A. speech, opp. ᾠδή, Pl.Lg.816d; λ. ἢ πρᾶξις, speech or action,
~-.- Id.R.396c; ὁ τρόπος τῆς λ. ib.400d; τὰ λέξει δηλούμενα, orders
~-.- given by word of mouth, Arr.Tact.27.2.

.2. diction, style, ἡ ἐνθάδε λ. the style used here (in courts of justice),
~-.- Pl.Ap.17d; Μούσης λ. poetical diction, Id.Lg.795e, cf. Arist.Rh.
~-.- 1410b28, Po. 1450b13; περὶ Λέξεως, title of work by Ephorus.

II. a single word or phrase, Arist.Rh.1406b1, Epicur.Nat.28p.4V.,
~-.- al. (pl.), D.T. 633.31, Plb.2.22.1, etc.; even a meaningless word,
~-.- such as βλίτυρι, Diog.Stoic.3.213; αὐταῖς λέξεσι or κατὰ λέξιν
~-.- word for word,D.H.Pomp.2, Plu.2.869d, Ath.11.493d,D.L.
~-.- 2.113; later “ἐπὶ λέξεως” PLond.5. 1713.14 (vi A.D.); collectively,
~-.- κρατῶ καὶ τῆς λ. the very words, Ath.7.275b, cf. Epicur.Nat.28p.

.2. “κατὰ λέξιν” as the phrase goes, AP11.140 (Lucill.); παρὰ λέξιν
~-.- incorrectly, Cic.Att.16.4.1.

.3. Gramm., a word peculiar in form or signification: hence λέξεις
~-.- is the older term for a glossary, Ῥοδιακαὶ λέξεις a glossary of
~-.- Rhodian phrases, Ath.11.485e; cf. “γλῶσσα” 11.2.

.4. text of author, opp. exegesis, Asp.in EN122.27, Arr.Epict.3.21.7,
~-.- Dam.Pr.165, 169.