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λογῐκ-ός

logikos

of, for speaking, speech

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λογῐκ-ός · logik-os — LSJ

of, for speaking, speech, of speech, speech, expressed in speech

of or for speaking or speech, μέρη λ. the organs of speech, Plu. Cor. 38: λογική, ἡ, speech, opp. μουσική, D.H. Comp. 11; λ. φαντασία expressed in speech, Stoic. 2.61.

2 of, in eloquence

of or in eloquence, ἀγῶνες Philostr. VS 1.22.1; ἀκροάσεις λ. καὶ ὀργανικαί Supp.Epigr. 2.184.6 (Tanagra, ii B.C.).

3 suited for prose, writing in prose, in prose

suited for prose, ὁ ἡρῷος σεμνὸς καὶ οὐ λ. Demetr. Eloc. 42; τὸ λ., opp. τὸ μεγαλοπρεπές, ib. 41; of persons, writing in prose, D.L. 5.85; ἐγκώμιον λ. in prose, IG 9(2).531.43 (Thess.).

II possessed of reason, intellectual

possessed of reason, intellectual, μέρος Ti.Locr. 99e, al.; τὸ λ. ζῷον Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.95; ἀρεταὶ λ., = διανοητικαί, opp. ἠθικαί, Arist. EN 1108b9.

2 dialectical, argumentative, more abstract, logical, dialectically

dialectical, argumentative, οἱ λ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as the Theaetetus and Cratylus, D.L. 3.58; in Arist. usu. like διαλεκτικός, λ. συλλογισμός APo. 93a15, cf. Top. 162b27; διὰ λογικωτέρων καὶ ἀκριβεστέρων λόγων more abstract, Metaph. 1080a10; λ. δυσχέρειαι ib. 1005b22; λ. ἀπόδειξις GA 747b28; but also, logical, λ. συλλογισμοί, opp. ῥητορικοί, Rh. 1355a13. Adv. -κῶς dialectically, Metaph. 1029b13, APo. 84a7, 88a19; φυσικῶς καὶ λ. GC 316a11: Comp. -ώτερον Cael. 275b12.

b logic

Subst., ἡ λογική (sc. τέχνη) logic, Cic. Fin. 1.7.22; also τὰ λογικά Id. Tusc. 4.14.33; περὶ λογικῶν title of work, Democr. 10b; τὸ λ., opp. τὸ φυσικόν, τὸ ἠθικόν, Zeno Stoic. 1.15, etc.

3

of the ‘dogmatic’ school of physicians, ἡ λ. αἵρεσις Gal. Sect.Intr. 1.

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