"λέξις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See λέξις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lék.sis/, /ˈlek.sis/, /ˈlek.sis/, /lék.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈlek.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈlek.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈlek.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈlek.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -σῐς (-sis). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|λέγω|-σῐς|t1=speak}} λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -σῐς (-sis) Head templates: {{grc-noun|λέξεως|f|third|head=λέξῐς}} λέξῐς • (léxis) f (genitive λέξεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|λέξῐς|εως|form=F}} Forms: λέξῐς [canonical], léxis [romanization], λέξεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ λέξῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ λέξει [dual, nominative], αἱ λέξεις [nominative, plural], τῆς λέξεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν λεξέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν λέξεων [genitive, plural], τῇ λέξει [dative, singular], τοῖν λεξέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς λέξεσῐ [dative, plural], λέξεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs léxesi [dative, plural], taîs léxesin [dative, plural], τὴν λέξῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ λέξει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς λέξεις [accusative, plural], λέξῐ [singular, vocative], λέξει [dual, vocative], λέξεις [plural, vocative]
  1. a saying, speech
    Sense id: en-λέξις-grc-noun-Iig1~xQZ Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 14 34 20 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις: 15 33 21 31
  2. a saying, speech
    a way of speaking, diction, style
    Sense id: en-λέξις-grc-noun-o39oPuni Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 14 34 20 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις: 15 33 21 31
  3. word, phrase
    explanation
    Sense id: en-λέξις-grc-noun-stDOjiFS Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 14 34 20 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις: 15 33 21 31
  4. word, phrase
    (grammar) a word peculiar in form or significance
    Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-λέξις-grc-noun-CTV~1psX Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 28 28 34 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 14 34 20 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις: 15 33 21 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 15 32 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 12 23 54 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λέξη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λέξη (léxi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λέξη (léxi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lexis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lexis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lexis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lexis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: lexis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: lexis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "ლექსი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: ლექსი (leksi)\nGeorgian: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Bats: ლექს (leks)\n→ Laz: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Mingrelian: ლერსი (lersi), ლერცი (lerci), ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Svan: ლექს (leks)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: ლექსი (leksi)\nGeorgian: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Bats: ლექს (leks)\n→ Laz: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Mingrelian: ლერსი (lersi), ლერცი (lerci), ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Svan: ლექს (leks)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λέγω",
        "3": "-σῐς",
        "t1": "speak"
      },
      "expansion": "λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -σῐς (-sis)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -σῐς (-sis).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λέξῐς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léxis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λέξῐς",
      "roman": "hē léxis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λέξει",
      "roman": "tṑ léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λέξεις",
      "roman": "hai léxeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λέξεως",
      "roman": "tês léxeōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεξέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lexéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λέξεων",
      "roman": "tôn léxeōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λέξει",
      "roman": "têi léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεξέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lexéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λέξεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs léxesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs léxesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λέξῐν",
      "roman": "tḕn léxin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λέξει",
      "roman": "tṑ léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λέξεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s léxeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξῐ",
      "roman": "léxi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξει",
      "roman": "léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξεις",
      "roman": "léxeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέξεως",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "λέξῐς"
      },
      "expansion": "λέξῐς • (léxis) f (genitive λέξεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέξῐς",
        "2": "εως",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "antílexis",
      "word": "ἀντίλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "diálexis",
      "word": "διάλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "éklexis",
      "word": "ἔκλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "epílexis",
      "word": "ἐπίλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eúlexis",
      "word": "εὔλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "katálexis",
      "word": "κατάλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lektikós",
      "word": "λεκτικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lexikós",
      "word": "λεξικός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lexikón",
      "word": "λεξικόν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "perílexis",
      "word": "περίλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "poluléxis",
      "word": "πολυλέξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "prodiálexis",
      "word": "προδιάλεξις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "súllexis",
      "word": "σύλλεξις"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 34 20 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 21 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a saying, speech"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέξις-grc-noun-Iig1~xQZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 34 20 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 21 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a saying, speech",
        "a way of speaking, diction, style"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέξις-grc-noun-o39oPuni",
      "links": [
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "diction",
          "diction"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 34 20 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 21 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "word, phrase",
        "explanation"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέξις-grc-noun-stDOjiFS",
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "grc:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 28 28 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 34 20 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 33 21 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 15 32 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 12 23 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "word, phrase",
        "a word peculiar in form or significance"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέξις-grc-noun-CTV~1psX",
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "word, phrase",
        "(grammar) a word peculiar in form or significance"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lék.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lék.sis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λέξις"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -σις",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "λέξη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: λέξη (léxi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: λέξη (léxi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lexis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lexis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lexis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lexis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: lexis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: lexis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "ლექსი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: ლექსი (leksi)\nGeorgian: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Bats: ლექს (leks)\n→ Laz: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Mingrelian: ლერსი (lersi), ლერცი (lerci), ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Svan: ლექს (leks)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: ლექსი (leksi)\nGeorgian: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Bats: ლექს (leks)\n→ Laz: ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Mingrelian: ლერსი (lersi), ლერცი (lerci), ლექსი (leksi)\n→ Svan: ლექს (leks)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "λέγω",
        "3": "-σῐς",
        "t1": "speak"
      },
      "expansion": "λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -σῐς (-sis)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From λέγω (légō, “speak”) + -σῐς (-sis).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "λέξῐς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léxis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ λέξῐς",
      "roman": "hē léxis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λέξει",
      "roman": "tṑ léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ λέξεις",
      "roman": "hai léxeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς λέξεως",
      "roman": "tês léxeōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεξέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lexéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν λέξεων",
      "roman": "tôn léxeōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ λέξει",
      "roman": "têi léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν λεξέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn lexéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς λέξεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs léxesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs léxesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν λέξῐν",
      "roman": "tḕn léxin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ λέξει",
      "roman": "tṑ léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς λέξεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s léxeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξῐ",
      "roman": "léxi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξει",
      "roman": "léxei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέξεις",
      "roman": "léxeis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέξεως",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "λέξῐς"
      },
      "expansion": "λέξῐς • (léxis) f (genitive λέξεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "λέξῐς",
        "2": "εως",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "antílexis",
      "word": "ἀντίλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diálexis",
      "word": "διάλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "éklexis",
      "word": "ἔκλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epílexis",
      "word": "ἐπίλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eúlexis",
      "word": "εὔλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "katálexis",
      "word": "κατάλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lektikós",
      "word": "λεκτικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lexikós",
      "word": "λεξικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lexikón",
      "word": "λεξικόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "perílexis",
      "word": "περίλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "poluléxis",
      "word": "πολυλέξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prodiálexis",
      "word": "προδιάλεξις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "súllexis",
      "word": "σύλλεξις"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a saying, speech"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a saying, speech",
        "a way of speaking, diction, style"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "diction",
          "diction"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "word, phrase",
        "explanation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "word, phrase",
        "a word peculiar in form or significance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "word, phrase",
        "(grammar) a word peculiar in form or significance"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lék.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lék.sis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlek.sis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λέξις"
}

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