excels the whole account, i.e. is best of all, S. OC 1225 (lyr.); δόντας λ. τῶν ἐποίησαν accounting for, i.e. paying the penalty for their doings, Hdt. 8.100; λ. αἰτεῖν Pl. Plt. 285e; λ. δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι Id. Prt. 336c, al.; λαμβάνειν λ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν Id. Men. 75d; παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λ. Id. R. 344d; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν D. 30.15, cf. Arist. EN 1104a3; λ. ὑπέχειν, δοῦναι, D. 19.95; λ. ἐγγράψαι Id. 24.199, al.; λ. ἀποφέρειν τῇ πόλει Aeschin. 3.22, cf. Eu. Luc. 16.2, Ep.Hebr. 13.17; τὸ παράδοξον τῶν συμβεβηκότων ὑπὸ λόγον ἄγειν Plb. 15.34.2; λ. ἡ ἐπιστήμη, πολλὰ δὲ ὁ λ. the account is manifold, Plot. 6.9.4; ἔχων λόγον τοῦ διὰ τί an account of the cause, Arist. APo. 74b27; ἐς λ. τινός on account of, ἐς χρημάτων λ. Th. 3.46, cf. Plb. 5.89.6, LXX 2 Ma 1.14, JRS 18.152 (Jerash); λόγῳ c. gen., by way of, Cod.Just. 3.2.5. al.; κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθους if we take into account his size, Arist. HA 517b27; πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λ. Ep.Hebr. 4.13, cf. D.Chr. 31.123.
    • 3 measure, tale (cf. infr. II.1), θάλασσα . . μετρέεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν Heraclit. 31; ψυχῆς ἐστι λ. ἑαυτὸν αὔξων Id. 115; ἐς τούτου (sc. γήραος) λ. οὐ πολλοί τινες ἀπικνέονται to the point of old age, Hdt. 3.99, cf. 7.9.β; ὁ ξύμπας λ. the full tale, Th. 7.56, cf. Ep.Phil. 4.15; κοινῷ λ. νομίσαντα common measure, Pl. Lg. 746e; sum, total of expenditure, IG 42(1).103.151 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λ., = Lat. patrimonii modus, Cod.Just. 1.5.12.20.
    • 4 esteem, consideration, value put on a person or thing (cf. infr. VI. 2 d), οὗ πλείων λ. ἢ τῶν ἄλλων who is of more worth than all the rest, Heraclit. 39; βροτῶν λ. οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδένʼ A. Pr. 233; οὐ σμικροῦ λ. S. OC 1163: freq. in Hdt., Μαρδονίου λ. οὐδεὶς γίνεται 8.102; τῶν ἦν ἐλάχιστος ἀπολλυμένων λ. 4.135, cf. E. Fr. 94; περὶ ἐμοῦ οὐδεὶς λ. Ar. Ra. 87; λόγου οὐδενὸς γίνεσθαι πρός τινος to be of no account, repute with.., Hdt. 1.120, cf. 4.138; λόγου ποιήσασθαί τινα make one of account, Id. 1.33; ἐλαχίστου, πλείστου λ. εἶναι, to be highly, lowly esteemed, Id. 1.143, 3.146; but also λόγον τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι, like Lat. rationem habere alicujus, make account of, set a value on, Democr. 187, etc.: usu. in neg. statements, οὐδένα λ. ποιήσασθαί τινος Hdt. 1.4, cf. 13, Plb. 21.14.9, etc.; λ. ἔχειν Hdt. 1.62, 115; λ. ἴσχειν περί τινος Pl. Ti. 87c; λ. ἔχειν περὶ τοὺς ποιητάς Lycurg. 107; λ. ἔχειν τινός D. 18.199, Arist. EN 1102b32, Plu. Phil. 18 (but also, have the reputation of . ., v. infr. VI. 2 e); ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ποιήσασθαί τι Hdt. 3.50; ἐν οὐδενὶ λ. ἀπώλοντο without regard, Id. 9.70; ἐν σμικρῷ λ. εἶναι Pl. R. 550a; ὑμεῖς οὔτʼ ἐν λ. οὔτʼ ἐν ἀριθμῷ Orac. ap. Sch. Theoc. 14.48; ἐν ἀνδρῶν λ. [εἶναι] to be reckoned, count as a man, Hdt. 3.120; ἐν ἰδιώτεω λόγῳ καὶ ἀτίμου reckoned as . ., Eus.Mynd. Fr. 59; σεμνὸς εἰς ἀρετῆς λ. καὶ δόξης D. 19.142.
  • II relation, correspondence, proportion,
  • • 1 generally, ὑπερτερίης λ. relation (of gold to lead), Thgn. 418 = 1164; πρὸς λόγον τοῦ σήματος A. Th. 519; κατὰ λόγον προβαίνοντες τιμῶσι in inverse ratio, Hdt. 1.134, cf. 7.36; κατὰ λ. τῆς ἀποφορῆς Id. 2.109; τἄλλα κατὰ λ. in like fashion, Hp. VM 16, Prog. 17: c. gen., κατὰ λ. τῶν πρόσθεν ib. 24; κατὰ λ. τῶν ἡμερῶν Ar. Nu. 619; κατὰ λ. τῆς δυνάμεως X. Cyr. 8.6.11; ἐλάττω ἢ κατὰ λ. Arist. HA 508a2, cf. PA 671a18; ἐκ ταύτης ἐγένετο ἐκείνη κατὰ λ. Id. Pol. 1257a31; cf. εὔλογος: sts. with ὁ αὐτός added, κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. τῷ τείχεϊ in fashion like to . ., Hdt. 1.186; περὶ τῶν νόσων ὁ αὐτὸς λ. analogously, Pl. Tht. 158d, cf. Prm. 136b, al.; εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λ. similarly, Id. R. 353d; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λ. in the same ratio, IG 1(2).76.8; by parity of reasoning, Pl. Cra. 393c, R. 610a, al.; ἀνὰ λόγον τινός, τινί, Id. Ti. 29c, Alc. 2.145d; τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν λ. πρὸς . . ὃν ἡ παιδεία πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν is related to . . as . ., Procl. in Euc. p.20 F., al.
    • 2 Math., ratio, proportion (ὁ κατʼ ἀνάλογον λ., λ. τῆς ἀναλογίας, Theo Sm. p.73 H.), Pythag. 2; ἰσότης λόγων Arist. EN 113a31; λ. ἐστὶ δύο μεγεθῶν ἡ κατὰ πηλικότητα ποιὰ σχέσις Euc. 5 Def. 3; τῶν ἁρμονιῶν τοὺς λ. Arist. Metaph. 985b32, cf. 1092b14; λόγοι ἀριθμῶν numerical ratios, Aristox. Harm. p.32 M.; τοὺς φθόγγους ἀναγκαῖον ἐν ἀριθμοῦ λ. λέγεσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους to be expressed in numerical ratios, Euc. Sect.Can. Proëm.: in Metre, ratio between arsis and thesis, by which the rhythm is defined, Aristox. Harm. p.34 M.; ἐὰν ᾖ ἰσχυροτέρα τοῦ αἰσθητηρίου ἡ κίνησις, λύεται ὁ λ. Arist. de An. 424a31; ἀνὰ λόγον analogically, Archyt. 2; ἀνὰ λ. μερισθεῖσα [ἡ ψυχή] proportionally, Pl. Ti. 37a; so κατὰ λ. Men. 319.6; πρὸς λόγον in proportion, Plb. 6.30.3, 9.15.3 (but πρὸς λόγον ἐπὶ στενὸν συνάγεται narrows uniformly, Sor. 1.9, cf. Diocl. Fr. 171); ἐπὶ λόγον IG 5(1).1428 (Messene).
    • 3 Gramm., analogy, rule, τῷ λ. τῶν μετοχικῶν, τῆς συγκοπῆς, by the rule of the participles, of syncope, Choerob. in Theod. 1.75 Gaisf., 1.377 H.; εἰπέ μοι τὸν λ. τοῦ Αἴας Αἴαντος, τουτέστι τὸν κανόνα An.Ox. 4.328.
  • III explanation,
  • • 1 plea, pretext, ground, ἐκ τίνος λ.; A. Ch. 515; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. S. Ph. 731; ἀπὸ παντὸς λ. Id. OC 762; χὠ λ. καλὸς προσῆν Id. Ph. 352; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λ. Id. OT 657 (lyr., v.l. λόγων) ; ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Antipho 5.59; ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ λ. Hdt. 6.124; κατὰ τίνα λ.; on what ground? Pl. R. 366b; οὐδὲ πρὸς ἕνα λ. to no purpose, Id. Prt. 343d; ἐπὶ τίνι λ.; for what reason? X. HG 2.2.19; τὸν λ. τοῦτον this ground of complaint, Aeschin. 3.228; τίνι δικαίῳ λ.; what just cause is there? Pl. Grg. 512c; τίνι λ.; on what account? Act. Ap. 10.29; κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἠνεσχόμην ὑμῶν reason would that . ., ib. 18.14; λ. ἔχειν, with personal subject, εἶχον ἄν τινα λ. I (i.e. my conduct) would have admitted of an explanation, Pl. Ap. 31b; τὸν ὀρθὸν λ. the true explanation, ib. 34b.
    • • b plea, case, in Law or argument (cf. VIII. I), τὸν ἥττω λ. κρείττω ποιεῖν to make the weaker case prevail, ib. 18b, al., Arist. Rh. 1402a24, cf. Ar. Nu. 1042 (pl.); personified, ib. 886, al.; ἀμύνεις τῷ τῆς ἡδονῆς λ. Pl. Phlb. 38a; ἀνοίσεις τοὺς λ. αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν LXX Ex. 18.19; ἐχειν λ. πρός τινα to have a case, ground of action against . ., Act.Ap. 19.38.
    • 2 statement of a theory, argument, οὐκ ἐμεῦ ἀλλὰ τοῦ λ. ἀκούσαντας prob. in Heraclit. 50; λόγον ἠδὲ νόημα ἀμφὶς ἀληθείης discourse and reflection on reality, Parm. 8.50; δηλοῖ οὗτος ὁ λ. ὅτι . . Democr. 7; οὐκ ἔχει λόγον it is not arguable, i.e. reasonable, S. El. 466, Pl. Phd. 62d, etc.; ἔχει λ. D. 44.32; οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λ. E. Ba. 202; δίκασον . . τὸν λ. ἀκούσας Pl. Lg. 696b; personified, φησὶ οὗτος ὁ λ. ib. 714d, cf. Sph. 238b, Phlb. 50a; ὡς ὁ λ. (sc. λέγει) Arist. EN 1115b12; ὡς ὁ λ. ὁ ὀρθὸς λέγει ib. 1138b20, cf. 29; ὁ λ. θέλει προσβιβάζειν Phld. Rh. 1.41, cf.1.19 S.; οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀκούσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντος Arist. EN 1179b27; λ. καθαίρων Aristo Stoic. 1.88; λόγου τυγχάνειν to be explained, Phld. Mus. p.77 K.; ὁ τὸν λ. μου ἀκούων my teaching, Ev.Jo. 5.24; ὁ προφητικὸς λ., collect., of VT prophecy, 2 Ep.Pet. 1.19: pl., ὁκόσων λόγους ἤκουσα Heraclit. 108; οὐκ ἐπίθετο τοῖς ἐμοῖς λ. Ar. Nu. 73; of arguments leading to a conclusion (ὁ λ.), Pl. Cri. 46b; τὰ Ἀναξαγόρου βιβλία γέμει τούτων τῶν λ. Id. Ap. 26d; λ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἐπὶ τὰς ἀρχάς, Arist. EN 1095a31; συλλογισμός ἐστι λ. ἐν ᾧ τεθέντων τινῶν κτλ. Id. APr. 24b18; λ. ἀντίτυπός τε καὶ ἄπορος, of a self-contradictory theory, Plot. 6.8.7.
    • • b ὁ περὶ θεῶν λ., title of a discourse by Protagoras, D.L. 9.54; ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς λ., name of an argument, ib. 23; ὁ αὐξόμενος λ. Plu. Vind. 2.559b; καταβάλλοντες (sc. λόγοι), title of work by Protagoras, S.E. M. 7.60; λ. σοφιστικοί Arist. SE 165a34, al.; οἱ μαθηματικοὶ λ. Id. Rh. 1417a19, etc.; οἱ ἐξωτερικοὶ λ., current outside the Lyceum, Id. Ph. 217b31, al.; Δισσοὶ λ., title of a philosophical treatise (= Dialex.); Λ. καὶ Λογίνα, name of play of Epicharmus, quibble, argument, personified, Ath. 8.338d.
      • c in Logic, proposition, whether as premiss or conclusion, πρότασίς ἐστι λ. καταφατικὸς ἢ ἀποφατικός τινος κατά τινος Arist. APr. 24a16.
      • d rule, principle, law, as embodying the result of λογισμός, Pi. O. 2.22, P. 1.35, N. 4.31; πείθεσθαι τῷ λ. ὃς ἄν μοι λογιζομένῳ βέλτιστος φαίνηται Pl. Cri. 46b, cf. c; ἡδονὰς τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λ. ἑπομένας obeying right principles, Id. Lg. 696c; προαιρέσεως [ἀρχὴ] ὄρεξις καὶ λ. ὁ ἕνεκά τινος principle directed to an end, Arist. EN 1139a32; of the final cause, ἀρχὴ ὁ λ. ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐν τοῖς φύσει συνεστηκόσιν Id. PA 639b15; ἀποδιδόασι τοὺς λ. καὶ τὰς αἰτίας οὗ ποιοῦσι ἑκάστου ib. 18; [τέχνη] ἕξις μετὰ λ. ἀληθοῦς ποιητική Id. EN 1140a10; ὀρθὸς λ. true principle, right rule, ib. 1144b27, 1147b3, al.; κατὰ λόγον by rule, consistently, ὁ κατὰ λ. ζῶν Pl. Lg. 689d, cf. Ti. 89d; τὸ κατὰ λ. ζῆν, opp. κατὰ πάθος, Arist. EN 1169a5; κατὰ λ. προχωρεῖν according to plan, Plb. 1.20.3.
    • 3 law, rule of conduct, ᾧ μάλιστα διηνεκῶς ὁμιλοῦσι λόγῳ Heraclit. 72; πολλοὶ λόγον μὴ μαθόντες ζῶσι κατὰ λόγον Democr. 53; δεῖ ὑπάρχειν τὸν λ. τὸν καθόλου τοῖς ἄρχουσιν universal principle, Arist. Pol. 1286a17; ὁ νόμος . . λ. ὢν ἀπό τινος φρονήσεως καὶ νοῦ Id. EN 1180a21; ὁ νόμος . . ἔμψυχος ὢν ἑαυτῷ λ. conscience, Plu. Ad. princ. ind. 2.780c; τὸν λ. πρόχειρον ἔχειν precept, Phld. Piet. 30, cf. 102; ὁ προστακτικὸς τῶν ποιητέων ἢ μὴ λ. κοινός M.Ant. 4.4.
    • 4 thesis, hypothesis, provisional ground, ὡς ἂν εἰ λέγοι λόγον maintain a thesis, Pl. Prt. 344b; ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λ. provisionally assuming a proposition, Id. Phd. 100a; τὸν τῆς ὁμοιότητος λ. hypothesis of equivalence, Arist. Cael. 296a20.
    • 5 reason, ground, πάντων γινομένων κατὰ τὸν λ. τόνδε Heraclit. 1; οὕτω βαθὺν λ. ἔχει Id. 45; ἐκ λόγου, opp. μάτην, Leucipp. 2; μέγιστον σημεῖον οὗτος ὁ λ. Meliss. 8; [ἐμπειρία] οὐκ ἔχει λ. οὐδένα ὧν προσφέρει has no grounds for . ., Pl. Grg. 465a; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης θείας Id. Sph. 265c; ἡ μετα λόγου ἀληθὴς δόξα ( ἐπιστήμη) Id. Tht. 201c; λόγον ζητοῦσιν ὧν οὐκ ἔστι λ. proof, Arist. Metaph. 1011a12; οἱ ἁπάντων ζητοῦντες λ. ἀναιροῦσι λ. Thphr. Metaph. 26.
    • 6 formula (wider than definition, but freq. equivalent thereto), term expressing reason, λ. τῆς πολιτείας Pl. R. 497c; ψυχῆς οὐσία τε καὶ λ. essential definition, Id. Phdr. 245e; ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λ. Id. R. 343a; τὸν λ. τῆς οὐσίας ib. 534b, cf. Phd. 78d; τὰς πολλὰς ἐπιστήμας ἑνὶ λ. προσειπεῖν Id. Tht. 148d; ὁ τῆς οἰκοδομήσεως λ. ἔχει τὸν τῆς οἰκίας Arist. PA 646b3; τεθείη ἂν ἴδιον ὄνομα καθʼ ἕκαστον τῶν λ. Id. Metaph. 1006b5, cf. 1035b4; πᾶς ὁρισμὸς λ. τίς ἐστι Id. Top. 102a5; ἐπὶ τῶν σχημάτων λ. κοινός generic definition, Id. de An. 414b23; ἀκριβέστατος λ. specific definition, Id. Pol. 1276b24; πηγῆς λ. ἔχον Ph. 2.477; τὸ ᾠὸν οὔτε ἀρχῆς ἔχει λ. fulfils the function of . ., Plu. QConv. 2.637d; λ. τῆς μίξεως formula, i. e. ratio (cf. supr. II) of combination, Arist. PA 642a22, cf. Metaph. 993a17.
    • 7 reason, law exhibited in the world-process, κατὰ λόγον by law, κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λ. ἔχοντα Pl. R. 500c; κατ τὸν <αὐτὸν αὖ> λ. by the same law, Epich. 170.18; ψυχῆς τὸ πᾶν τόδε διοικούσης κατὰ λ. Plot. 2.3.13; esp. in Stoic Philos., the divine order, τὸν τοῦ παντὸς λ. ὃν ἔνιοι εἱμαρμένην καλοῦσιν Zeno Stoic. 1.24; τὸ ποιοῦν τὸν ἐν [τῇ ὕλῃ] λ. τὸν θεόν ibid., cf. 42; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου λ. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.264; λόγος, = φύσει νόμος, Stoic. 2.169; κατὰ τὸν κοινὸν θεοῖς καὶ ἀνθρώποις λ. M.Ant. 7.53; ὁ ὀρθὸς λ. διὰ πάντων ἐρχόμενος Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.4: so in Plot., τὴν φύσιν εἶναι λόγον, ὃς ποιεῖ λ. ἄλλον γέννημα αὑτοῦ 3.8.2.
    • • b σπερματικὸς λ. generative principle in organisms, ὁ θεὸς σπ. λ. τοῦ κόσμου Zeno Stoic. 1.28: usu. in pl., Stoic. 2.205,314, al.; γίνεται τὰ ἐν τῷ παντὶ οὐ κατὰ σπερματικούς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ λ. περιληπτικούς Plot. 3.1.7, cf. 4.4.39: so without σπερματικός, ὥσπερ τινὲς λ. τῶν μερῶν Cleanth.Stoic. 1.111; οἱ λ. τῶν ὅλων Ph. 1.9.
      • c in Neo-Platonic Philos., of regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe, ὄντων μειζόνων λ. καὶ θεωρούντων αὑτοὺς ἐγὼ γεγέννημαι Plot. 3.8.4; οἱ ἐν σπέρματι λ. πλάττουσι . . τὰ ζῷα οἷον μικρούς τινας κόσμους Id. 4.3.10, cf. 3.2.16, 3.5.7; opp. ὅρος, Id. 6.7.4; ἀφανεῖς λ. τῆς φύσεως Procl. in R. 1.18 K.; τεχνικοὶ λ. ib. 142 K., al.
  • IV inward debate of the soul (cf. λ. ὃν αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτὴν ἡ ψυχὴ διεξέρχεται Pl. Tht. 189e (διάλογος in Sph. 263e); ὁ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ὁ ἔσω λ. (opp. ὁ ἔξω λ.), Arist. APo. 76b25, 27; ὁ ἐνδιάθετος, opp. ὁ προφορικὸς λ., Stoic. 2.43, Ph. 2.154),
  • • 1 thinking, reasoning, τοῦ λ. ἐόντος ξυνοῦ, opp. ἰδία φρόνησις, Heraclit. 2; κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ . . ἔλεγχον test by reflection, Parm. 1.36; reflection, deliberation (cf. VI.3), ἐδίδου λόγον ἑωυτῷ περὶ τῆς ὄψιος Hdt. 1.209, cf. 34, S. OT 583, D. 45.7; μὴ εἰδέναι . . μήτε λόγῳ μήτε ἔργῳ neither by reasoning nor by experience, Anaxag. 7; ἃ δὴ λόγῳ μὲν καὶ διανοίᾳ ληπτά, ὄψει δʼ οὔ Pl. R. 529d, cf. Prm. 135e; ὁ λ. ἢ ἡ αἴσθησις Arist. EN 1149a35, al.; αὐτῷ μόνον τῷ λ. πιστεύειν (opp. αἰσθήσεις), of Parmenides and his school, Aristocl. ap. Eus. PE 14.17: hence λόγῳ or τῷ λ. in idea, in thought, τῷ λ. τέμνειν Pl. R. 525e; τῷ λ. δύο ἐστίν, ἀχώριστα πεφυκότα two in idea, though indistinguishable in fact, Arist. EN 1102a30, cf. GC 320b14, al.; λόγῳ θεωρητά mentally conceived, opp. sensibly perceived, Placit. 1.3.5, cf. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1055.20; τοὺς λ. θεωρητοὺς χρόνους Epicur. Ep. 1p.19U.; διὰ λόγου θ. χ. ib. p.10 U.; λόγῳ καταληπτός Phld. Po. 5.20, etc.; ὁ λ. οὕτω αἱρέει analogy proves, Hdt. 2.33; ὁ λ. or λ. αἱρέει reasoning convinces, Id. 3.45, 6.124, cf. Pl. Cri. 48c (but, our argument shows, Lg. 663d): also c. acc. pers., χρᾶται ὅ τι μιν λ. αἱρέει as the whim took him, Hdt. 1.132; ἢν μὴ ἡμέας λ. αἱρῇ unless we see fit, Id. 4.127, cf. Pl. R. 607b; later ὁ αἱρῶν λ. ordaining reason, Zeno Stoic. 1.50, M.Ant. 2.5, cf. 4.24, Arr. Epict. 2.2.20, etc.: coupled or contrasted with other functions, καθʼ ὕπνον ἐπειδὴ λόγου καὶ φρονήσεως οὐ μετεῖχε since reason and understanding are in abeyance, Pl. Ti. 71d; μετὰ λόγου τε καὶ ἐπιστήμης, opp. αἰτία αὐτομάτη, of Natureʼs processes of production, Id. Sph. 265c; τὸ μὲν δὴ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν embraced by thought with reflection, opp. μετʼ αἰσθήσεως ἀλόγου, Id. Ti. 28a; τὸ μὲν ἀεὶ μετʼ ἀληθοῦς λ., opp. τὸ δὲ ἄλογον, ib. 51e, cf. 70d, al.; λ. ἔχων ἑπόμενον τῷ νοεῖν Id. Phlb. 62a; ἐπιστήμη ἐνοῦσα καὶ ὀρθὸς λ. scientific knowledge and right process of thought, Id. Phd. 73a; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἐπιστήμη τῶν καθόλου Arist. Metaph. 1059b26; τὸ λόγον ἔχον Id. EN 1102b15, 1138b9, al.: in sg. and pl., contrasted by Pl. and Arist. as theory, abstract reasoning with outward experience, sts. with depreciatory emphasis on the former, εἰς τοὺς λ. καταφυγόντα Pl. Phd. 99e; τὸν ἐν λόγοις σκοπούμενον τὰ ὄντα, opp. τὸν ἐν ἔργοις (realities), ib. 100a; τῇ αἰσθήσει μᾶλλον τῶν λ. πιστευτέον Arist. GA 760b31; γνωριμώτερα κατὰ τὸν λ., opp. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν, Id. Ph. 189a4; ἐκ τῶν λ. δῆλον, opp. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς, Id. Mete. 378b20; ἡ τῶν λ. πίστις, opp. ἐκ τῶν ἔργων φανερόν, Id. Pol. 1326a29; ἡ πίστις οὐ μόνον ἐπὶ τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ λ. Id. Ph. 262a19; μαρτυρεῖ τὰ γιγνόμενα τοῖς λ. Id. Pol. 1334a6; ὁ μὲν λ. τοῦ καθόλου, ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τοῦ κατὰ μέρος explanation, opp. perception, Id. Ph. 189a7; ἔσονται τοῖς λ. αἱ πράξεις ἀκόλουθοι theory, opp. practice, Epicur. Sent. 25; in Logic, of discursive reasoning, opp. intuition, Arist. EN 1142a26, 1143b1; reasoning in general, ib. 1149a26; πᾶς λ. καὶ πᾶσα ἀπόδειξις all reasoning and demonstration, Id. Metaph. 1063b10; λ. καὶ φρόνησιν Phld. Mus. p.105 K.; ὁ λ. ἢ λογισμός ibid.; τὸ ἰδεῖν οὐκέτι λ., ἀλλὰ μεῖζον λόγου καὶ πρὸ λόγου, of mystical vision, opp. reasoning, Plot. 6.9.10.—Phrases, κατὰ λ. τὸν εἰκότα by probable reasoning, Pl. Ti. 30b; οὔκουν τόν γʼ εἰκότα λ. ἂν ἔχοι Id. Lg. 647d; παρὰ λόγον, opp. κατὰ λ., Arist. Rh.Al. 1429a29, cf. EN 1167b19; cf. παράλογος (but παρὰ λ. unexpectedly, E. Ba. 940).
    • 2 reason as a faculty, ὁ λ. ἀνθρώπους κυβερνᾷ [Epich.] 256; [θυμοειδὲς] τοῦ λ. κατήκοον Pl. Ti. 70a; [θυμὸς] ὑπὸ τοῦ λ. ἀνακληθείς Id. R. 440d; σύμμαχον τῷ λ. τὸν θυμόν ib. b; πειθαρχεῖ τῷ λ. τὸ τοῦ ἐγκρατοῦς Arist. EN 1102b26; ἄλλο τι παρὰ τὸν λ. πεφυκός, ὃ μάχεται τῷ λ. ib. 17; ἐναντίωσις λόγου πρὸς ἐπιθυμίας Plot. 4.7.13(8); οὐ θυμός, οὐκ ἐπιθυμία, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδέ τις νόησις Id. 6.9.11: freq. in Stoic. Philos. of human Reason, opp. φαντασία, Zeno Stoic. 1.39; opp. φύσις, Stoic. 2.206; οὐ σοφία οὐδὲ λ. ἐστὶν ἐν [τοῖς ζῴοις] ibid.; τοῖς ἀλόγοις ζῴοις ὡς λ. ἔχων λ. μὴ ἔχουσι χρῶ M.Ant. 6.23; ὁ λ. κοινὸν πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Arr. Epict. 1.3.3; οἷον [εἰκὼν] λ. ὁ ἐν προφορᾷ λόγου τοῦ ἐν ψυχῇ, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὴ λ. νοῦ Plot. 5.1.3; τὸ τὸν λ. σχεῖν τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετήν (sc. εὐδαιμονίαν) Procl. in Ti. 3.334 D.; also of the reason which pervades the universe, θεῖος λ. [Epich.] 257; τὸν θεῖον λ. καθʼ Ἡράκλειτον διʼ ἀναπνοῆς σπάσαντες νοεροὶ γινόμεθα S.E. M. 7.129 (cf. infr. x).
    • • b creative reason, ἀδύνατον ἦν λόγον μὴ οὐκ ἐπὶ πάντα ἐλθεῖν Plot. 3.2.14; ἀρχὴ οὖν λ. καὶ πάντα λ. καὶ τὰ γινόμενα κατʼ αὐτόν Id. 3.2.15; οἱ λ. πάντες ψυχαί Id. 3.2.18.
  • V continuous statement, narrative (whether fact or fiction), oration, etc. (cf. λέγω (B) II.2),
  • • 1 fable, Hdt. 1.141; Αἰσώπου λόγοι Pl. Phd. 60d, cf. Arist. Rh. 1393b8; ὁ τοῦ κυνὸς λ. X. Mem. 2.7.13.
    • 2 legend, ἱρὸς λ. Hdt. 2.62, cf. 47, Pi. P. 3.80 (pl.); συνθέντες λ. E. Ba. 297; λ. θεῖος Pl. Phd. 85d; ἱεροὶ λ., of Orphic rhapsodies, Suid. S.V. Ὀρφεύς.
    • 3 tale, story, ἄλλον ἔπειμι λ. Xenoph. 7.1, cf. Th. 1.97, etc.; συνθέτους λ. A. Pr. 686; σπουδὴν λόγου urgent tidings, E. Ba. 663; ἄλλος λ. ‘another story’, Pl. Ap. 34e; ὁμολογούμενος ὁ λ. ἐστίν the story is consistent, Isoc. 3.27: pl., histories, ἐν τοῖσι Ἀσσυρίοισι λ. Hdt. 1.184, cf. 106, 2.99; so in sg., a historical work, Id. 2.123, 6.19, 7.152: also in sg., one section of such a work (like later βίβλος), Id. 2.38, 6.39, cf. VI.3d; so in pl., ἐν τοῖσι Λιβυκοῖσι λ. Id. 2.161, cf. 1.75, 5.22, 7.93, 213; ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν λ. Id. 5.36; ὁ πρῶτος λ., of St. Lukeʼs gospel, Act.Ap. 1.1: in Pl., opp. μῦθος, as history to legend, Ti. 26e; ποιεῖν μύθους ἀλλʼ οὐ λόγους Phd. 61b, cf. Grg. 523a (but μῦθον λέγειν, opp. λόγῳ (argument) διεξελθεῖν Prt. 320c, cf. 324d); περὶ λόγων καὶ μύθων Arist. Pol. 1336a30; ὁ λ . . . μῦθός ἐστι Ael. NA 4.34.
    • 4 speech, delivered in court, assembly, etc., χρήσομαι τῇ τοῦ λ. τάξει ταύτῃ Aeschin. 3.57, cf. Arist. Rh. 1358a38; δικανικοὶ λ. Id. EN 1181a4; τρία γένη τῶν λ. τῶν ῥητορικῶν, συμβουλευτικόν, δικανικόν, ἐπιδεικτικόν Id. Rh. 1358b7; τῷ γράψαντι τὸν λ. Thphr. Char. 17.8, cf. λογογράφος II; ἐπιτάφιος λ. funeral oration, Pl. Mx. 236b; esp. of the body of a speech, opp. ἐπίλογος, Arist. Rh. 1420b3; opp. προοίμιον, ib. 1415a12; body of a law, opp. proem, Pl. Lg. 723b; spoken, opp. written word, τὸν τοῦ εἰδότος λ. ζῶντα καὶ ἔμψυχον οὗ ὁ γεγραμμένος εἴδωλόν τι Id. Phdr. 276a; ὁ ἐκ τοῦ βιβλίου ῥηθεὶς [λ.] speech read from a roll, ib. 243c; published speech, D.C. 40.54; rarely of the speeches in Tragedy (ῥήσεις), Arist. Po. 1450b6, 9.
  • VI verbal expression or utterance (cf. λέγω (B) ΙΙΙ), rarely a single word, v. infr. b, never in Gramm. signf. of vocable (ἔπος, λέξις, ὄνομα, ῥῆμα), usu. of a phrase, cf. IX.3 (the only sense found in Ep.).
  • • • a pl., without Art., talk, τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις Il. 15.393; αἱμύλιοι λ. Od. 1.56, h.Merc. 317, Hes. Th. 890, Op. 78, 789, Thgn. 704, A.R. 3.1141; ψευδεῖς Λ., personified, Hes. Th. 229; ἀφροδίσιοι λ. Semon. 7.91; ἀγανοῖσι λ. Pi. P. 4.101; ὄψον δὲ λ. φθονεροῖσιν tales, Id. N. 8.21; σμικροὶ λ. brief words, S. Aj. 1268 (s.v.l.), El. 415; δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων bred of talk, Id. OT 681 (lyr.): also in sg., λέγʼ εἴ σοι τῷ λ. τις ἡδονή speak if thou delightest in talking, Id. El. 891.
      • b sg., expression, phrase, πρὶν εἰπεῖν ἐσθλὸν ἢ κακὸν λ. Id. Ant. 1245, cf. E. Hipp. 514; μυρίας ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ Hdt. 2.37; μακρὸς λ. rigmarole, Simon. 189, Arist. Metaph. 1091a8; λ. ἠρέμα λεχθεὶς διέθηκε τὸ πόρρω a whispered message, Plot. 4.9.3; ἑνὶ λόγῳ to sum up, in brief phrase, Pl. Phdr. 241e, Phd. 65d; concisely, Arist. EN 1103b21 (but also, = ἁπλῶς, περὶ πάντων ἑνὶ λ. Id. GC 325a1): pl., λ. θελκτήριοι magic words, E. Hipp. 478; rarely of single words, λ. εὐσύνθετος οἷον τὸ χρονοτριβεῖν Arist. Rh. 1406a36; οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λ. answered her not a word, Ev.Matt. 15.23.
      • c coupled or contrasted with words expressed or understood signifying act, fact, truth, etc., mostly in a depreciatory sense, λ. ἔργου σκιή Democr. 145; ὥσπερ μικρὸν παῖδα λόγοις μʼ ἀπατᾷς Thgn. 254; λόγῳ, opp. ἔργῳ, Democr. 82, etc.; νηπίοισι οὐ λ. ἀλλὰ ξυμφορὴ διδάσκαλος Id. 76; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι A. Pr. 338, cf. S. El. 59, OC 782; λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσι . . ἔργῳ δὲ οὐκ ἀποδεικνῦσι Hdt. 4.8; οὐ λόγων, φασίν, ἡ ἀγορὴ δεῖται, χαλκῶν δέ Herod. 7.49; οὔτε λ. οὔτε ἔργῳ Lys. 9.14; λόγοις, opp. ψήφῳ, Aeschin. 2.33; opp. νόῳ, Hdt. 2.100; οὐ λόγῳ μαθών E. Heracl. 5; ἐκ λόγων, κούφου πράγματος Pl. Lg. 935a; λόγοισι εἰς τὸ πιθανὸν περιπεπεμμένα ib. 886e, cf. Luc. Anach. 19; ἵνα μὴ λ. οἴησθε εἶναι, ἀλλʼ εἰδῆτε τὴν ἀλήθειαν Lycurg. 23, cf. D. 30.34; opp. πρᾶγμα, Arist. Top. 146a4; opp. βία, Id. EN 1179b29, cf. 1180a5; opp. ὄντα, Pl. Phd. 100a; opp. γνῶσις, 2 Ep.Cor. 11.6; λόγῳ in pretence, Hdt. 1.205, Pl. R. 361b, 376d, Ti. 27a, al.; λόγου ἕνεκα merely as a matter of words, ἄλλως ἕνεκα λ. ἐλέγετο Id. Cri. 46d; λόγου χάριν, opp. ὡς ἀληθῶς, Arist. Pol. 1280b8; but also, let us say, for instance, Id. EN 1144a33, Plb. 10.46.4, Phld. Sign. 29, M.Ant. 4.32; λόγου ἕνεκα let us suppose, Pl. Tht. 191c; ἕως λόγου, μέχρι λ., = Lat. verbo tenus, Plb. 10.24.7, Epict. Ench. 16: sts. without depreciatory force, the antithesis or parallelism being verbal (cf. ‘word and deedʼ), λόγῳ τε καὶ σθένει S. OC 68; ἔν τε ἔργῳ καὶ λ. Pl. R. 382e, cf. D.S. 13.101, Ev.Luc. 24.19, Act.Ap. 7.22, Paus. 2.16.2; ὅσα μὲν λόγῳ εἶπον, opp. τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων, Th. 1.22.
    • 2 common talk, report, tradition, ὡς λ. ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἔην Batr. 8; λ. ἐκ πατέρων Alc. 71; οὐκ ἔστʼ ἔτυμος λ. οὗτος Stesich. 32; διξὸς λέγεται λ. Hdt. 3.32; λ. ὑπʼ Αἰγυπτίων λεγόμενος Id. 2.47; νέον [λ.] tidings, S. Ant. 1289 (lyr.); τὰ μὲν αὐτοὶ ὡρῶμεν, τὰ δὲ λόγοισι ἐπυνθανόμεθα by hearsay, Hdt. 2.148: also in pl., ἐν γράμμασιν λόγοι κείμενοι traditions, Pl. Lg. 886b.
    • • b rumour, ἐπὶ παντὶ λ. ἐπτοῆσθαι Heraclit. 87; αὐδάεις λ. voice of rumour, B. 14.44; περὶ θεῶν διῆλθεν ὁ λ. ὅτι . . Th. 6.46; λ. παρεῖχεν ὡς . . Plb. 3.89.3; ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λ. οὗτος εῖς τινας ὅτι . . Ev.Jo. 21.23, cf. Act.Ap. 11.22; fiction, Ev.Matt. 28.15.
      • c mention, notice, description, οὐκ ὕει λόγου ἄξιον οὐδέν worth mentioning, Hdt. 4.28, cf. Plb. 1.24.8, etc.; ἔργα λόγου μέζω beyond expression, Hdt. 2.35; κρεῖσσον λόγου τὸ εἶδος τῆς νόσου beyond description, Th. 2.50; μείζω ἔργα ἢ ὡς τῷ λ. τις ἂν εἴποι D. 6.11.
      • d the talk one occasions, repute, mostly in good sense, good report, praise, honour (cf. supr. I.4), πολλὰ φέρειν εἴωθε λ. . . πταίσματα Thgn. 1221; λ. ἐσλὸν ἀκοῦσαι Pi. I. 5(4).13; πλέονα . . λ. Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν Id. N. 7.21; ἵνα λ. σε ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθός Hdt. 7.5, cf. 9.78; Τροίαν . . ἧς ἁπανταχοῦ λ. whose fame, story fills the world, E. IT 517; οὐκ ἂν ἦν λ. σέθεν Id. Med. 541: less freq. in bad sense, evil report, λ. κακόθρους, κακός, S. Aj. 138 (anap.), E. Heracl. 165: pl., λόγους ψιθύρους πλάσσων slanders, S. Aj. 148 (anap.).
      • e λ. ἐστί, ἔχει, κατέχει, the story goes, c. acc. et inf., ἔστι τις λ. τὰν Ἀρετὰν ναίειν Simon. 58.1, cf. S. El. 417; λ. μὲν ἔστʼ ἀρχαῖος ὡς . . Id. Tr. 1; λ. alone, E. Heracl. 35; ὡς λ. A. Supp. 230, Pl. Phlb. 65c, etc.; λ. ἐστί Hdt. 7.129, 9.26, al.; λ. αἰὲν ἔχει S. OC 1573 (lyr.); ὅσον ὁ λ. κατέχει tradition prevails, Th. 1.10: also with a personal subject in the reverse construction. Κλεισθένης λ. ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι has the credit of . ., Hdt. 5.66, cf. Pl. Epin. 987b, 988b; λ. ἔχοντα σοφίας Ep.Col. 2.23, v. supr. I.4.
    • 3 discussion, debate, deliberation, πολλὸς ἦν ἐν τοῖσι λ. Hdt. 8.59; συνελέχθησαν οἱ Μῆδοι ἐς τὠυτὸ καὶ ἐδίδοσαν σφίσι λόγον, λέγοντες περὶ τῶν κατηκόντων Id. 1.97; οἱ Πελασγοὶ ἑωυτοῖσι λόγους ἐδίδοσαν Id. 6.138; πολέμῳ μᾶλλον ἢ λόγοις τὰ ἐγκλήματα διαλύεσθαι Th. 1.140; οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης λ. Aeschin. 2.74; τοῖς ἔξωθεν λ. πεπλήρωκε τὸν λ. [Plato] has filled his dialogue with extraneous discussions, Arist. Pol. 1264b39; τὸ μῆκος τῶν λ. D.Chr. 7.131; μεταβαίνων ὁ λ. εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀφῖκται our debate, Arist. EN 1097a24; ὁ παρὼν λ. ib. 1104a11; θεῶν ὧν νῦν ὁ λ. ἐστί discussion, Pl. Ap. 26b, cf. Tht. 184a, M.Ant. 8.32; τῷ λ. διελθεῖν, διϊέναι, Pl. Prt. 329c, Grg. 506a, etc.; τὸν λ. διεξελθεῖν conduct the debate, Id. Lg. 893a; ξυνελθεῖν ἐς λόγον confer, Ar. Eq. 1300: freq. in pl., ἐς λόγους συνελθόντες parley, Hdt. 1.82; ἐς λ. ἐλθεῖν τινι have speech with, ib. 86; ἐς λ. ἀπικέσθαι τινί Id. 2.32; διὰ λόγων ἰέναι E. Tr. 916; ἐμαυτῇ διὰ λ. ἀφικόμην Id. Med. 872; ἐς λ. ἄγειν τινά X. HG 4.1.2; κοινωνεῖν λόγων καὶ διανοίας Arist. EN 1170b12.
    • • b right of discussion or speech, ἢ ʼπὶ τῷ πλήθει λ.; S. OC 66; λ. αἰτήσασθαι ask leave to speak, Th. 3.53; λ. διδόναι X. HG 5.2.20; οὐ προυτέθη σφίσιν λ. κατὰ τὸν νόμον ib. 1.7.5; λόγου τυχεῖν D. 18.13, cf. Arist. EN 1095b21, Plb. 18.52.1; οἱ λόγου τοὺς δούλους ἀποστεροῦντες Arist. Pol. 1260b5; δοῦλος πέφυκας, οὐ μέτεστί σοι λόγου Trag.Adesp. 304; διδόντας λ. καὶ δεχομένους ἐν τῷ μέρει Luc. Pisc. 8: hence, time allowed for a speech, ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ λ. And. 1.26, al.; ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λ. Pl. Ap. 34a; οὐκ ἐλάττω λ. ἀνήλωκε D. 18.9.
      • c dialogue, as a form of philosophical debate, ἵνα μὴ μαχώμεθα ἐν τοῖς λ. ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ Pl. Cra. 430d; πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοὺς λ. ποιεῖσθαι Id. Prt. 348a: hence, dialogue as a form of literature, οἱ Σωκρατικοὶ λ. Arist. Po. 1447b11, Rh. 1417a20; cf. διάλογος.
      • d section, division of a dialogue or treatise (cf. V.3), ὁ πρῶτος λ. Pl. Prm. 127d; ὁ πρόσθεν, ὁ παρελθὼν λ., Id. Phlb. 18e, 19b; ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις λ. Arist. PA 682a3; ἐν τοῖς περὶ κινήσεως λ. in the discussion of motion (i. e. Ph. bk. 8), Id. GC 318a4; ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐπαίνου λ. Phld. Rh. 1.219; branch, department, division of a system of philosophy, τὴν φρόνησιν ἐκ τριῶν συνεστηκέναι λ., τῶν φυσικῶν καὶ τῶν ἠθικῶν καὶ τῶν λογικῶν Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.258.
      • e in pl., literature, letters, Pl. Ax. 365b, Epin. 975d, D.H. Comp. 1, 21 (but, also in pl., treatises, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.16c); οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι Hdn. 6.1.4; Λόγοι, personified, AP 9.171 (Pall.).
  • VII a particular utterance, saying:
  • • 1 divine utterance, oracle, Pi. P. 4.59; λ. μαντικοί Pl. Phdr. 275b; οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν ἐρῶ τὸν λ. Pl. Ap. 20e; ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ Apoc. 1.2, 9.
    • 2 proverb, maxim, saying, Pi. N. 9.6, A. Th. 218; ὧδʼ ἔχει λ. ib. 225; τόνδʼ ἐκαίνισεν λ. ὡς . . Critias 21, cf. Pl. R. 330a, Ev.Jo. 4.37; ὁ παλαιὸς λ. Pl. Phdr. 240c, cf. Smp. 195b, Grg. 499c, Lg. 757a, 1 Ep.Ti. 1.15, Plu. Comm.not. 2.1082e, Luc. Alex. 9, etc.; τὸ τοῦ λόγου δὴ τοῦτο Herod. 2.45, cf. D.Chr. 66.24, Luc. JTr. 3, Alciphr. 3.56, etc.: pl., Arist. EN 1147a21.
    • 3 assertion, opp. oath, S. OC 651; ψιλῷ λ. bare word, opp. μαρτυρία, D. 27.54.
    • 4 express resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, Hdt. 1.141, al.; ἐπὶ λ. τοιῷδε, ἐπʼ ᾧ τε . . on the following terms, Id. 7.158, cf. 9.26; ἐνδέξασθαι τὸν λ. Id. 1.60, cf. 9.5; λ. ἔχοντες πλεονέκτην a greedy proposal, Id. 7.158: freq. in pl., terms, conditions, Id. 9.33, etc.
    • 5 word of command, behest, A. Pr. 17, 40 (both pl.), Pers. 363; ἀνθρώπους πιθανωτέρους ποιεῖν λόγῳ X. Oec. 13.9; ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ Ev.Matt. 8.16; οἱ δέκα λ. the ten Commandments, LXX Ex. 34.28, Ph. 1.496.
  • VIII thing spoken of, subject-matter (cf. III.1 b and 2), λ. τοῦτον ἐάσομεν Thgn. 1055; προπεπυσμένος πάντα λ. the whole matter, Hdt. 1.21, cf. 111; τὸν ἐόντα λ. the truth of the matter, ib. 95, 116; μετασχεῖν τοῦ λ. to be in the secret, ib. 127; μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τὸν λ. τοῦτον εἴπῃς Id. 8.65; τίς ἦν λ.; S. OT 684 ( = πρᾶγμα, 699); περί τινος λ. διελεγόμεθα subject, question, Pl. Prt. 314c; [τὸ προοίμιον] δεῖγμα τοῦ λ. case, Arist. Rh. 1415a12, cf. III.1b; τέλος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λ. ψηφίζονται the end of the matter was that . ., Aeschin. 3.124; οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λ. Plb. 8.12.5; οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ Act.Ap. 8.21; ἱκανὸς αὐτῷ ὁ λ. Pl. Grg. 512c; οὐχ ὑπολείπει [Γοργίαν] ὁ λ. matter for talk, Arist. Rh. 1418a35; μηδένα λ. ὑπολιπεῖν Isoc. 4.146; πρὸς λόγον to the point, apposite, οὐδὲν πρὸς λ. Pl. Phlb. 42e, cf. Prt. 344a; ἐὰν πρὸς λ. τι ᾖ Id. Phlb. 33c; also πρὸς λόγου Id. Grg. 459c (s. v.l.).
  • • 2 plot of a narrative or dramatic poem, = μῦθος, Arist. Po. 1455b17, al.
    • • b in Art, subject of a painting, ζωγραφίας λόγοι Philostr. VA 6.10; λ. τῆς γραφῆς Id. Im. 1.25.
    • 3 thing talked of, event, μετὰ τοὺς λ. τούτους LXX 1 Ma. 7.33, cf. Act.Ap. 15.6.
  • IX expression, utterance, speech regarded formally, τὸ ἀπὸ [ψυχῆς] ῥεῦμα διὰ τοῦ στόματος ἰὸν μετὰ φθόγγου λ., opp. διάνοια, Pl. Sph. 263e; intelligent utterance, opp. φωνή, Arist. Pol. 1253a14; λ. ἐστὶ φωνὴ σημαντικὴ κατὰ συνθήκην Id. Int. 16b26, cf. Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213; ὅθεν (from the heart) ὁ λ. ἀναπέμπεται Stoic. 2.228, cf. 244; Protagoras was nicknamed λόγος, Hsch. ap. Sch. Pl. R. 600c, Suid.; λόγου πειθοῖ Democr. 181: in pl., eloquence, Isoc. 3.3, 9.11; τὴν ἐν λόγοις εὐρυθμίαν Epicur. Sent.Pal. 5p.69 v. d. M.; λ. ἀκριβής precise language, Ar. Nu. 130 (pl.), cf. Arist. Rh. 1418b1; τοῦ μὴ ᾀδομένου λ. Pl. R. 398d; ἡδυσμένος λ., of rhythmical language set to music, Arist. Po. 1449b25; ἐν παντὶ λ. in all manner of utterance, 1 Ep.Cor. 1.5; ἐν λόγοις in orations, Arist. Po. 1459a13; λ. γελοῖοι, ἀσχήμονες, ludicrous, improper speech, Id. SE 182b15, Pol. 1336b14.
  • • 2 of various modes of expression, esp. artistic and literary, ἔν τε ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις Pl. Lg. 664a; ἐν λόγῳ καὶ ἐν ᾠδαῖς X. Cyr. 1.4.25, cf. Pl. Lg. 835b; prose, opp. ποίησις, Id. R. 390a; opp. ψιλομετρία, Arist. Po. 1448a11; opp. ἔμμετρα, ib. 1450b15 (pl.); τῷ λ. τοῦτο τῶν μέτρων (sc. τὸ ἰαμβεῖον) ὁμοιότατον εἶναι Id. Rh. 1404a31; in full, ψιλοὶ λ. prose, ib. b33 (but ψιλοὶ λ., = arguments without diagrams, Pl. Tht. 165a); λ. πεζοί, opp. ποιητική, D.H. Comp. 6; opp. ποιήματα, ib. 15; κοινὰ καὶ ποιημάτων καὶ λόγων Phld. Po. 5.7; πεζὸς λ. ib. 27, al.
    • • b of the constituents of lyric or dramatic poetry, words, τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν . . λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ Pl. R. 398d; opp. πρᾶξις, Arist. Po. 1454a18; dramatic dialogue, opp. τὰ τοῦ χοροῦ, ib. 1449a17.
    • 3 Gramm., phrase, complex term, opp. ὄνομα, Id. SE 165a13; λ. ὀνοματώδης noun-phrase, Id. APo. 93b30, cf. Rh. 1407b27; expression, D.H. Th. 2, Demetr. Eloc. 92.
    • • b sentence, complete statement, "ἄνθρωπος μανθάνει λόγον εἶναί φῃς . . ἐλάχιστόν τε καὶ πρῶτον Pl. Sph. 262c; λ. αὐτοτελής A.D. Synt. 3.6, D.T. 634.1; ῥηθῆναι λόγῳ to be expressed in a sentence, Pl. Tht. 202b; λ. ἔχειν to be capable of being so expressed, ib. 201e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1404b26.
      • c language, τὰ τοῦ λ. μέρη parts of speech, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.31, S.E. M. 9.350, etc.; τὰ μόρια τοῦ λ. D.H. Comp. 6; μέρος λ. D.T. 633.26, A.D. Pron. 4.6, al. (but ἓν μέρος <τοῦ cod.> λόγου one word, Id. Synt. 340.10, cf. 334.22); περὶ τῶν στοιχείων τοῦ λ., title of work by Chrysippus.
  • X the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government, ὁ παντοδύναμός σου λ. LXX Wi. 18.15; ὁ ἐκ νοὸς φωτεινὸς λ. υἱὸς θεοῦ Corp.Herm. 1.6, cf. Plu. Isid. 2.376c; λ. θεοῦ διʼ οὗ κατεσκευάσθη [ὁ κόσμος] Ph. 1.162; τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ σοφίας· ἡ δέ ἐστιν ὁ θεοῦ λ. ib. 56; λ. θεῖος . . εἰκὼν θεοῦ ib. 561, cf. 501; τὸν τομέα τῶν συμπάντων [θεοῦ] λ. ib. 492; τὸν ἄγγελον ὅς ἐστι λ. ib. 122: in NT identified with the person of Christ, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λ. Ev.Jo. 1.1, cf. 14, 1 Ep.Jo. 2.7, Apoc. 19.13; ὁ λ. τῆς ζωῆς 1 Ep.Jo. 1.1.

λόγος -ου, ὁ [λέγω]

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🄰 word, speech ‖ mention
🄱 declaration, affirmation | answer | promise ‖ saying, proverb, maxim ‖ decision, resolution | order, command ‖ proclamation, teaching | doctrine or part of a doctrine ‖ philos. definition | hypothesis ‖ condition, agreement ‖ conditioning, limitation
🄲 fame, tradition, legend | renown, reputation (good or bad) ‖ rumor, hearsay, news
🄳 revelation, oracle, response ‖ Jew. and Christ. revealed word | message of Jesus, gospel |with the force of law: | as a creative, vital force: ‖ theol. Logos, Word | Gnost. eon
🄴 argument, subject, object, question | of a literary work theme, argument ‖ also what is being discussed, fact, matter, thing ‖ function
🄵 gramm. discourse, language | phrase | prose

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🄰 speaking, faculty of speech, parlance | philos. λ. προφορικός external discourse ‖ use of speech, right to speak
🄱 colloquy, conversation, dialogue, discussion, dispute
🄲 to indicate literary works of various genres fable | imaginary tale, legend, myth ‖ historical narrative, history or part of an historical work ‖ dialogue | oration, discourse ‖ treatise or part of a treatise, work or part of a work, book ‖ Christ. Scripture ‖ letters, literature, studies

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🄰 count, calculation | sum, total ‖ amount, account
🄱 account, explanation
🄲 assessment, evaluation
🄳 value, significance
🄴 relationship, relation ‖ gramm. rule, norm

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🄰 reasoning, argumentation
🄱 faculty of reasoning or reflection, reason, thought, common sense | philos. | of practical reason (opp. νοῦς, speculative) ‖ philos. and relig. divine Reason personif.; of the angels
🄲 motive, cause, foundation, justification ‖ εἰς λόγον τινός by reason of, for sthg. or s.o. | λόγῳ τινός instead of, for s.o. | pretext ‖ jur. reasons adopted by each party, cause
🄳 plan, project, design, expectation

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🄰 word, speech Soph. Ant. 1245, O.C. 651 Hdt. 2.100.3 Aristot. Top. 146a 4 Phil.² Det. 35, Leg. 2.24, Deus 31 etc.; often pl. Il. 15.393 etc.; αἱμύλιοι λόγοι ingratiating, flattering words Od. 1.56 Hom. 4.317 Hes. Th. 890, al.; ἀλαθεῖς λόγοι truthful speech, words of truth Pind. O. 6.90; λόγοι ἀκριβεῖς subtle discourses Aristoph. Nub. 130; λόγοις μ’ ἀπατᾷς you deceive me with your speech Thgn. 254; οὐ ψεύδει τέγξω λόγον I shall not stain my speech with lies Pind. O. 4.18; ἐμὲ λόγων εἵνεκα παῖδες ἂν φιλέοιεν the boys should love me because of my words Anacr. 22.1; τελεύτασαν λόγων κορυφαί the culmination of his words ocurred i.e. his requests were fulfilled Pind. O. 7.68 | ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ to speak briefly, in a word Hdt. 2.37.3 = ἑνὶ λόγῳ Plat. Phaedr. 241e, al. = ὡς ἁπλῷ λόγῳ Aeschl. Pr. 46 = ἁπλῷ λόγῳ Aeschl. Pr. 610, al.; ἕνεκα λόγου so to speak Plat. Crit. 46d = μέχρι λόγου Epict. Ench. 16 = ἕως λόγου Pol. 10.24.7 | λόγῳ μέν … ἔργῳ δὲ from words … from deeds Hdt. 4.8.2 etc.; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ with deeds, not words Aeschl. Pr. 336; οὔτε λόγῳ οὔτε ἔργῳ neither with words nor with deeds Lys. 9.14 ‖ mention: λόγου ἄξιος worthy of mention or of considerable esteem Hdt. 4.28.2 Hp. Aff. 57 etc.

🄱 declaration, affirmation: ψιλῷ δὲ λόγῳ χρησάμενος limiting myself to a simple declaration Demosth. 27.54 | answer: τινὶ λόγον ἀποδοῦναι to answer s.o. Iustin. Dial. 94.4 (PG 6.701A) | promise: δοῦναι λόγον ὥστε and inf. to give oneʼs word that … Ephr. 1.221A = ὅτι … IoMosch. Prat. 1 ‖ saying, proverb, maxim Pind. N. 9.6 etc.; Ἀριστόδαμον φαῖσ ’ … λόγον εἴπην, χρήματ’ ἄνηρ they say that Aristodemos uttered the saying “wealth is the man” Alc. 360.2; ὁ παλαιὸς λόγος the old saying Plat. Phaedr. 240c etc.; τὸ τοῦ λόγου δὴ τοῦτο as the proverb says Phil.² Det. 33, al. etc. ‖ decision, resolution Hdt. 1.141.1, al.; κοινῷ λόγῳ χρησάμενοι having reached an agreement, by mutual agreement Hdt. 1.166.1 | order, command Aeschl. Pers. 363, al. Xen. Oec. 13.9 etc. ‖ proclamation, teaching NT 1Cor. 12.8 | doctrine or part of a doctrine: τριμερῆ φασιν εἶναι τὸν κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν λόγον they say that the doctrine of philosophy is made up of three parts Diog. 7.39; σά ἐστι ταῦτα τὰ κτήματα, σὰ τὰ βιβλία, σοὶ οἱ λόγοι these possessions are yours, yours the books, yours the doctrines Arr. EpictD. 2.17.30 ‖ philos. definition Plat. Phaedr. 245e, Leg. 895e Aristot. Cat. 1a 2 etc.; ὁ τοῦ δικαίου λόγος εἰς τουναντίον περιειστήκει the definition of what is just had been turned upside down Plat. Rp. 343a | hypothesis Plat. Phaed. 100a Aristot. Cael. 296a 20 etc.; λόγου χάριν by hypothesis, for example Plat. Theaet. 191c Aristot. E.N. 1144a 33 ‖ condition, pact Hdt. 1.60.3, al.; ἐπὶ δὲ λόγῳ τοιῷδε τάδε ὑπίσχομαι, ἐπ’ ᾧ τε στρατηγός … ἔσομαι … ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ δὲ λόγῳ οὔτ’ ἂν αὐτὸς ἔλθοιμι οὔτ’ ἂν ἄλλους πέμψαιμι I promise this on condition that I shall be general …; on no other condition shall I come, nor shall I send others Hdt. 7.158.5 ‖ conditioning, limitation MacMgn. Apocr. 3.14

🄲 fame, tradition, legend Hes. Op. 106 Stesich. 15.1 Aeschl. Sept. 218 Hdt. 2.47.2, al. Plat. Gorg. 499c etc.; ὡς λόγος as is well known, according to what has been handed down Aeschl. Suppl. 230; Κλεισθένης … λόγον ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι it is said that Kleisthenes persuaded the Pythia Hdt. 5.66.1; τὴν δὲ Θεσσαλίην λόγος ἐστὶ τὸ παλαιὸν εἶναι λίμνην it is said that Thessaly was long ago a lake Hdt. 7.129.1; ὅσον οἵ τε ποιηταὶ εἰρήκασι καὶ ὁ λόγος κατέχει all that the poets have said and that tradition maintains Thuc. 1.10.2; ἣν ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Διὸς κεφαλῆς ἀναφανῆναι λόγος ἔχει who, it is said, emerged from the head of Zeus Phil.² Op. 100 | fame, reputation (good or bad) Soph. Ai. 138 Eur. Her. 165; ἵνα λόγος τέ σε ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων ἀγαθός so that you may have a good reputation in the eyes of men Hdt. 7.5.2; παρ’ ἡμέας … περὶ σέο λόγος ἀπῖκται πολλός we have heard a great deal about you Hdt. 1.30.2 ‖ rumor, hearsay, news Soph. O.C. 1150 Charit. 1.14.1; παρεῖχε λόγον ὡς ἀποδεδειλιακώς provided occasion for rumors of his cowardice Pol. 3.89.3; διαφοιτῆσαι … τὸν λόγον τοῦτον εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν Βιθυνίαν to spread the news throughout Bithynia Luc. Alex. 10

🄳 revelation, oracle, response Pind. P. 4.59 Plat. Phaedr. 275b etc.; ὁ ἱερὸς λόγος sacred discourse, word (written in the Bible) Phil.² Leg. 2.105, al. etc. ‖ Hebr. and Christ. revealed word, through the prophets VT 2Sam. 23.2, through Christ NT John 17.14; λόγος κυρίου, ὃς ἐγενήθη πρὸς Ὠσηέ the word of the Lord, which reached Hosea VT Hos. 1.1 (title) | the message of Jesus, gospel NT Matt. 13.20, al.; ὁ λ. τῆς ἀληθείας, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας the word of truth, the gospel of salvation NT Eph. 1.13; ὁ λ. ὁ τοῦ σταυροῦ the word of the cross NT 1Cor. 1.18; in apostolic preaching ἡ διακονία τοῦ λ. the ministry of the word NT Acts 6.4 | with the value of laws: ἀναστῆσαι τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης to confirm the words of this alliance VT 2Kgs. 23.3; οἱ δέκα λόγοι the ten sayings i.e. commandments VT Exod. 34.28, al. etc. (cf. supra); ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ the word of God (commandment) NT Mark 7.13, al. | as a creative and vital force: ὁ παντοδύναμός σου λόγος your omnipotent word VT Wis. 18.15; τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν the heavens were established through the word of God VT Ps. 32.6; διὰ τὸν λόγον σου ζῆσόν με give me life through your word VT Ps. 118.154; of Jesus ἐξέβαλεν τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ he drove out the spirits with his word NT Matt. 8.16 ‖ theol. Logos, Word NT John 1.1, 1John 1.1, Rev. 19.13 | patrist., of the second pers. of the Trinity Iustin. Apol. 1.12 (idea of revelation) Athenag. Leg. 10.1 (idea of reason) Orig. Cels. 4.15.20 (incarnation); simpl. ἡ ἀνάστασις τοῦ λ. the resurrection of the Word, of Christ Orig. Cels. 5.56.15 | Gnost. Λ. Logos, an eon Ir. Haer. 1.1.1

🄴 argument, subject, object, question: ἐς δὲ τούτου λόγον with regard to that, in that regard Hdt. 3.99.2; εἰς ἀρετῆς λόγον as far as virtue is concerned Athenag. Leg. 31.2; μηδένα λόγον ὑπολιπεῖν τοῖς εἰθισμένοις … ἐπαινεῖν not to leave any argument to those who are accustomed to give praise Isocr. 4.146; εἰ μὲν θαρραλέως ἐγὼ ἔχω πρὸς θάνατον ἢ μή, ἄλλος λόγος whether or not I am strong in the face of death is another question Plat. Ap. 34e; ἐπιστάντες περί τινος λόγου διελεγόμεθα we stopped to examine a question Plat. Prot. 314c; οὐδὲν πρὸς λόγον ἐστίν that has nothing to do with the question Plat. Phil. 42e; οὐχ ὑπολείπει αὐτὸν ὁ λόγος he does not lack material for speeches Aristot. Rh. 1418a 35 | of a literary work theme, argument: τῆς γὰρ Ὀδυσσείας οὐ μακρὸς ὁ λόγος ἐστίν the plot of the Odyssey is not vast Aristot. Poet. 1455b 17; or subject of an artistic work: οἱ μεθύοντες … λόγος εἰσὶ τῆς γραφῆς drunks are the subject of the painting Philostr. Im. 1.25.1 ‖ also what is being talked about, fact, matter, thing: προπεπυσμένος πάντα λόγον the whole matter being known beforehand Hdt. 1.21.1; ὅσοι μὴ τοῦ λόγου μετέσχον those who were not part of the matter Hdt. 1.127.3; τὸν ἐόντα λέγειν λόγον to say how things are Hdt. 1.95.1; τίς ὁ λόγος οὗτος; what is this about? VT 2Sam. 1.4; μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους after these facts VT 1Macc. 7.33 ‖ function: τῆς λειτουργίας τὸν λ. πληρώσασα once the liturgical function had been brought to completion MacMgn. Apocr. 4.12

🄵 gramm. discourse, language Plat. Soph. 262a, al.: λ. ἐστὶ φωνὴ σημαντικὴ κατὰ συνθήκην language is a sound that is meaningful by convention Aristot. Int. 16b 26; λ. δέ ἐστι φωνὴ σημαντικὴ ἀπὸ διανοίας ἐκπεμπομένη discourse is a meaningful sound emitted by thought Diog. 7.56; τοῦ λόγου … μέρη the parts of speech Diog.⁴ 3.213.24 Phil.² Congr. 148, al. etc.; ἀρεταί … λόγου the virtues of speech Diog. 7.59; τὸ μέλος ἐκ τριῶν ἐστιν συγκείμενον, λόγου τε καὶ ἁρμονίας καὶ ῥυθμοῦ song is made up of three elements, word, melody, and rhythm Plat. Rp. 398d | phrase Aristot. Rh. 1407b26 etc. | prose Plat. Rp. 390a Aristot. Rh. 1404a 31

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🄰 speaking, the faculty of speech, speech: ἀνθρώπῳ λόγος δώρημα κάλλιστον ἐδόθη παρὰ θεοῦ speech is a most beautiful gift that God has made to man Phil.² Somn. 1.103; ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματος καὶ τῆς γλώττης, ἅπερ ἦν ὄργανα λόγου on the mouth and tongue, which were the instruments of speech Phil.² Somn. 2.278; ἔργα λόγου μέζω deeds greater than any possible discourse, i.e. ineffable Hdt. 2.35 = κρεῖσσον λόγου Thuc. 2.50.1; ἔστι γὰρ μείζω τἀκείνων ἔργα ἢ ὡς τῷ λόγῳ τις ἂν εἴποι indeed, their undertakings are greater than any possible discourse Demosth. 6.11 | philos. λ. προφορικός external discourse, speech (opp. to λ. ἐνδιάθετος internal discourse, reason) Phil.² Mos. 2.129 etc. ‖ the use of speech, right to speak: ἐδίδοσαν … λόγον they gave permission to speak Xen. Hel. 5.2.20; διδόντας λόγον καὶ δεχομένους ἐν τῷ μέρει yielding the floor and receiving it in turn Luc. Pisc. 8; λόγου τυχεῖν to obtain the right to speak Demosth. 18.13

🄱 colloquy, conversation, dialogue, discussion, dispute Hdt. 8.59 Plat. Ap. 26b Aristot. E.N. 1097a 24 etc. | ξυνελθεῖν … ἐς λόγον to enter into conversation or discussion Aristoph. Eq. 1300 = ἐς λόγους συνελθεῖν Hdt. 1.82.3 = διὰ λόγων ἰέναι Eur. Tr. 916; ἐς λόγους ἐλθεῖν τινι to have a conversation with s.o. Hdt. 1.86 = ἐς λόγους ἀπικέσθαι τινί Hdt. 2.32 = διὰ λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινί Eur. Med. 872 = διὰ λόγων γενέσθαι τινί Pol. 21.38.7; ἐδίδοσαν σφίσι λόγον they discussed Hdt. 1.97; πρὸς ἀλλήλους λόγους ποιεῖσθαι to examine together Plat. Prot. 348a; αὐτοὶ λόγον ᾐτησάμεθα we ourselves requested a conference Thuc. 3.53.2 | οἱ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις the dialecticians Aristot. Metaph. 1050b 35

🄲 to indicate literary works of various genres fable Hdt. 1.141.1 Xen. Mem. 2.7.13 Aristot. Rh. 1393b 8; τοὺς τοῦ Αἰσώπου λόγους Aesopʼs fables Plat. Phaed. 60d | imaginary tale, legend, myth Eur. Bac. 297 Plat. Phaed. 85d etc. ‖ historical narration, history or part of an historical work Hdt. 1.184, 2.38, al. Plat. Tim. 26e etc. ‖ dialogue: οἱ Σωκρατικοὶ λόγοι the Socratic dialogues Aristot. Rh. 1417a 20, Poet. 1447b 11 | oration, speech Isocr. 3.3 Plat. Phaedr. 243c etc. Aristot. Rh. 1358a 37; ἐπιτάφιος λ. funeral oration Plat. Menex. 236b; σοφιστικὸς λ. sophistical discourse Aristot. E.N. 1146a 22; δικανικὸς λ. judicial speech Aristot. E.N. 1181a 4 etc. ‖ treatise or part of a treatise, work or part of a work, book: ἐν τοῖς ἐκδεδομένοις λόγοις in published books Aristot. Poet. 1454b 17 = ἐν τοῖς ἐξωτερικοῖς λόγοις Aristot. E.N. 1102a 27; ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν λόγῳ in the preceding book Xen. An. 2.1.1 ‖ Christ. Scripture Clem. Ecl. 47 etc. ‖ letters, literature, studies Plat. Ax. 365b Dion. Comp. 1.5; οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδοκιμώτατοι the most celebrated men of letters Hdn.¹ 6.1.4

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🄰 count, calculation: κατὰ τύχην, οὐ σὺν λόγῳ by chance, not by calculation Phil.² Det. 104; οὐ σὺν λόγῳ τῷ κατὰ χρόνον outside the reckoning of time Phil.² Mos. 1.5 | sum, total: ἐς δὲ τούτου λόγον οὐ πολλοί τινες αὐτῶν ἀπικνέονται not many are able to accomplish this (i.e. old age) Hdt. 3.99.2; ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λόγος the total of the patrimony Cod. Iust. 1.5.12.20 ‖ count, account: λ. αἰτεῖν to ask for an account Plat. Pol. 285e = λ. ἀπαιτεῖν Demosth. 30.15 Phil.² Spec. 3.140; λόγον διδόναι χρημάτων to account for the money Hdt. 3.142.5, 143.1 Lys. 24.26; τὸν μὲν τῶν χρημάτων λόγον παρά τινος λαμβάνειν to obtain an account of the money from s.o. Demosth. 8.47; λόγον καὶ δίκην ὑπέχειν to pay the account and the penalty Demosth. 19.95; ἀποφέρειν λόγον πρὸς τοὺς λογιστάς to provide an account to the auditors Aeschn. 3.22; ἐν λόγῳ τίθημι I take into account Phil.² Virt. 85; πρὸς ὃν (sc. θεὸν) ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος to whom (God) we must answer NT Heb. 4.13

🄱 account, explanation: λόγον παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων to give an explanation of what has been said Plat. Rp. 344d; λόγον τε δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι to give and receive an explanation Plat. Prot. 336c; δόντες σφίσι λόγον ὡς οὐκ οἷοί τέ εἰσι … διώσασθαι having realized that they were not able to repel Hdt. 4.102.1; ἐμεωυτῷ λόγους ἐδίδουν … ὅτι I realized that Hdt. 6.86 α.4

🄲 assessment, evaluation: ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ εἶναι to be held in little esteem Plat. Rp. 550a; τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος … ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ ἐποιήσατο he did not take any account of that phrase Hdt. 3.50.3; ἐν ἀνδρῶν λόγῳ (εἶναι) to be considered male name of value Hdt. 3.120.3; ἐν ἀνδραπόδων λόγῳ ποιεύμενος he kept them as slaves Hdt. 3.125.3; λόγου πλείστου ἐόντας who were held in the greatest esteem Hdt. 3.146.4; ἦν … λόγου ἐλαχίστου he was held in the least esteem Hdt. 3.143.2; ἐόντες λόγου πρὸς βασιλέος being held in esteem by the king Hdt. 4.138.1; λόγου μιν ποιησάμενος οὐδενός not appreciating him at all Hdt. 1.33; λόγον ἔχειν τινός to take account of sthg. or of s.o. Hdt. 1.62.2 Demosth. 18.199 etc. = λ. ἴσχειν περί τινος Plat. Tim. 87c = λ. ἔχειν περί τινα Lycurg. 107; Μαρδονίου δέ, ἤν τι πάθη, λόγος οὐδεὶς γίνεται if, however, sthg. happens to Mardonius, it doesnʼt matter at all Hdt. 8.102.3; μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον not to be born is the best thing of all Soph. O.C. 1225

🄳 value, meaning: τίν’ ἔχει λόγον τὸ εἰρημένον what is the meaning of what has been said? Phil.² Conf. 168; ἐν ἡμῖν γὰρ ἀνδρὸς μὲν ἔχει λόγον ὁ νοῦς indeed, for us the mind is worth the man Phil.² Op. 165; πηγῆς λόγον ἔχον having the value of a source Phil.² Cont. 39

🄴 relationship, relation: πρὸς λόγον τινός with regard to sthg., relatively to sthg. Aeschl. Sept. 519 = ἀνὰ λόγον τινός Plat. Tim. 29c = ἀνὰ λόγον τινί Plat. Alc. 2. 145d = κατὰ λόγον τινός Hdt. 1.134 Xen. Cyr. 8.6.11 etc.; κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον τινί analogously, in the same relation Hdt. 1.186.2 = ἀνὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον Plat. Phaed. 110d = εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον Plat. Rp. 353d = κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον Plat. Rp. 610a; λ. διπλασίων, τριπλασίων, τετραπλάσιος, ἑξαπλάσιος relation of 1 to 2, of 1 to 3, of 1 to 4, of 1 to 6 Phil.² Op. 93-96; λόγοι ἀριθμῶν numerical relations Aristox. Harm. 32 ‖ gramm. rule, norm: προπαροξύνεται τῷ λόγῳ τῆς συγκοπῆς the acute accent recedes, according to the rule of syncope Choerob. Theod. 1.377.17

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🄰 reasoning, argumentation Pind. P. 1.35, al. etc.; πείθεσθαι τῷ λόγῳ ὃς ἄν μοι λογιζομένῳ βέλτιστος φαίνηται to follow the reasoning which, when I consider it, seems to me to be the best Plat. Crit. 46b; τὸν τὰς ἡδονὰς καὶ λύπας κεκτημένον συμφώνους τοῖς ὀρθοῖς λόγοις καὶ ἑπομένας he who has pleasures and pains that combine and agree with correct analyses Plat. Leg. 696c; κατὰ λόγον τὸν εἰκότα according to the most probable argumentation Plat. Tim. 30b

🄱 faculty of reasoning or reflecting, reason, thought, common sense Plat. Tim. 28a Aristot. Phys. 189a 4 etc.; λόγῳ λαμβάνειν to grasp with oneʼs thought Plat. Rp. 529d, Parm. 135e = τῷ λόγῳ τέμνειν Plat. Rp. 525e; λόγῳ ἕπεσθαι to obey reason Plat. Rp. 586d; ὁ λόγος οὕτω αἱρέει common sense proves thatʼs how it is Hdt. 2.33.2; ἀποφέρεται ὁ θύσας τὰ κρέα καὶ χρᾶται ὅ τί μιν λόγος αἱρέει the sacrificer carries off the meat, and does with it whatever his mind suggests to him Hdt. 1.132.3; οὐδὲ λόγος αἱρέει … τοῦτον … ἑσσωθῆναι it is not even logical to think that he had been defeated Hdt. 3.45.3; κατὰ λόγον ἐστὶν βιασμὸν τοῦτον εἶναι παρθένου it is clear that this is a case of violence inflicted upon a virgin Men. Epit. 452; κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λόγον ἔχοντα everything disposed in order and rationally Plat. Rp. 500c; κατὰ λόγον ζῆν to live according to reason Diog. 7.86; παρὰ τὸν αἱροῦντα λόγον against the dictates of reason Plut. Virt. mor. 441c; λόγου θᾶττον quicker than thought Alciphr. 1.13 | philos. ὁ ὁρθὸς λόγος right reason, perfect rationality ArD. (Stob. 2.93.96) Phil.² Plant. 60; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου λόγος the reason that governs the world, i.e. fate Chrysip. 2.264.19 (Stob. 1.5.15); οἱ σπερματικοὶ λόγοι generative rational principles Chrysip. 2.211.7 (Orig. Cels. 1.37) Phil.² Legat. 55 etc. | of practical reason (opp. to νοῦς, speculative) Iustin. Apol. 1.2 etc. ‖ philos. and relig. divine Reason personif. CH 1.6 etc.; of the angels Phil.² Somn. 1.127, al. etc.

🄲 motive, cause, foundation, justification: ἐκ τίνος λόγου; for what reason? Aeschl. Ch. 515; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λόγου without motive, without reason Soph. Ph. 731; τὸ γὰρ δίκαιον οὐκ ἔχει λόγον δυοῖν ἐρίζειν that which is just does not require quarrels Soph. El. 466; ἐρωτώμενοι δὲ ἐπὶ τίνι λόγῳ ἥκοιεν asked for what reason they had come Xen. Hel. 2.2.19; κατὰ τίνα οὖν ἔτι λόγον δικαιοσύνην … αἱροίμεθ’ ἄν …; for what reason would we still choose justice? Plat. Rp. 366b; οὐκ ἔχει λόγον οὐδένα ᾧ προσφέρει ἃ προσφέρει he cannot give any justification for the fact that he offers the things he offers Plat. Gorg. 465a; ἀλλ’ ἴσως γ’ ἔχει τινὰ λόγον but perhaps it may have some foundation Plat. Phaed. 62b; ὅτι μὲν ποιεῖν … ἐκώλυσεν ἡμᾶς … ἴσως ἔχει λόγον it was perhaps not without reason that he prevented us from doing it Demosth. 44.32 ‖ εἰς λόγον τινός by reason of, for sthg. or s.o. Ign. Phil. 11.2, Sm. 10.1 | λόγῳ τινός instead of, for s.o. LeontN. VSym. 55 | pretext Soph. O.C. 620 Xen. An. 6.2.10 ‖ jur. reasons adopted by each of the parties, cause: αἱρούμενον τοὺς ἥττονας λόγους … νικᾶν to get the better despite choosing the weakest arguments Aristoph. Nub. 1042; τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν to make the weaker cause prevail Aristot. Rh. 1402a 24; ἔχουσι πρός τινα λόγον they have reasons they can adduce against s.o. NT Acts 19.38

🄳 plan, project, design, expectation: κατακρύπτουσι τὸν Κροῖσον ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ λόγῳ ὥστε … hiding Croesus with the intention that … Hdt. 3.36.5; τῷ ἐκείνων λόγῳ according to their project Hdt. 8.6.2; παρὰ λόγον against all (your) belief Eur. Bac. 940; παρὰ λόγον γινόμενον that occurs against all expectation Aristot. E.N. 1167b 19; τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τὰς πεζικὰς δυνάμεις ἑώρων κατὰ λόγον σφίσι προχωροῦντα they saw that everything concerning the ground forces was evolving according to their plans Pol. 1.20.3; προσφέρει λόγον περὶ συνουσίας she suggests to him that they become lovers Xen.¹ 3.12.3.

λόγος, ὁ, das Sprechen u. der Inhalt des Sprechens ;
A. das Sprechen ;
1) das Wort, u. plur. die Worte, Reden ; Hom. τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις, Il. 15.393, er ergötzte ihn durch seine Reden, αἰεὶ δὲ μαλακοῖσι καὶ αἱμυλίοισι λόγοισιν θέλγει, durch schmeichelnde Worte od. Reden, Od. 1.56 ; h.Merc. 317 ; Hes. Th. 890, O. 78, 791 ; ψευδεῖς λόγοι, lügenhafte Worte, Reden, Th. 229 ; aber O. 106, wo der sing. λόγος in der Bdtg »Erzählung«, »Fabel« steht, ist offenbar eine später eingeschobene Stelle ; sonst herrschte bei den Epikern μῦθος vor ; häufig schon bei Pind. u. Tragg.; ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀλαθῆ λόγον Pind. Ol. 1.28 ; πάντα λόγον θέμενος σπουδαῖον P. 4.132 ; ἀγανοῖσι λόγοις ὧδʼ ἀμείφθη 4.101 ; μειλιχίοισι λόγοις δέγμενος 128 ; 240 u. öfter ; λόγοισιν ἐξηγεῖσθαι, mit Worten erzählen, Aesch. Prom. 214 ; εἰ δʼ ὧδε τρηχεῖς καὶ τεθηγμένους λόγους ῥίψεις 311 ; ἁπλοῦς λόγος, einfache Rede, im Ggstz von αἰνίγματα, 613 ; στυγεῖν ὑπέρφρονας λόγους, übermütige Reden, Spt. 392 ; πείθω νιν λόγῳ Ag. 1022, wie νικώμενος λόγοισιν οὐκ ἀναίνομαι 569 ; λέξω τὸν ἐκ φρενὸς λόγον Ch. 105 ; σμικρὸς ἐξαρκεῖ λόγος Soph. O.C. 1118 ; λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς Phil. 389 ; τίνʼ εἴρηκας λόγον, πάντʼ ἀκήκοας λόγον, 1221, 1224 ; λόγοισι μαλθακοῖς 625 ; ἀρχέτω τις λόγου Eur. Phoen. 450, u. sonst, wie auch Ar. u. in Prosa ; ὡς εἰπεῖν λόγῳ, um es mit einem Worte zu sagen, Her. 2.37 ; Plat. Phaedr. 241e, öfter ; auch τὰς πολλὰς ἐπιστήμας ἑνὶ λόγῳ προσειπεῖν, mit einem Namen benennen, Theaet. 148d ; οὐ πολλῷ λόγῳ εἰπεῖν, Her. 1.61 ; auch wie ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, z.B. πρώην καὶ χθὲς ὡς λόγῳ εἰπεῖν, 2.53 ; bes. bei den Attikern das Wort, mit steter Rücksicht auf seinen Inhalt, nie das bloße Wort im grammatischen Sinne, wie ῥῆμα, ὄνομα, ἔπος ; Plat. erkl. es Soph. 208c διανοίας ἐν φωνῇ ὥσπερ εἴδωλον ; – λόγος ἐστί, mit folgdm acc. c. inf., Her. u. A.; περὶ οὗ ὁ λόγος, wovon die Rede ist, Plat. Phaedr. 235e u. öfter ; τῷ λόγῳ διελθεῖν, διϊέναι τι, Prot. 329c, Gorg. 505e u. öfter, besprechen, durchgehen ; λόγον ἐμβάλλειν περί τινος, die Rede auf Etwas bringen, Xen. Cyr. 2.2.1 ; ἀφίκετο εἰς τόνδε τὸν λόγον, ibd.; εἰς τοιούτους λόγους ἐμπίπτειν ἀναγκάζομαι, ich werde gezwungen, so zu sprechen, Dem. 18.256 ; – ἤρξατο λόγου, Xen. Hell. 4.1.13 ; ἐκβολὴν τοῦ λόγου ποιεῖσθαι, Thuc. 1.97 ; ἦσαν ἐν τοιούτοις τοῖς λόγοις, Xen. Cyr. 4.4.1 ; u. so oft : Gespräch, Unterredung, Unterhaltung, εἰς λόγους ἐλθεῖν, συνελθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι τινί, Her. 1.82, 86, 2.32, 5.49, 94, 9.41 ; Xen. Hell. 2.4.30, An. 2.5.4 u. sonst ; εἰς λόγου στάσιν τοιάνδε ἐπελθών Soph. Trach. 1169 ; ξυνάπτετον λόγοισι El. 21 ; πεύθομαι γὰρ ἐν λόγῳ Aesch. Ch. 668 ; so auch λόγον ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος, über Etwas sprechen, sich unterhalten, bes. philosophisch, Plat. oft ; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Prot. 348a u. öfter ; διὰ λόγων γίγνεσθαί τινι, Pol. 22.21.12 ; dah. auch = unterhandeln, λόγους ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος, Unterhandlungen über Einen anknüpfen, Dem. 2.11, 27.15 ; von Konon heißt es 20.68 πρῶτος πάλιν περὶ τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἐποίησε τῇ πόλει τὸν λόγον πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους εἶναι, daß wieder davon die Rede war, daß es sich wieder um die Hegemonie handelte. – Die Rede, kunstvolle Rede, u. philosophische Erörterung, λόγῳ παιδεύειν τοὺς ἄνδρας, Plat. Rep. II.376d, περιειληφέναι τῷ λόγῳ τὸ ὄν, Soph. 249d ; Isocr. sagt 3.6 ἐγγενομένου ἡμῖν τοῦ πείθειν ἀλλήλους καὶ δηλοῦν πρὸς ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς περὶ ὧν ἂν βουληθῶμεν – πόλεις ᾠκίσαμεν καὶ νόμους ἐθέμεθα – καὶ σχεδὸν ἅπαντα τὰ διʼ ἡμῶν μεμηχανημένα λόγος ἡμῖν ἐστὶν ὁ συγκατασκευάσας κτλ., wo er §.7 schließt λόγος ἀληθὴς καὶ νόμιμος καὶ δίκαιος ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς καὶ πιστῆς εἴδωλόν ἐστι, vgl. oben den Anfang des Artikels u. unter 3. – In besonderen Beziehungen
   a) Befehl ; ἀνηκουστεῖν δὲ τῶν πατρὸς λόγων οἷόν τε πῶς ; Aesch. Prom. 40, vgl. 17 u. Pers. 355 ; vgl. φέρων τοὺς αὐτοὺς λόγους, Her. 9.4.
   b) ein Spruch, bes. Götter-, Orakel-, Kernspruch, Kraftwort ; λόγος μέν ἐστʼ ἀρχαῖος Soph. Tr. 1 ; Pind. N. 1.34 u. sonst ; sprichwort, ὁ παλαιὸς λόγος εὖ ἔχει Plat. Symp. 195b, vgl. Phaedr. 240c ; – δρυὸς λόγοι μαντικοί 275b.
   c) λόγου ἄξιος, der Rede wert, bedeutend, Her. 4.28 ; ἔργα λόγου μέζω, 2.35, 7.147, womit man vergleichen kann κρεῖσσον λόγου γενόμενον τὸ εἶδος τῆς νόσου, Thuc. 2.50, wie wir sagen »über alle Beschreibung« ; κρείσσονʼ ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα, Eur. Suppl. 8, u. A.
2) Gerede, Gerücht, Sage, jede unbeglaubigte Nachricht u. Ueberlieferung, deren Wahrheit weder bestritten, noch behauptet wird, auf der einen Seite Ggstz von μῦθος, dem anerkannt Ungeschichtlichen, der Erdichtung, wie bes. bei Sp., Ael. H.A. 4.34, Long., s. auch unter 3 ; u. andrerseits auch wohl von ἱστορία, der beglaubigten Geschichte, Her. 2.99 ; λόγῳ μὲν ἐξήκουσα Soph. Phil. 672 ; εἰδέναι λόγῳ, Aesch. Ag. 1170, ὡς λόγος, Suppl. 227, öfter ; auch ἔσται δὲ θνητοῖς εἰσαεὶ λόγος μέγας τῆς σῆς πορείας, Prom. 734 ; παλαίφατος δʼ ἐν βροτοῖς γέρων λόγος τέτυκται Ag. 730 ; oft bei Her. λόγος ἐστί, λόγος ἔχει, κατέχει, φέρεται, worauf acc. c. inf. folgt, es geht die Sage, das Gerücht, es heißt, vgl. 2.75, 3.5, 115, 7.129, 198 ; ἀμφὶ τούτου διξὸς λόγος λέγεται 3.32 u. ä. oft ; auch Κλεισθένης λόγον ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι, Kleisthenes hat den Ruf, die Pythia überredet zu haben, 5.66, häufiger λόγος ἔχει τινά. Vgl. noch τὸ μὲν αὐτοὶ ὁρέομεν, τὰ δὲ λόγοισι ἐπυνθανόμεθα Her. 2.148 ; ᾔδεα λόγῳ, 2.150 ; ὡς ὁ πολλὸς λόγος Ἑλλήνων, 1.75 ; auch bei den Attikern, διῆλθεν ὁ λόγος, das Gerücht verbreitete sich, Thuc. 6.46, Xen. Cyr. 4.2.10, An. 1.4.7, wo Krüger zu vgl.; auch Sp., τινός, von Einem, Xen. Cyr. 6.3.10. – Und. im guten Sinne, Lob, Ehre, Ruhm, λόγον αἰακοῦ παίδων ἅπαντα διελθεῖν, Pind. N. 4.71 u. öfter, vgl. λόγων φερτάτων μναμήϊα, P. 5.48 ; ἔχεις λόγον, du hast Ruhm u. Ehre, Her. 9.78, auch λόγος ἀγαθὸς ἔχει σε, 7.5. Vgl. C 3. – Dah.
   a) das leere Gerede, welches keinen Grund hat, u. bes. das leere Wort, das Nichts weiter ist, als ein Wort, oft im Ggstz von ἔργον, Theogn. 254 ; ὅταν λόγῳ θανὼν ἔργοισι σωθῶ Soph. El. 59 ; ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι, Aesch. Prom. 336, durch die Tat, nicht durch Worte nur bezeuge ich es ; ἦλθε δʼ αἰακτὰ πήματʼ οὐ λόγῳ Spt. 829 ; λόγῳ ἦσαν, οὐκ ἔργῳ φίλοι Eur. Alc. 340 ; Thuc. 1.128 ; καὶ ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἐν ἔργοις Plat. Rep. VIII.563a, öfter ; so vrbdt Dem. λόγοι ταῦτα καὶ παραγωγὴ τοῦ πράγματος, 30.26, u. λόγοι εἰσίν – ἀλήθειαν πιστὴν οὐκ ἔχει, ibd. 34, auch εἰ δὲ ταῦτα λόγους καὶ φλυαρίας εἶναι φήσει, 20.101 ; ὅπως μὴ λόγους ἐροῦσι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔργον δεικνύειν ἕξουσι 2.12 ; vgl. Pol. 17.8.4 ; μὴ λόγους λέγε Eur. Med. 322 ; dah. bloßer Vorwand, Ausrede, λόγου ἕνεκα, nur zum Schein, so zu sagen, ohne daß es rechter Ernst ist, Plat. Crit. 46d, Theaet. 191c, wo Heindorf zu vgl. (aber λόγου χάριν, zum Beispiel, S.Emp. oft); Soph. ξένος λόγῳ μέτοικος, O.R. 452, λόγοις δʼ ἐγὼ φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω, Ant. 539, der auch einander gegenübersetzt οὐ γὰρ λόγοισι τὸν βίον σπουδάζομεν λαμπρὸν ποιεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς δρωμένοις, O.C. 1145 ; ξένος τοῦ λόγου, ξένος τοῦ πραχθέντος, O.R. 219 ; u. in anderer Bdtg, ὡς ἐκ βίας μʼ ἄξοντες ἢ λόγοις πάλιν, Phil. 559, vgl. 590, Aj. 1139.
   b) geradezu erdichtete Erzählung, Fabel, Her. 1.141 ; ἐντείνας τοὺς τοῦ αἰσώπου λόγους Plat. Phaed. 60d, vgl. Symp. 194b. Aber auch
   c) die beglaubigte, wahrhafte Geschichtserzählung, Geschichtschreibung, wie Her. sein eigenes Geschichtswerk nennt, ἐπὰν κατὰ τοῦτο γένωμαι τοῦ λόγου, wenn ich darauf in meiner Geschichtserzählung gekommen sein werde, 6.19, öfter. Auch die einzelnen Bücher des Geschichtswerkes heißen so, πρῶτος λόγος, ἐν ἄλλῳ λόγῳ, Her. 2.38, 5.36, 7.93 u. öfter, u. so im Anfang der einzelnen Bücher von Xen. An., ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν λόγῳ δεδήλωται.
3) weil die griechische Prosa von der Geschichtschreibung ausging, bildet λόγος zunächst den Gegensatz von ἔπος, das epische Gedicht, u. bedeutet übh., der poetischen Darstellung entgeggstzt, das Prosaische, Prosa, ἐν λόγῳ ἢ ἐν ποιήσει, Plat. Rep. III.390a ; λόγῳ διεξελθεῖν, im Ggstz von μῦθον λέγειν, Prot. 320c ; κατὰ λόγον καὶ κατʼ ᾠδάς, Legg. VIII.835a, öfter ; ποιεῖν μύθους ἀλλʼ οὐ λόγους, Phaed. 61b ; Gorg. 523a ; ἐν μὲν γὰρ ποιήσει πρέπει λέγειν – ἐν δὲ λόγῳ Arist. rhet. 3.3, oft bei den Rhett., οὔτε ποίημα, οὔτε λόγος, Dion.Hal. C.V. p. 212. – Bes. aber die Rede, öffentliche, Staats-, Gerichts- od. Prunkrede, u. dah. Redekraft, Redekunst, Beredtsamkeit (vgl. 1 gegen Ende), λόγους λέγειν, γράφειν u. ä., Plat. u. Oratt. oft. Man merke dabei bes.
   a) λόγον διδόναι od. παρέχειν τινί, Einem das Wort, die Befugnis, Erlaubnis zu reden geben, Xen. Hell. 1.1.19, 5.2.13 u. A.; auch λόγον προτιθέναι, Xen. Hell. 1.7.5, λόγον αἰτεῖσθαι, das Wort fordern, die Erlaubnis zu reden sich erbitten, Thuc. 3.53 ; οὐδὲ λόγου τυχὼν ἀπα χθεὶς εὐθὺς ἐζημιώθη Dem. 24.208, ohne zu Worte zu kommen, ohne daß ihm zu sprechen erlaubt wurde ; ἐξέκλειον τοῦ λόγου τυγχάνειν τοὺς ἄλλους, sie ließen sie nicht zu Worte kommen, 19.26.
   b) ἱκανὸς γὰρ αὐτῷ ὁ λόγος, er hat hinreichenden Stoff zum Reden, Plat. Gorg. 512e, u. öfter bei den Rednern.
4) übh. von jedem Schriftwerke, Buch, τὴν πρώτην ὑπόθεσιν τοῦ πρώτου λόγου ἀναγνῶναι, Plat. Parm. 127d ; u. bes. bei Sp. geradezu wie literae, die Wissenschaften, οἱ ἐπὶ λόγοις εὐδόκιμοι, οἱ ἐκτὸς λόγων ὄντες ; vgl. noch Pallad. 43 (IX.171); bes. bei Sp.; κατήκοος λόγων, Plat. Ax. 365b.
B. Auch der Gegenstand der Rede, der Inhalt, die Sache, wie man schon Soph. Ant. 1033 erklären kann, ὅταν λόγους αἰσχροὺς καλῶς λέγωσι, τοῦ κέρδους χάριν, u. τοῖς κυρίοις γὰρ πάντα χρὴ δηλοῦν λόγον, Aj. 721 ; ἄλλου λόγου μέμνησθε Aesch. Prom. 520 ; τὸν ἐόντα λόγον λέγειν, die Sache so darstellen, wie sie ist, Her. 1.95 ; vgl. 1.21, 111, 116 u. sonst ; vgl. Wolf zu Dem. Lept. p. 277 ; περί τινος λόγου διαλέγεσθαι, Plat. Apol. 34e. – Aehnl. ἀμύνεις τῷ τῆς ἡδονῆς λόγῳ, der Sache der Lust, Plat. Phil. 38c, u. so die bei Plat. u. Ar. sich findende Vrbdg τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν, die schlechtere Sache zur siegenden machen ; – ἐὰν πρὸς λόγον ᾖ, falls es zur Sache gehört, Plat. Phil. 33c, öfter, vgl. Heindorf zu Prot. 344a ; λόγος ἕτερος οὗτος οὐ πρὸς ἐμέ, das ist eine andere Sache, ein anderer Punkt, Dem. 18.44 ; vgl. noch ἐμοὶ πρὸς τούτους λόγος ἐστί, ich habe mit ihnen zu tun, 35.55. Auch Sp., wie οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λόγον Pol. 8.14.5. – Dah. auch allgemein = Satz, Annahme, Behauptung, ὁ λόγος οὗτος, τὸ ἁρμονίαν τινὰ ἡμῶν εἶναι τὴν ψυχήν, Plat. Phaed. 88d, τὸν Πρωταγόρου λόγον, Theaet. 172b, τὰ Ἀναξαγόρου βιβλία γέμει τούτων τῶν λόγων, Apol. 26d, vgl. Gorg. 508b, 527c.
C. Die Vernunft, die sich in der Sprache od. Rede kund gibt ; und zwar
1) die vernünftige Ueberlegung, das Nachdenken, ὀρθὸς λόγος, Plat. Phaed. 73a ; Arist. oft ; μετὰ λόγου κολάζειν, vernünftig, Plat. Prot. 324b ; τὸ νοήσει μετὰ λόγου περιληπτόν Tim. 28a ; oft κατὰ λόγον, vernunftgemäß, vernünftig, Prot. 344a ; κόσμῳ πάντα καὶ κατὰ λόγον ἔχοντα Rep. VI.500c ; τὸ κατὰ λόγον ζῆν, Arist. eth. 9.8 ; der Erwartung gemäß, wahrscheinlich, κατὰ λόγον προχωροῦντα σφίσι, Pol. 1.20.3 u. öfter ; vgl. συλλογίζεσθαι ἐκ τῶν κατὰ λόγον 3.93.3, wie παρὰ λόγον, wider Erwarten ; so auch ἔχειν λόγον, einen Grund haben, vernünftig, recht sein, Phaed. 62d u. öfter ; auch τάχʼ ἂν λόγον ἔχοιεν βοηθοῦντες, Apol. 34b, u. mit dem Zusatz τόν γʼ ἐοικότα λόγον, ὀρθὸν λόγον ἔχειν, Legg. I.647d, Critia. 109b ; – μηδέποτε ἐκ λόγου σκοπεῖσθε Dem. 25.42 ; ὡς ἔχει λόγον entspricht dem folgenden εἰκός 44.32. – Die vernünftige, richtige Einsicht wovon, λόγον ἔχειν τινός, Etwas verstehen, wissen, οὐκ ἔχει λόγον οὐδένα ὧν προσφέρει, ὁποῖʼ ἄττα τὴν φύσιν ἐστί Plat. Gorg. 461a, μήπω λόγον ἔχοντα τί τε χρηστὸν καὶ μή, noch nicht einsehend, was gut ist, Rep. V.475c ; so auch λόγον λαβεῖν, auffassen, verstehen, III.402a, τὸν λόγον ἀληθῆ λαβόντα ἐν ἑαυτῷ περὶ τῶν ἕλξεων Legg. I.645b. – Der vernünftige Grund, Urfache, κατὰ τίνα οὖν λόγον δικαιοσύνην ἂν πρὸ μεγίστης ἀδικίας αἱροίμεθα ἄν ; aus welchem Grunde, Plat. Rep. II.366b, τοῦτο οὐδὲ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον φαίνεται ἐμβεβλῆσθαι, auch nicht aus einem vernünftigen Grunde, Prot. 343d ; so oft ὁ λόγος αἱρεῖ με der Grund überzeugt, bestimmt mich, Her. 1.132, 4.127, 7.41, u. absol. ὁ λόγος αἱρεῖ, mit folgdm acc. c. inf., ratio evincit, 2.33, 3.45, 6.124 ; Plat. u. Sp., wie Pol. 6.5.5 ; vgl. noch ἄνευ λόγου καὶ δικαίας αἰτίας Dem. 9.36. – Dah. Ueberlegung, wenn man sich die Gründe für u. wider eine Sache klar macht, λόγον ἑαυτῷ διδόναι, bei sich ruhig, vernünftig überlegen, Her. 2.162 u. öfter ; ἐμαυτῷ λόγους δούς, 8.86.1 ; mit folgendem ὅτι u. ὡς, 5.75, 1.97 ; auch bei den Attikern, Plat. Soph. 230a, u. bei Sp., wie Plut.; sich Rechenschaft über Etwas geben, welche Vrbdg mit der Bdtg
2) Rechenschaft zusammenhängt ; λόγον αἰτεῖν παρά τινος, λόγον ἀπαιτεῖν τινὰ περί τινος, von Einem Rechenschaft über Etwas fordern, λόγον διδόναι od. ἀποδιδόναι περί τινος, Rechenschaft geben, sich verantworten, Her. u. Folgde ; λόγον τε δοῦναι καὶ δέξασθαι, Plat. Prot. 336c ; παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λόγον, Rep. I.344d ; ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις τοῦ τοιούτου λόγον ὑπεχέτω πᾶς Legg. VI.714b ; τὸν τῶν χρημάτων λόγον παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνειν Dem. 8.47 ; τοῦ ἰδίου βίου λόγον διδόναι καὶ τῶν κοινῇ πεπολιτευμένων 18.8 ; auch ὑπέχειν λόγον καὶ δίκην τῶν πεπραγμένων, 19.95, u. περὶ πάντων ἠναγκάζοντο εἰς λόγον καθίστασθαι, sich zur Rechenschaft stellen, 41.4 ; ἀπενήνοχεν λόγον ἀναλωμάτων 27.20. – Uebh. Zählung, Berechnung, ὑπὸ τὸν λόγον ἄγειν τι, zusammenrechnen, Pol. 15.34.2 ; οὔτʼ ἐν λόγῳ οὔτʼ ἐν ἀριθμῷ, Orac. Schol. Theocr. 17.48, oder von dem man nicht spricht, u. den man nicht mitzählt. Dah.
3) Berücksichtigung, Aufmerksamkeit, Achtung ; λόγου οὐδενὸς γενέσθαι πρός τινος, bei Einem nicht in Achtung, Ansehn stehen, Her. 1.120 ; ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ ποιεῖσθαί τινα, Einen ganz u. gar nicht achten, 3.50, 7.14, 57, wie Xen. Hell. 7.1.26 ; ὁ δέ μευ λόγον οὐδένα ποιεῖ Theocr. 2.61 ; λόγου ποιεῖσθαί τινα, Her. 1.33 ; περὶ ἐμοῦ οὐδεὶς λόγος, an mich denkt Keiner, Ar. Ran. 87 ; λόγος μοι μείων τῶν ἄλλων, um das Andere kümmere ich mich weniger, Xen. Cyr. 5.3.26 ; οὐδεὶς ἦν αὐτοῦ λόγος, Pol. 27.13.7 ; λόγον ἔχειν τινός, Her. 1.62 u. öfter ; δικαιότερον γὰρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν πέρι μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν κακῶν ἴσχειν λόγον, Rücksicht nehmen auf die Guten, Plat. Tim. 87c u. A.; ἰδιώτεω λόγῳ καὶ ἀτίμου, für einen Privatmann ohne öffentliche Ehre geachtet ; u. ἐν ἀνδρὸς λόγῳ, für einen Mann geachtet, als ein Mann geltend, ἐν ἀνδραπόδων λόγῳ ποιεύμενος, als Sklave geachtet, Her. 3.120, 125, 7.222 ; ἐν συμμάχων λόγῳ, für Verbündete geltend, ohne es der Gesinnung nach zu sein, 8.68.3 ; – τοῦτο καλὸν καὶ σεμνὸν εἰς ἀρετῆς λόγον καὶ δόξης, in Rücksicht auf, Dem. 19.142.
4) an die Bdtg »vernünstiger Grund« schließt sich die der Veranlassung, auch Bedingung, bes. ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ, ἐπὶ τοῖς λόγοις, Her. 7.158, 9.26, 33 ; ἐπὶ τίνι λόγῳ ἥκοιεν οἱ πρέσβεις Xen. Hell. 2.2.12 ; δέχεσθαι τὸν λόγον, die Bedingung annehmen, Thuc. 4.16.
5) Verhältnis, Analogie, Proportion, οὐκοῦν καὶ περὶ νόσων ὁ αὐτὸς λόγος, Plat. Theaet. 158d u. öfter ; ἀνὰ λόγον, ἀνὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον, nach Verhältnis, Phaed. 110d, Tim. 29c ; τίθεμεν καὶ τἄλλα πάντα εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον Rep. I.353d ; κατὰ λόγον τῆς δυνάμεως, im Verhältnis zu ihrer Macht, Xen. Cyr. 8.6.11, wie κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον, Her. 1.186, 2.109 ; übh. Art u. Weise, κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον, Plat. Prot. 324c u. öfter ; κατὰ λόγον τὸν εἰκότα, Tim. 30b.
6) aus 1 ergeben sich in besonderen Vrbdgn noch besondere Uebersetzungen des Wortes : philosophische Bestimmung, Erklärung, ἡ οὐσία ἧς λόγον δίδομεν τοῦ εἶναι Plat. Phaed. 78d ; das Wesen, der Begriff einer Sache, ψυχῆς οὐσίαν τε καὶ λόγον τοῦτο αὐτό τις λέγων οὐκ αἰσχυνεῖται Phaedr. 245e, vgl. Legg. X.895e ; u. so stellt Arist. categ. 5 den Begriff λόγος dem ὄνομα gegenüber. - Bei Sp. auch = philosophischer Lehrsatz, philosophisches Lehrgebäude.

λόγος

ὁ

[λέγω2.]

In pl., talk, discourse : τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις Il. 15.393. Cf. Od. 1.56.

λόγος (-ος, -ῳ, -ον; -οι, -ων, -οισι.)

• Areason τὸ καὶ νῦν φέρει λόγον (ἔχει λόγον. Σ.) I. 8.61
• B word, etc.
• 1 s.,
• • a account, story, report ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀλαθῆ λόγον δεδαιδαλμένοι ψεύδεσι ποικίλοις ἐξαπατῶντι μῦθοι beyond the true version O. 1.28 ἐθελήσω ξυνὸν ἀγγέλλων διορθῶσαι λόγον O. 7.21 ἐν Μεγάροισίν τʼ οὐχ ἕτερον λιθίνα ψᾶφος ἔχει λόγον O. 7.87 ἀπό μοι λόγον τοῦτον, στόμα, ῥῖψον O. 9.35 αἰεὶ δὲ τοιαύταν αἶσαν ἀστοῖς καὶ βασιλεῦσιν διακρίνειν ἔτυμον λόγον ἀνθρώπων P. 1.68 σὲ ποτὶ πάντα λόγον ἐπαινεῖν P. 2.66 πάντα λόγον θέμενος σπουδαῖον συγγενέσιν παρεκοινᾶθ P. 4.132 πάσαισι γὰρ πολίεσι λόγος ὁμιλεῖ Ἐρεχθέος ἀστῶν (v. l. ὁ λόγος) P. 7.9 ἀρχαῖον ὀτρύνων λόγον, ὡς N. 1.34 ἕπεται δὲ λόγῳ δίκας ἄωτος· ἐσλὸν αἰνεῖν avec mon dire sʼaccorde justice la plus stricte Puech. N. 3.29 ἀπειρομάχας ἐών κε φανείη, λόγον ὁ μὴ συνιείς N. 4.31 ἄπορα γὰρ λόγον Αἰακοῦ παίδων τὸν ἅπαντά μοι διελθεῖν N. 4.71 οἷον αἰνέων κε Μελησίαν ἔριδα στρέφοι, ῥήματα πλέκων, ἀπάλαιστος ἐν λόγῳ ἕλκειν in the telling N. 4.94 ψευστὰν δὲ ποιητὸν συνέπαξε λόγον, ὡς ἦρα N. 5.29 κλεινὸς Αἰακοῦ λόγος, κλεινὰ δὲ καὶ ναυσικλυτὸς Αἴγινα I. 9.1 μὴ πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀναρρῆξαι τὸν ἀχρεῖον λόγον fr. 180. 1. and so, a report about oneself, εἴ τις εὖ πάσχων λόγον ἐσλὸν ἀκούῃ I. 5.13
  • b = εὐλογία, praise cf. B. 2. b, infra. ὁπᾷ τε κοινὸν λόγον φίλαν τείσομεν ἐς χάριν (τὸν ὕμνον Σ.) O. 10.11 ἐγκωμίων γὰρ ἄωτος ὕμνων ἐπʼ ἄλλοτʼ ἄλλον ὥτε μέλισσα θύνει λόγον P. 10.54 ὃς τάνδε νᾶσον εὐκλέι προσέθηκε λόγῳ N. 3.68 ἐγὼ δὲ πλέονʼ ἔλπομαι λόγον Ὀδυσσέος ἢ πάθαν διὰ τὸν ἁδυεπῆ γενέσθʼ Ὅμηρον N. 7.21 τιμὰ δὲ γίνεται ὧν θεὸς ἁβρὸν αὔξει λόγον τεθνακότων N. 7.32 καὶ γὰρ ἡρώων ἀγαθοὶ πολεμισταὶ λόγον ἐκέρδαναν (τὸν ἐγκωμιαστικὸν λόγον. Σ.) I. 5.27
  • c utterance, statement, precept ἕπεται δὲ λόγος εὐθρόνοις Κάδμοιο κούραις O. 2.22 αὐδάσομαι ἐνόρκιον λόγον ἀλαθεῖ νόῳ τεκεῖν μή τιν O. 2.92 οὐ ψεύδει τέγξω λόγον· διάπειρά τοι βροτῶν ἔλεγχος O. 4.18 ὁ δὲ λόγος ταύταις ἐπὶ συντυχίαις δόξαν φέρει P. 1.35 τό γʼ ἐν ξυνῷ πεποναμένον εὖ μὴ λόγον βλάπτων ἁλίοιο γέροντος κρυπτέτω P. 9.94 [cf. λόγῳ, B. 1. a, supra, N. 3.29] ἔστι δέ τις λόγος ἀνθρώπων, τετελεσμένον ἐσλὸν μὴ χαμαὶ σιγᾷ καλύψαι N. 9.6 καὶ γυναιξὶν καλλικόμοισιν ἀριστεύει πάλαι (sc. Ἄργος). Ζεὺς ἐπʼ Ἀλκμήναν Δανάαν τε μολὼν τοῦτον κατέφανε λόγον N. 10.11 λόγον ἄνακτος Εὐξαντίου ἐπαίνεσα Pae. 4.35
  • d prophecy παραπειρῶνται Διὸς ἀργικεραύνου, εἴ τινʼ ἔχει λόγον ἀνθρώπων πέρι O. 8.4 σὲ δʼ ἐν τούτῳ λόγῳ χρησμὸς ὤρθωσεν P. 4.59 λόγον φέρεις, τὸν ὅνπερ ποτʼ Ὀικλέος παῖς αἰνίξατο P. 8.38 ἄγγελλε δὲ φοινικόπεζα λόγον παρθένος εὐμενὴς Ἑκάτα τὸν ἐθέλοντα γενέσθαι Pae. 2.77
  • e converse, speaking δᾶμον Ὑπερβορέων πείσαις λόγῳ O. 3.16 κέντρον δὲ μάχας ὁ κρατιστεύων λόγος fr. 180. 3. κυριωτερο[ <εἰς σοφίας λόγον> (supp. Snell ex Aristide: as regards the utterance of wisdom) fr. 260. 7. as opposed to thought, ἄνδρες θήν τινες ἀκκιζόμενοι νεκρὸν ἵππον στυγέοισιλόγῳ κείμενον ἐν φάει, κρυφᾷ δὲ σκολιαῖς γένυσσιν ἀνδέροντι fr. 203. 2.
  • f sentence δικάζει τις, ἐχθρᾷ λόγον φράσαις ἀνάγκᾳ O. 2.60
  • g question “καὶ γάρ σε ἔτραπε μείλιχος ὀργὰ παρφάμεν τοῦτον λόγον” P. 9.43
  • h frag. ]λόγον τερπνῶν ἐπέων[ Pae. 14.34
• 2 pl.,
• • a words γνῶναί τʼ ἔπειτʼ ἀρχαῖον ὄνειδος ἀλαθέσιν λόγοις εἰ φεύγομεν O. 6.90 τελεύταθεν δὲ λόγων κορυφαὶ ἐν ἀλαθείᾳ πετοῖσαι of his request O. 7.68 ἀγανοῖσι λόγοις ὧδʼ ἀμείφθη P. 4.101 εἰ δὲ λόγων συνέμεν κορυφάν, Ἱέρων, ὀρθὰν ἐπίστᾳ P. 3.80 “ἀλλὰ τούτων μὲν κεφάλαια λόγων ἴστε” P. 4.116 μειλιχίοισι λόγοις P. 4.128 μειλιχίοις τε λόγοις P. 4.240 λόγοισι θνατῶν εὔδοξον ἅρματι νίκαν Κρισαίαις ἐνὶ πτυχαῖς ἀπαγγελεῖ P. 6.16 τοῖο δʼ ὀργὰν κνίζον αἰπεινοὶ λόγοι N. 5.32 ὄψον δὲ λόγοι φθονεροῖσιν N. 8.21 καὶ τοιᾷδε κορυφᾷ σάμαινεν λόγων (λόγον Π^S) Πα. 8A. 14. [θανόντων δὲ καὶ λόγοι φίλοι προδόται (λόγοι ut glossema del. Bergk) fr. 160.]
  • b esp., words, expressions of praise ἐπίκουρον εὑρὼν ὁδὸν λόγων O. 1.110 οὔτοι χαμαιπετέων λόγων ἐφάψεαι O. 9.12 μελιγάρυες ὕμνοι ὑστέρων ἀρχὰ λόγων τέλλεται O. 11.5 ὃς ἔχεις καὶ πεδὰ μέγαν κάματον λόγων φερτάτων μναμήιʼ P. 5.48 παροιχομένων γὰρ ἀνέρων, ἀοιδαὶ καὶ λόγοι τὰ καλά σφιν ἔργʼ ἐκόμισαν (Pauw: ἀοιδοὶ καὶ λόγιοι codd., Π.) N. 6.30 θρασύ μοι τόδʼ εἰπεῖν φαενναῖς ἀρεταῖς ὁδὸν κυρίαν λόγων οἴκοθεν N. 7.51 ὑπὲρ πολλῶν τε τιμαλφεῖν λόγοις νίκαν N. 9.54 ἐν λόγοις δʼ ἀστῶν ἀγαθοῖσιν ἐπαινεῖσθαι χρεών N. 11.17 εἶα τειχίζωμεν ἤδη ποικίλον κόσμον αὐδάεντα λόγων fr. 194. 3.

λόγος (λέγω): tale, story, as entertaining recital, with enumeration of details, pl., Il. 15.393 and Od. 1.56.

λόγος, ὁ, λέγω

• (A) the word or that by which the inward thought is expressed, Lat. oratio; and, (B) the inward thought itself, Lat. ratio.
• ALat. vox, oratio, that which is said or spoken:
• • Ia word, pl. words, i. e. language, talk, Hom., etc.; λόγου ἕνεκα, Lat. dicis causa, merely for talkingʼs sake, Plat.; λόγῳ in word, in pretence, opp. to ἔργῳ (in deed, in reality), Hdt., Attic
  • IIa word, saying, statement, Thuc.: an oracle, Pind., Plat.:— a saying, maxim, proverb, Pind., Aesch.
  • • 2an assertion, promise, Soph.
    • 3a resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, Hdt.
    • 4a condition, ἐπὶ λόγῳ τοιῷδε Hdt.
    • 5a command, Aesch.
  • IIIspeech, discourse, conversation, εἰς λόγους ἐλθεῖν, συνελθεῖν, ἀφικέσθαι τινί Hdt., Attic; λόγου μεῖζον, κρεῖσσον beyond expression, Hdt., Thuc.; λόγου ἄξιον worth mention, Hdt.
  • • 2right of speech, power to speak, λόγον αἰτεῖσθαι Thuc.; διδόναι Xen.
    • 3talk about one, report, repute, Lat. fama, λόγος, Hdt., Attic; λόγος ἐστί, λόγος ἔχει, κατέχει, φέρεται, c. acc. et inf., so the story goes, Lat. fama fert, Hdt., Attic
    • 4speech, language, Plat.
  • IVa saying, tale, story, opp. on the one hand to mere fable (μῦθος), on the other, to regular history (ἱστορία), Hdt., Thuc., etc.: then, a fictitious story, fable, like those of Aesop, Hdt., Plat.
  • • 2a narrative, and in pl. histories, history, Hdt.: in sg. one part of such a work, Hdt.
  • Vgenerally, prose-writing, prose, Xen., etc.
  • VIa speech, oration, Oratt.
  • VIIlike ῥῆμα, the thing spoken of, the subject or matter of the λόγος, Hdt., Attic
  • VIIIthat which is stated, a proposition, position, principle, Plat.: also = ὁρισμός, a definition, Plat.
• BLat. ratio, thought, reason, οὐκ ἔχει λόγον admits not of reason, Soph.; ὀρθὸς λ. Plat.; ὡς ἔχει λόγον, ὡς ἔοικεν, Dem.:— κατὰ λόγον agreeably to reason, Plat.; μετὰ λόγου Plat.
• • • 2an opinion, expectation, Hdt.
    • 3a reason, ground, plea, Soph., etc.; ἐκ τίνος λόγου; on what ground? Aesch.; ἐξ οὐδενὸς λ. Soph., etc.
    • 4ὁ λόγος αἱρέει, c. acc. et inf., it stands to reason that . ., Lat. ratio evincit, Hdt.
  • IIaccount, consideration, esteem, regard, λόγον βροτῶν οὐκ ἔσχεν οὐδένα Aesch.; Μαρδονίου λόγος οὐδεὶς γίγνεται Hdt.; λόγου οὐδενὸς γενέσθαι to be of no account, Hdt.; λόγου ποιεῖσθαί τινα or τι, to make account of a person or thing, Hdt.;—so, ἐν οὐδενὶ λόγῳ ποιεῖσθαι Hdt.;— ἐν ἀνδρὸς λόγῳ εἶναι to be reckoned as a man, Hdt.
  • • 2an account, λόγον διδόναι τινός to give an account of a thing, Hdt., Attic; so, λόγον παρέχειν Plat.; λ. λαμβάνειν παρά τινος Dem.; λ. ἀπαιτεῖν Dem.; ὑπέχειν Plat., Dem., etc.; ἐγγράφειν Dem., etc.; ἀποφέρειν Aeschin.; cf. λογιστής.
  • IIIdue relation, proportion, analogy, κατὰ λόγον τινός or τινί Hdt., Attic
• CὉ ΛΟΓΌΣ, the Logos or Word, comprising both senses of Thought and Word, NTest.