Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεκτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεκτέος λεκτέᾱ λεκτέον

Structure: λεκτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: le/gw3의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be said or spoken
  2. one must speak

Examples

  • ἀρχόμενοσ μὲν οὖν τῆσ γραφῆσ πάνυ ἀπόρῳ ἐντεύξεσθαι ᾤμην τῷ προβλήματι, προῖόντι δὲ πολλὰ προὐφάνη τὰ λεκτέα. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 4:1)
  • ἔστω, φησί τισ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν ὀνομάτων τὰ μὲν λεκτέα, τὰ δ’ οὔ, ὁπόσα αὐτῶν μὴ συνήθη τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, ὡσ μὴ ταράττοιμεν τὰσ ἀκοὰσ καὶ τιτρώσκοιμεν τῶν συνόντων τὰ ὦτα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 11:1)
  • λεκτέα μὲν ἀμφότερα τὰ τῶν αἰτιῶν γένη, χωρὶσ δὲ ὅσαι μετὰ νοῦ καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν δημιουργοὶ καὶ ὅσαι μονωθεῖσαι φρονήσεωσ τὸ τυχὸν ἄτακτον ἑκάστοτε ἐξεργάζονται. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 185:2)
  • εἰ δ’ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐγὼ τούτου κατηγόρηκ’ ἀπολογεῖσθαι, πάντα μᾶλλον ἢ ταῦτα λεκτέα. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 52:2)
  • ὅμωσ δὲ λεκτέα ἃ γιγνώσκω· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 7:4)

Synonyms

  1. to be said or spoken

  2. one must speak

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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