Ancient Greek

Noun

λόγος • ‎(lógos) m ‎(genitive λόγου); second declension

1. That which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance.
2. That which is thought: reason, consideration, computation, reckoning.
3. An account, explanation, or narrative.
4. Subject matter.
5. (Christianity) The word or wisdom of God, identified with Jesus in the New Testament.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἄλογος ‎(álogos)
• λογίζομαι ‎(logízomai)
• πρόλογος ‎(prólogos)

Descendants

• English: logos
• German: Logos
• Portuguese: logos
• Russian: логос ‎(logos)

References

• λόγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λόγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λόγος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «λόγος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «λόγος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• λόγος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G3056”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• «λόγος» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • account idem, page 7.
  • adage idem, page 10.
  • address idem, page 11.
  • allegation idem, page 23.
  • analogy idem, page 28.
  • anecdote idem, page 29.
  • aphorism idem, page 34.
  • argument idem, page 39.
  • assertion idem, page 45.
  • book idem, page 89.
  • bruit idem, page 101.
  • calculation idem, page 108.
  • chapter idem, page 124.
  • chronicle idem, page 131.
  • consideration idem, page 163.
  • contention idem, page 167.
  • count idem, page 177.
  • declaration idem, page 201.
  • definition idem, page 205.
  • description idem, page 214.
  • discourse idem, page 231.
  • disquisition idem, page 238.
  • dissertation idem, page 239.
  • ejaculation idem, page 263.
  • essay idem, page 282.
  • esteem idem, page 283.
  • estimation idem, page 283.
  • exclamation idem, page 289.
  • expression idem, page 296.
  • extract idem, page 297.
  • fable idem, page 299.
  • fame idem, page 304.
  • formula idem, page 339.
  • gnome idem, page 364.
  • greeting idem, page 372.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • harangue idem, page 384.
  • history idem, page 401.
  • language idem, page 475.
  • legend idem, page 484.
  • matter idem, page 518.
  • maxim idem, page 519.
  • message idem, page 526.
  • myth idem, page 549.
  • narrative idem, page 551.
  • news idem, page 557.
  • observation idem, page 567.
  • oracle idem, page 577.
  • oration idem, page 578.
  • parable idem, page 591.
  • passage idem, page 597.
  • philippic idem, page 610.
  • picture idem, page 611.
  • place idem, page 616.
  • plea idem, page 619.
  • pleading idem, page 619.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • precept idem, page 632.
  • prediction idem, page 633.
  • prognostication idem, page 653.
  • prophecy idem, page 653.
  • proposal idem, page 653.
  • proposition idem, page 653.
  • proverb idem, page 654.
  • question idem, page 665.
  • quotation idem, page 667.
  • rationality idem, page 673.
  • reason idem, page 676.
  • reasoning idem, page 677.
  • reckoning idem, page 679.
  • remark idem, page 692.
  • report idem, page 697.
  • romance idem, page 720.
  • rumour idem, page 726.
  • saying idem, page 736.
  • sentiment idem, page 754.
  • sketch idem, page 780.
  • speaking idem, page 799.
  • speech idem, page 800.
  • statement idem, page 812.
  • story idem, page 821.
  • subject idem, page 830.
  • suggestion idem, page 836.
  • tale idem, page 854.
  • talk idem, page 854.
  • term idem, page 862.
  • text idem, page 864.
  • tidings idem, page 874.
  • topic idem, page 881.
  • tradition idem, page 885.
  • true idem, page 898.
  • understanding idem, page 913.
  • utterance idem, page 941.
  • version idem, page 949.
  • word idem, page 987.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlo.ɣos]
• Hyphenation: λό‧γος

Noun

λόγος • ‎(lógos) m ‎(plural λόγοι)

1. word (unit of language)
2. word (word of honour)
3. speech, language
4. speech, oration
5. (mathematics) ratio
6. reason, causation

Declension

Synonyms

• (oratory): αγόρευση f ‎(agórefsi)
• (ratio): αναλογία f ‎(analogía)

Derived terms