logopoiiva , hJ , tale-telling, news-mongering, Theophr.
logopoiikov"
logopoiikov" , hv, ovn , of or like a logopoiov" : hJ -kh; tevcnh , = logografikhv , Plat.
logopoiov"
logo-poiov" , oJ , ( poievw ) a prose-writer, esp. an historian, chronicler, Plat ., etc.
2.
a writer of fables,
Hdt
.,
Plut.
II.
=
logogravfo"
II
,
Plat.
2.
a tale-teller, newsmonger,
Dem.
lovgo"
,
oJ
, (
levgw
C), (A)
the word
or
that by which the inward thought is expressed,
Lat.
oratio
;
and,
(B)
the inward thought itself,
Lat.
ratio
.
A.
Lat.
vox, oratio
, that which is said
or
spoken:
I.
a word,
pl.
words,
i.e.
language, talk,
Hom
.,
etc.
;
lovgou e{neka
,
Lat.
dicis causa
,
merely for
talkings
sake,
Plat.
;
logw`/
in word, in pretence,
opp. to
ejrgw`/
(in deed, in reality),
Hdt.
,
Att.
II. a word, saying, statement, Thuc .: an oracle, Pind ., Plat. :— a saying, maxim, proverb, Pind ., Aesch.
2.
an assertion, promise,
Soph.
3.
a resolution,
koinw`/ l
. by common
consent,
Hdt.
4.
a condition,
ejpi; lovgw/ toiw`/de
Id.
5.
a command,
Aesch.
III.
speech, discourse, conversation,
eij" lovgou" ejlqei`n, sunelqei`n, ajfikevsqai tiniv
Hdt
.,
Att.
;
lovgou mei`zon, krei`sson
beyond
expression,
Hdt
.,
Thuc.
;
lovgou a[xion
worth
mention,
Hdt.
2.
right of speech, power to speak,
lovgon aijtei`sqai
Thuc
.;
didovnai
Xen.
3.
talk
about one,
report, repute,
Lat.
fama
,
lovgo"
,
Hdt.
,
Att.
;
lovgo" ejstiv, lovgo" e[cei, katevcei, fevretai
,
c. acc.
et
inf.
, so
the story
goes,
Lat.
fama fert
,
Hdt
.,
Att.
4.
speech, language,
Plat.
IV.
a saying, tale, story,
opp. on the one hand to mere fable (
mu`qo"
), on the other, to regular history (
iJstoriva
),
Hdt.
,
Thuc.
,
etc.
: then,
a fictitious story, fable,
like those of Aesop,
Hdt.
,
Plat.
2.
a narrative,
and in
pl.
histories, history,
Hdt
.: in
sing.
one part of such a work,
Id.
V.
generally,
prose-writing, prose,
Xen
.,
etc.
VI.
a speech, oration,
Oratt.
VII.
like
rJh`ma
,
the thing spoken of, the subject
or
matter of the
lovgo"
,
Hdt.
,
Att.
VIII.
that which is stated, a proposition, position, principle,
Plat
.: also =
oJrismov"
,
a definition,
Id.
B.
Lat.
ratio
, thought, reason,
oujk e[cei lovgon
admits not of
reason,
Soph
.;
ojrqo;" l
.
Plat.
;
wJ" e[cei lovgon
, =
wJ" e[oiken
,
Dem.
:—
kata; lovgon
agreeably to
reason,
Plat
.;
meta; lovgou
Id.
2.
an opinion, expectation,
Hdt.
3.
a reason, ground, plea,
Soph
.,
etc.
;
ejk tivno" lovgou
; on what
ground?
Aesch
.;
ej oujdeno;" l
.
Soph.
,
etc.
4.
oJ lovgo" aiJrevei
,
c. acc.
et
inf.
,
it stands to reason that. . ,
Lat.
ratio evincit
,
Hdt.
II.
account, consideration, esteem, regard,
lovgon brotw`n oujk e[scen oujdevna
Aesch
.;
Mardonivou lovgo" oujdei;" givgnetai
Hdt
.;
lovgou oujdeno;" genevsqai
to be of no
account,
Id.;
lovgou poiei`sqaiv tina
or
ti
, to make
account of
a person or thing, Id.;—so,
ejn oujdeni; lovgw/ poiei`sqai
Id.;—
ejn ajndro;"