VII. a particular utterance, saying:

1. divine utterance, oracle, “λ. μαντικοί” Pl. Phdr.275b; “οὐ γὰρ
......ἐμὸν ἐρῶ τὸν λ.” Pl.Ap.20e; “ὁ λ. τοῦ θεοῦ” Apoc.1.2,9.

2. proverb, maxim, saying, Pi.N.9.6, A.Th.218; ὧδ᾽ ἔχει λ. ib.225;
......τόνδ᾽ ἐκαίνισεν λ. ὡς . . Critias 21, cf. Pl.R.330a, Ev.Jo.4.37;
......“ὁ παλαιὸς λ.” Pl.Phdr.240c, cf. Smp.195b, Grg.499c, Lg.757a,
......1 Ep.Ti.1.15, Plu.2.1082e, Luc.Alex.9, etc.;
......pl., Arist.EN1147a21.

3. assertion, opp. oath, S.OC651; ψιλῷ λ. bare word, opp.
......μαρτυρία, D.27.54.

4. express resolution, κοινῷ λ. by common consent, Hdt.1.141,al.;
......ἐπὶ λ. τοιῷδε, ἐπ᾽ ᾧ τε . . on the following terms, Id.7.158, cf.
......“ἐνδέξασθαι τὸν λ.” Id.1.60, cf. 9.5; λ. ἔχοντες πλεονέκτην a
......greedy proposal, Id.7.158: freq. in pl., terms, conditions, Id.9.33.

5. word of command, behest, A.Pr.17,40 (both pl.), Pers.363;
......“ἀνθρώπους πιθανωτέρους ποιεῖν λόγῳ” X.Oec.13.9;
......“ἐξέβαλε τὰ πνεύματα λόγῳ” Ev.Matt.8.16;
.......οἱ δέκα λ., the ten Commandments, LXX Ex.34.28, Ph.1.496.