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λέξις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέξις λέξεως

Structure: λεξι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: le/gw

Sense

  1. a saying, speech, a way of speaking, diction, style

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σοῦ δὲ ὑπολαμβάνοντοσ ἧττον ἠκριβῶσθαι τὰσ γραφάσ, ἐπειδὴ προεκθέμενοσ ἅπαντα τὰ συμβεβηκότα τῷ χαρακτῆρι τότε τὰσ περὶ αὐτῶν πίστεισ παρέχομαι, ἀκριβεστέραν δὲ τὴν δήλωσιν τῶν ἰδιωμάτων τοῦ χαρακτῆροσ ἔσεσθαι νομίζοντοσ, εἰ παρὰ μίαν ἑκάστην τῶν προθέσεων τὰσ λέξεισ τοῦ συγγραφέωσ παρατιθείην, ὃ οἱ τὰσ τέχνασ καὶ τὰσ εἰσαγωγὰσ τῶν λόγων πραγματευόμενοι ποιοῦσιν, προελόμενοσ εἰσ μηδὲν ἐλλείπειν καὶ τοῦτο πεποίηκα, τὸ διδασκαλικὸν σχῆμα λαβὼν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποδεικτικοῦ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 1 2:1)
  • οὐθὲν δὲ κωλύει καὶ τὰσ λέξεισ παραθέσθαι τοῦ ἀνδρόσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 1 2:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ αἱ λέξεισ καὶ τὰ νοήματα παρ’ ἐκείνῳ μὲν τὸ αὐτοφυέσ, παρὰ δὲ τούτῳ τὸ κατασκευαστὸν ἀποφαίνουσιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 112)
  • οὐ γάρ τι λέξεισ ὡσ ἄκλητοσ ὢν φίλοισ οὐκ ἦλθεσ οὐδ’ ἤμυνασ οὐδ’ ἐπεστράφησ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics7)
  • οἴμοι, τί λέξεισ; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode21)

Synonyms

  1. a saying

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