VIII. thing spoken of, subject-matter (cf. 111.1 b and 2),
......“λ. τοῦτον ἐάσομεν” Thgn.1055; προπεπυσμένος πάντα λ.
.......the whole matter, Hdt.1.21, cf. 111; τὸν ἐόντα λ. the truth of the
.......matter, ib.95,116; μετασχεῖν τοῦ λ. to be in the secret, ib.127;
......“μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τὸν λ. τοῦτον ει^πῃς” Id.8.65; τίς ἦν λ.; S.OT
......684 ( = πρᾶγμα, 699); περί τινος λ. διελεγόμεθα subject,
......question, Pl.Prt.314c; [τὸ προοίμιον] δεῖγμα τοῦ λ. case, Arist.
......Rh.1415a12 cf. 111.1b; τέλος δὲ παντὸς τοῦ λ. ψηφίζονται the
......end of the matter was that, Aeschin.3.124; “οὐκ ἔστεξε τὸν λ.”
......Plb.8.12.5; “οὐκ ἔστι σοι μερὶς οὐδὲ κλῆρος ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ”
......Act.Ap.8.21; “ἱκανὸς αὐτῷ ὁ λ.” Pl.Grg.512c; οὐχ ὑπολείπει
......[Γοργίαν] ὁ λ. matter for talk, Arist.Rh.1418a35; “μηδένα λ.
......ὑπολιπεῖν” Isoc.4.146; πρὸς λόγον to the point, apposite,
......“οὐδὲν πρὸς λ.” Pl.Phlb.42e, cf. Prt.344a;

2. plot of a narrative or dramatic poem, = μῦθος, Arist.Po.1455b17.

b. in Art, subject of a painting, “ζωγραφίας λόγοι” Philostr.VA 6.10;
......“λ. τῆς γραφῆς” Id.Im.1.25.

3. thing talked of, event, “μετὰ τοὺς λ. τούτους” LXX 1 Ma.7.33.