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λεκτικός

lektikos

good at speaking, able to speak

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What it meant

1. λεκτικός · lektikos — LSJ

good at speaking, able to speak, the art of speaking

good at speaking, able to speak, X. Mem. 4.3.1, Cyr. 5.5.46 (Sup.); ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of speaking, Pl. Plt. 304d.

II suited for speaking, in common colloquial style, in prose

suited for speaking, οἱ λ. τῶν λόγων speeches in common colloquial style, opp. ποιητικῶς συγκείμενοι, D. 61.2; μάλιστα λ. τῶν μέτρων τὸ ἰαμβεῖόν ἐστι Arist. Po. 1449a24, cf. Rh. 1408b33. Adv. -κῶς in prose, D.H. Comp. 25.

2 related to expression, stylistic, of expression, of style

related to expression, stylistic, ὁ λ. τόπος the province of expression, ib. 1, 4; opp. πραγματικός, of style, opp. matter, ἀρεταί Id. Pomp. 1; μέρος Id. Th. 34.

III with the force of a word, verbally

Adv. -κῶς with the force of a word, of the termination -θεν, A.D. Adv. 195.16; verbally, Stoic. 3.214.

2. ληκ-τικός · lēk-tikos — LSJ

causing to cease, terminal

causing to cease, ὀδύνης v.l. in Hp. Liqu. 6; terminal, [συλλαβαί] A.D. Synt. 7.10; ζῴδιον Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.194.18 (Rhetor.ex Teucro).

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