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

  • περὶ δὴ τούτου λεκτέον ἐφεξῆσ ἑτέραν ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 34 1:3)
  • ὑπὲρ ὧν ἤδη λεκτέον. (Arrian, chapter 5 2:1)
  • τὸν δὲ ἀριθμὸν τάξεώσ τε ἑκάστησ καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῆσ τε καὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων ἤδη λεκτέον. (Arrian, chapter 14 1:1)
  • τοῦτο λεκτέον ἢ ὅμοιόν τι τούτῳ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολλούσ· (Plutarch, Agis, chapter 2 2:2)
  • καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο λεκτέον, οὐ μικρὸν ὄν· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 211)

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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