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            "lemma": "λέξις",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>εως (ἡ) :<br\/>      1<\/b> action de parler, parole, <i>p. opp. à<\/i> πρᾶξις, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 396<\/i> c, <i>ou à<\/i> ᾠδή, PLAT. <i>Leg. 816<\/i> d ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> manière de parler, élocution, style, PLAT. <i>Ap. 17<\/i> d, <i>etc. ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> mot, expression, POL. <i>2, 22, 1 ; au plur<\/i>. PLUT. <i>M. 804<\/i> a ; LUC. <i>Lex. 24 ;<\/i> αὐταῖς λέξεσι, POL. <i>8, 11, 5 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>M. 869<\/i> e ; αὐτῇ λέξει, DH. <i>Rhet. 9, 11 ;<\/i> ἐπὶ λέξιν, PLAT. <i>Rsp. 396<\/i> c ; κατὰ λέξιν, PLUT. <i>M. 869<\/i> d ; ANTH. <i>11, 140,<\/i> mot à mot, textuellement, à la lettre, littéralement ; παρὰ λέξιν, CIC. <i>Att. 16, 4,<\/i> improprement, incorrectement ; <i>p. ext<\/i>. recueil de mots, lexique, GRAMM. ; Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις, ATH. <i>485<\/i> e, mots <i>ou<\/i> locutions de Rhodes, <i>titre d’un ouvrage de Moskhos<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. λέγω.<\/p>"
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                    "dictionary": "LSJ",
                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "εως, ἡ, (λέγω²) <b>speech<\/b>, opp. ᾠδή, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 816d; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις <b>speech<\/b> or action, Id. <i>R.<\/i> 396c; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. <i>ib.<\/i> 400d; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα orders given <b>by word of mouth<\/b>, Arr. <i>Tact.<\/i> 27.2.<br\/><b>diction, style<\/b>, ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the <b>style<\/b> used here (in courts of justice), Pl. <i>Ap.<\/i> 17d; Μούσης λ. poetical <b>diction<\/b>, Id. <i>Lg.<\/i> 795e, cf. Arist. <i>Rh.<\/i> 1410b28, <i>Po.<\/i> 1450b13, etc. ; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, Theon <i>Prog.<\/i> 2.<br\/><b>a single word<\/b> or <b>phrase<\/b>, Arist. <i>Rh.<\/i> 1406b1, Epicur. <i>Nat.<\/i> 28 p. 4V., al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31, Plb. 2.22.1, etc. ; even a meaningless <b>word<\/b>, such as βλίτυρι, Diog. <i>Stoic.<\/i> 3.213; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς Plb. 6.46.10; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν <b>word for word<\/b>, D.H. <i>Pomp.<\/i> 2, Plu. 2.869d, Ath. 11.493d, D.L. 2.113; later ἐπὶ λέξεως PLond. 5.1713.14 (vi AD), <i>Vit. Arist.<\/i> p. 438 Rose, etc. ; collectively, κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ.<br\/><b>the very words<\/b>, Ath. 7.275b, cf. Epicur. <i>Nat.<\/i> 28 p. 15V., Gal. 12.403. κατὰ λέξιν <b>as the phrase goes<\/b>, <i>AP<\/i> 11.140 (Lucill.); παρὰ λέξιν <b>incorrectly<\/b>, Cic. <i>Att.<\/i> 16.4.1.<br\/>Gramm., <b>a word peculiar in form<\/b> or <b>signification<\/b>; hence λέξεις is the older term for <b>a glossary<\/b>, Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις <b>a glossary of<\/b> Rhodian <b>phrases<\/b>, Ath. 11.485e; cf. γλῶσσα II. 2.<br\/><b>text<\/b> of an author, opp. exegesis, Asp. <i>in EN<\/i> 122.27, Arr. <i>Epict.<\/i> 3.21.7, Dam. <i>Pr.<\/i> 165, 169."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, <i>das Sprechen, der Ausdruck der Rede, Redeweise, Styl<\/i>, vgl. Arist. <i>poet<\/i>. 6 ; <font color='brown'>Ggstz πρᾶξις<\/font> ; ἔστι τι εἶδος λέξεώς τε καὶ διηγήσεως, Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. III.396b ; ξένως ἔχω τῆς ἐνθάδε λέξεως <i>Apol<\/i>. 17d, öfter ; λόγου Isocr. 5.4, bes. vom Ausdruck der Prosa. – Auch von einem einzelnen Worte, Pol. 2.22.1 ; αὐταῖς λέξεσιν αἷς ἐκεῖνος κέχρηται, 8.11.5 u. öfter ; Plat. u. A.; κατὰ λέξιν, <i>wörtlich<\/i>, S.Emp. <i>adv.phys<\/i>. 1.92. Auch = <i>eine Redensart<\/i>, Ath. VII.275b.<br\/>Bei den Grammatikern bes. <i>ein altes, seltneres, od. einem Schriftsteller eigentümliches Wort, das der Erklärung durch ein bekanntes, γλώσσημα, bedarf<\/i> ; so λέξις κωμική, πλατωνικαί u. ä., auch kollektivisch, von einer Sammlung solcher Wörter."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>a speaking, saying, speech <\/b>, (Plato Philosophus) <br\/>2. <b>a way of speaking, diction, style <\/b>, (Plato Philosophus), etc. <br\/>3. κατὰ λέξιν <b>as the phrase goes <\/b>, [<date><i>variant<\/i> dates<author>Anthology Palantina<\/author><\/date> (ML)"
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