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

  • καὶ μὴν καὶ μῦθοσ εἴ τισ παρεμπέσοι, λεκτέοσ μέν, οὐ μὴν πιστωτέοσ πάντωσ, ἀλλ̓ ἐν μέσῳ θετέοσ τοῖσ ὅπωσ ἂν ἐθέλωσιν εἰκάσουσι περὶ αὐτοῦ· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 601)
  • ἔστι γάρ τισ λόγοσ ἀληθήσ, ἐναντίοσ τῷ τολμήσαντι γράφειν τῶν τοιούτων καὶ ὁτιοῦν, πολλάκισ μὲν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ πρόσθεν ῥηθείσ, ἐοίκεν δ’ οὖν εἶναι καὶ νῦν λεκτέοσ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 120:3)
  • λεκτέοσ δὲ ὧδε, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστ’ ἔτυμοσ λόγοσ ὃσ ἂν παρόντοσ ἐραστοῦ τῷ μὴ ἐρῶντι μᾶλλον φῇ δεῖν χαρίζεσθαι, διότι δὴ ὁ μὲν μαίνεται, ὁ δὲ σωφρονεῖ. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 117:2)
  • οὐ λεκτέοσ ἦν ἔτι οὗτοσ ὁ λόγοσ τοῖσ τι καὶ μικρὸν εἰδόσι περὶ Νείλου. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:12)

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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