λέξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέγω (légō, “speak”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lék.sis/ → /ˈlek.sis/ → /ˈlek.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lék.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlek.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlek.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlek.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlek.sis/

Noun

λέξῐς • (léxis) f (genitive λέξεως); third declension

1. a saying, speech
   1. a way of speaking, diction, style
2. word, phrase
   1. explanation
   2. (grammar) a word peculiar in form or significance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λέξῐς; τῆς λέξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λέξῐς hē léxis	τὼ λέξει tṑ léxei	αἱ λέξεις hai léxeis
Genitive	τῆς λέξεως tês léxeōs	τοῖν λεξέοιν toîn lexéoin	τῶν λέξεων tôn léxeōn
Dative	τῇ λέξει têi léxei	τοῖν λεξέοιν toîn lexéoin	ταῖς λέξεσῐ / λέξεσῐν taîs léxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λέξῐν tḕn léxin	τὼ λέξει tṑ léxei	τᾱ̀ς λέξεις tā̀s léxeis
Vocative	λέξῐ léxi	λέξει léxei	λέξεις léxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Related terms

• ἀντίλεξις (antílexis)
• διάλεξις (diálexis)
• ἔκλεξις (éklexis)
• ἐπίλεξις (epílexis)
• εὔλεξις (eúlexis)
• κατάλεξις (katálexis)
• λεκτικός (lektikós)
• λεξικός (lexikós)
• λεξικόν (lexikón)
• περίλεξις (perílexis)
• πολυλέξις (poluléxis)
• προδιάλεξις (prodiálexis)
• σύλλεξις (súllexis)

Descendants

• Greek: λέξη (léxi)
• → English: lexis
• → Latin: lexis
• → Old Georgian: ლექსი (leksi)
  • Georgian: ლექსი (leksi)
  • → Bats: ლექს (leks)
  • → Laz: ლექსი (leksi)
  • → Mingrelian: ლერსი (lersi), ლერცი (lerci), ლექსი (leksi)
  • → Svan: ლექს (leks)

Further reading

• “λέξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λέξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • diction idem, page 222.
  • expression idem, page 296.
  • language idem, page 475.
  • parlance idem, page 593.
  • phraseology idem, page 610.
  • pronunciation idem, page 653.
  • style idem, page 830.
  • utterance idem, page 941.
  • verbiage idem, page 948.