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διάλεκτος

dialektos

discourse, conversation

Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διάλεκτος, ἡ, A. discourse, conversation, Hp. Art. 30; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους Pl. Smp. 203a; discussion, debate, argument, Id. Tht. 146b; opp. ἔρις, Id. R. 454a. 2. common language, talk, δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Po. 1449a26; ἡ εἰωθυῖα δ. Id. Rh. 1404b24. II. speech, language, Ar. Fr. 685; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν Antiph. 171; δ. ἀμνίου, opp. τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος, Hermipp. 3; articulate speech, language, opp. φωνή, Arist. HA 535a28; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί Id. Pr. 895a6; but also, spoken, opp. written language, D.H. Comp. 11. 2. the language of a country, Plb. 1.80.6, D.S. 5.6, etc.: esp. dialect, as Ionic, Attic, etc., Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213, D.H. Comp. 3, S.E. M. 1.59, Hdn.Gr.2.932; also, local word or expression, Plu. Alex. 31. III. way of speaking, accent, D. 37.55. 2. pl., modes of expression, Epicur. Ep. 1p.24U. IV. style, πανηγυρική, ποιητικὴ δ., D.H. Comp. 23,21: esp. poetical diction, Phld. Po. 2 Fr. 33, al. V. of musical instruments, quality, ‘idiom’, Arist. de An. 420b8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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