LOGOI

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λογάς

logas1 · ὁ

picked, chosen

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What it meant

λογάς · logas — LSJ

picked, chosen, picked men, chosen

picked, chosen, mostly in pl. of picked men, λ. νεηνίαι Hdt. 1.36, 43, E. Hec. 544, etc.; τριηκόσιοι Σπαρτιητέων λ. Hdt. 8.124; λ. Περσέων τοὺς ἀρίστους χιλίους Id. 9.63; Ἀργείων οἱ χίλιοι λ. Th. 5.67; στρατηγῶν λογάδες E. Andr. 324; of cattle, PStrassb. 24.32 (ii A. D.); φωναὶ λογάδες chosen phrases, Phot. Bibl. p.491 B.: with collect.Nouns, στρατιὴ λ. ἡμιθέων AP 15.51 (Arch.).

2 unhewn stones, taken just as they were picked

λ. λίθοι unhewn stones, taken just as they were picked, Paus. 7.22.5; cf. λογάδην, λέγω B. I, λιθολόγος.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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