Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεκτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεκτικός λεκτική λεκτικόν

Structure: λεκτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: le/gw3

Sense

  1. good at speaking, able to speak
  2. related to expression, stylistic

Examples

  • Ἀμφιβολία δέ ἐστι λέξισ δύο ἢ καὶ πλείονα πράγματα σημαίνουσα λεκτικῶσ καὶ κυρίωσ καὶ κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ἔθοσ, ὥσθ’ ἅμα τὰ πλείονα ἐκδέξασθαι κατὰ ταύτην τὴν λέξιν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 62:3)

Synonyms

  1. good at speaking

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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