λεκτός
lektos
gathered, chosen, picked out
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λεκτός, ή, όν, (λέγω B) A. gathered, chosen, picked out, of stones, λ. έκ γαίης λάους Fr. 115.3; στόλος Pers. 795; ᾐθέων λεκτοί OT 19, etc. II. capable of being spoken, to be spoken, ἔστʼ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά Ph. 633; κακὸν οὐ τλητὸν οὐδὲ λεκτόν Hipp. 875; οὔτε λ. οὔτε πιστόν Av. 423 (lyr.): λεκτόν, τό, an expression (opp. mere φωνή), Adv. 136.32; a word (with a meaning), Pron. 59.1, al.; τὰ λ. predications, 1.109; but later, expressions, phrases (including statements, questions, commands, wishes, etc.), Stoic. 2.58, 61, al.; coupled with προτάσεις and ἀξιώματα, 5.5.1.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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