εως (ἡ) :
      1 action de parler, parole, p. opp. à πρᾶξις, PLAT. Rsp. 396 c, ou à ᾠδή, PLAT. Leg. 816 d ;
      2 manière de parler, élocution, style, PLAT. Ap. 17 d, etc. ;
      3 mot, expression, POL. 2, 22, 1 ; au plur. PLUT. M. 804 a ; LUC. Lex. 24 ; αὐταῖς λέξεσι, POL. 8, 11, 5 ; PLUT. M. 869 e ; αὐτῇ λέξει, DH. Rhet. 9, 11 ; ἐπὶ λέξιν, PLAT. Rsp. 396 c ; κατὰ λέξιν, PLUT. M. 869 d ; ANTH. 11, 140, mot à mot, textuellement, à la lettre, littéralement ; παρὰ λέξιν, CIC. Att. 16, 4, improprement, incorrectement ; p. ext. recueil de mots, lexique, GRAMM. ; Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις, ATH. 485 e, mots ou locutions de Rhodes, titre d’un ouvrage de Moskhos.

Étym. λέγω.

εως, ἡ, (λέγω²) speech, opp. ᾠδή, Pl. Lg. 816d; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις speech or action, Id. R. 396c; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. ib. 400d; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα orders given by word of mouth, Arr. Tact. 27.2.
diction, style, ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the style used here (in courts of justice), Pl. Ap. 17d; Μούσης λ. poetical diction, Id. Lg. 795e, cf. Arist. Rh. 1410b28, Po. 1450b13, etc. ; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus, Theon Prog. 2.
a single word or phrase, Arist. Rh. 1406b1, Epicur. Nat. 28 p. 4V., al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31, Plb. 2.22.1, etc. ; even a meaningless word, such as βλίτυρι, Diog. Stoic. 3.213; ταῖς λ. κέχρηται ταῖς αὐταῖς Plb. 6.46.10; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν word for word, D.H. Pomp. 2, Plu. 2.869d, Ath. 11.493d, D.L. 2.113; later ἐπὶ λέξεως PLond. 5.1713.14 (vi AD), Vit. Arist. p. 438 Rose, etc. ; collectively, κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ.
the very words, Ath. 7.275b, cf. Epicur. Nat. 28 p. 15V., Gal. 12.403. κατὰ λέξιν as the phrase goes, AP 11.140 (Lucill.); παρὰ λέξιν incorrectly, Cic. Att. 16.4.1.
Gramm., a word peculiar in form or signification; hence λέξεις is the older term for a glossary, Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις a glossary of Rhodian phrases, Ath. 11.485e; cf. γλῶσσα II. 2.
text of an author, opp. exegesis, Asp. in EN 122.27, Arr. Epict. 3.21.7, Dam. Pr. 165, 169.

ἡ, das Sprechen, der Ausdruck der Rede, Redeweise, Styl, vgl. Arist. poet. 6 ; Ggstz πρᾶξις ; ἔστι τι εἶδος λέξεώς τε καὶ διηγήσεως, Plat. Rep. III.396b ; ξένως ἔχω τῆς ἐνθάδε λέξεως Apol. 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, wörtlich, S.Emp. adv.phys. 1.92. Auch = eine Redensart, Ath. VII.275b.
Bei den Grammatikern bes. ein altes, seltneres, od. einem Schriftsteller eigentümliches Wort, das der Erklärung durch ein bekanntes, γλώσσημα, bedarf ; so λέξις κωμική, πλατωνικαί u. ä., auch kollektivisch, von einer Sammlung solcher Wörter.

1. a speaking, saying, speech , (Plato Philosophus)
2. a way of speaking, diction, style , (Plato Philosophus), etc.
3. κατὰ λέξιν as the phrase goes , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)