LOGOI

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λόγ-ιον

logion · τό

oracle, oracles, prose

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λόγ-ιον · log-ion — LSJ

oracle, oracles, prose, verse

oracle, esp. one preserved from antiquity, Hdt. 4.178, 203, 8.60.γ, Plu. Thes. 26, Lys. 22: more freq. in pl., oracles, Hdt. 1.64, 8.62, 141, E. Heracl. 405, Ar. Eq. 120, al., Plu. Fab. 4, Marc. 3: distd. fr. χρησμοί, Th. 2.8 (the former being prose, the latter verse, acc. to Sch., but this distn. does not hold), cf. Plu. Pel. 20, Nic. 13, 2.412c.

2 sayings

τὰ λ. Κυρίου the sayings of the Lord, LXX Ps. 11(12).6, cf. Act.Ap. 7.38, Ep.Rom. 3.2, 1 Ep.Pet. 4.11.

II the oracular breastplate

τὸ λ. τῶν κρίσεων the oracular breastplate worn by the Jewish High-Priest, LXX Ex. 28.26(30), cf. Ph. 2.154; τὰ λόγια Aristeas 158.

In the wild

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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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