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λεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεκτός λεκτή λεκτόν

Structure: λεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. gathered, chosen, picked out
  2. capable of being spoken, to be spoken

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative λεκτός λεκτή λεκτόν
Genitive λεκτοῦ λεκτῆς λεκτοῦ
Dative λεκτῷ λεκτῇ λεκτῷ
Accusative λεκτόν λεκτήν λεκτόν
Vocative λεκτέ λεκτή λεκτόν
DualN/A/V λεκτώ λεκτᾱ́ λεκτώ
G/D λεκτοῖν λεκταῖν λεκτοῖν
PluralNominative λεκτοί λεκταί λεκτά
Genitive λεκτῶν λεκτῶν λεκτῶν
Dative λεκτοῖς λεκταῖς λεκτοῖς
Accusative λεκτούς λεκτᾱ́ς λεκτά
Vocative λεκτοί λεκταί λεκτά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λεκτός λεκτοῦ λεκτότερος λεκτοτεροῦ λεκτότατος λεκτοτατοῦ
Adverb λεκτώς λεκτότερον λεκτότατα

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

  • πράττεται μὲν γὰρ τὰ πράγματα, ἐργάζεται δὲ τὰ ἔργα, ἀποφάνσεωσ δὲ ἀξιοῦται τὰ λεκτά. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 274)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀποφαινόμεθα μὲν ἡμεῖσ τὰ λεκτά, μετοικοῦσι δ’ οἱ ἐξ ἄλλησ ἀφικόμενοι χώρασ ἐν τῇ ὑποδεξαμένῃ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 27 2:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔστ’ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά, πάντα δὲ τολμητά· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 3:4)
  • νοεῖται δὲ καὶ κατὰ μετάβασίν τινα, ὡσ τὰ λεκτὰ καὶ ὁ τόποσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 53:9)
  • προφέρονται μὲν γὰρ αἱ φωναί, λέγεται δὲ τὰ πράγματα, ἃ δὴ καὶ λεκτὰ τυγχάνει. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 57:6)

Synonyms

  1. gathered

  2. capable of being spoken

Related

Similar forms

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

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