λέξις

Ancient Greek

From λέγω (légō, “speak”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).^[1]

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

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

Third declension of ἡ λέξῐς; τῆς λέξεως (Attic)

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

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέγω (> DER > 3. λέξις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 841-2

“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.