- διάλεκτος
- διάλεκτ-ος, 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.HA535a28;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.
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