I
1. discourse, conversation, Hp. Art. 30;
2. common language, talk,
II
1. speech, language, Ar. Fr. 685;
2. the language of a country, Plb. 1.80.6, D.S. 5.6, etc.: esp. dialect, as Ionic, Attic, etc., Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213, D.H. Comp. 3, S.E. M. 1.59, Hdn.Gr. 2.932; also, local word or expression, Plu. Alex. 31.
III
1. way of speaking, accent, D. 37.55.
2. pl., modes of expression, Epicur Ephesians 1 p.24U. style,
speech; manner of speaking; peculiar language of a nation, dialect, vernacular idiom, Act 1:19; Act 2:6; Act 2:8; Act 21:40; Act 22:2; Act 26:14
G1258 —
1. "conversation, speech, discourse, language (Plato, Demosthenes, others).
2. from Polybius (cf. Aristotle, probl. 10, 38
διά - λεκτος , - ου , ἡ
( < διαλέγομαι ),
[in LXX : Da LXX Dan 1:4 (H3956), Est 9:26 * ;]
1. conversation, discourse, speech ( Plat ., Dem., al. ).
2. As in Polyb . and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular country or district: Act 1:19; Act 2:6; Act 2:8; Act 21:40; Act 22:2; Act 26:14. †