LOGOI

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λογογράφ-ος

logographos · ὁ

prose-writer

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What it meant

λογογράφ-ος · logograph-os — LSJ

prose-writer, historian

prose-writer, opp. poet (v. λόγος v), Arist. Rh. 1388b22, D.H. Comp. 16.1: applied to the early Greek historians from Cadmus of Miletus to Hdt. by Th. 1.21; cf. λογοποιός I: generally, historian, Plb. 7.7.1; coupled with συγγραφεύς, D.H. 1.73.

II professional speech-writer

professional speech-writer, Alex. 124.19, Aeschin. 1.94; as a term of reproach, διὰ πάσης τῆς λοιδορίας ἐκάλει λογογράφον Pl. Phdr. 257c, cf. Din. 1.111, D. 19.246, Aeschin. 3.173, Hyp. Ath. 3: but without such implication, Χαιρήμων ἀκριβὴς ὥσπερ λ. Arist. Rh. 1413b13.

III accountant

accountant, POxy. 2115 (iv A. D.), etc.

IV recorder

recorder in a court, PAmh. 2.82.3 (iii/iv A. D.).

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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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