λέξις (lexis)
Short definition (LSJ): εως, ἡ, (λέγω B) speech, opp. ᾠδή,
Full entry: Lexicon.
14 occurrences of this form in 11 works (dictionary form exactly as written, accents ignored, v/u and j/i as single letters; inflected forms not included).
Works using this form
- Enchiridion
- Republic
- On Stoic Self-Contradictions
- Sirach
- Nicomachean Ethics
- About the Planting of Noah
- On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction; or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham
- On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better
- On the Unchangeableness of God
- On the question, Who is the Heir of Divine Things
- Histories
Example passages
……σου ἄρα κρείσσων. ἐκεῖνοι δὲ μᾶλλον συνακτικοί ἐγώ σου πλουσιώτερός εἰμι, ἡ ἐμὴ ἄρα κτῆσις τῆς σῆς κρείσσων· ἐγώ σου λογιώτερος, ἡ ἐμὴ ἄρα λέξις τῆς σῆς κρείσσων. σὺ δέ γε οὔτε κτῆσις εἶ οὔτε λέξις.…
……ὅτι μὴ παιδιᾶς χάριν. εἰκός, ἔφη. οὐκοῦν διηγήσει χρήσεται οἵᾳ ἡμεῖς ὀλίγον πρότερον διήλθομεν περὶ τὰ τοῦ Ὁμήρου ἔπη, καὶ ἔσται αὐτοῦ ἡ λέξις μετέχουσα μὲν ἀμφοτέρων, μιμήσεώς τε καὶ τῆς ἄλλης διηγήσεως, σμικρὸν δέ τι μέρος ἐν πολλῷ λόγῳ τῆς μιμήσεως; ἢ οὐδὲν λέγω; καὶ μάλα, ἔφη, οἷόν γε ἀνάγκη τὸν τύπον εἶναι τοῦ τοιούτου ῥήτορος.…
…ἔστι δʼ ἡ λέξις αὕτη οἶμαι γὰρ ἔγωγε τὸν φρόνιμον καὶ ἀπράγμονα εἶναι καὶ ὀλιγοπράγμονα καὶ τὰ αὑτοῦ πράττειν ὁμοίως τῆς τʼ αὐτοπραγίας καὶ τῆς ὀλιγοπραγμοσύνης ἀστείων ὄντων. τὰ δʼ ὅμοια σχεδὸν ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν Διʼ……