λόγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέγω "I say"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /lóɡos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /lóɣos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /lóɣos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /lóɣos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /lóɣos/

Noun

λόγος (genitive λόγου) m, second declension; (logos)

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

Second declension of λόγος, λόγου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λόγος	τὼ λόγω	οἱ λόγοι
Genitive	τοῦ λόγου	τοῖν λόγοιν	τῶν λόγων
Dative	τῷ λόγῳ	τοῖν λόγοιν	τοῖς λόγοις
Accusative	τὸν λόγον	τὼ λόγω	τοὺς λόγους
Vocative	λόγε	λόγω	λόγοι

Descendants

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

References

• λόγος in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3056

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Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlo.ɣos]

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

declension of λόγος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	λόγος	λόγοι
genitive (γενική)	λόγου	λόγων
accusative (αιτιατική)	λόγο	λόγους
vocative (κλητική)	λόγε	λόγοι
Alternative plural: λόγια n

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• λογική f (logikí, “logic”)
• λογικό n (logikó, “reason”)
• λογικός (logikós, “logical”)
• λόγιος m (lógios, “scholar”)
• λόγιος (lógios, “learned”)
• λογοδιάρροια f (logodiárroia, “logorrhea, chattering”)
• λογοθεραπευτής m (logotherapeftís, “speech therapist”)

• λογοθεραπεύτρια f (logotherapéftria, “speech therapist”)
• πλάγιος λόγος m (plágios lógos, "reported/indirect speech")
• λόγος διαστάσεων m (lógos diastáseon, "aspect ratio")
• λόγος διάστασης m (lógos diástasis, "aspect ratio")
• έμμετρος λόγος m (émmetros lógos, "poetry")
• παράλογος m (parálogos, “irrational”)