λόγ-ιος, α, ον,
(λόγος)
of or belonging to λόγοι:
I
1. versed in tales or stories (cf. λόγος v), λόγιοι καὶ ἀοιδοί Pi. P. 1.94, cf. N. 6.45: hence of chroniclers (opp. poets), Περσέων οἱ λόγιοι Hdt. 1.1; Αἰγυπτίων - ώτατοι Id. 2.3, cf. 4.46; so later, οἱ - ώτατοι τῶν ἀρχαίων συγγραφέων Plb. 6.45.1, cf. 38.6.1, D.S. 2.4, D.H. 5.17, etc.
2. generally, learned, erudite, Democr. 30, etc.; λ. περὶ τὴν ὅλην φύσιν Arist. Pol. 1267b28; ὁ λ. Ἀκεστῖνος, of a learned physician, Hld. 4.7; οἱ - ώτατοι Τυρρηνῶν, of the Tuscan haruspices, Plu. Sull. 7; Χαλδαίων οἱ λ. Arr. An. 7.16.5, cf. J. AJ 17.6.2, etc.; λογιώτατος as title, OGI 408.5 (Theb. Aeg.), POxy. 902.1 (v A. D.), etc.; ὁ τῆς λ. μνήμης σχολαστικός PMasp. 118.30 (vi A. D.).
II skilled in words, eloquent, τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὅπερ νῦν καὶ λόγιον ὀνομάζουσιν Demetr. Eloc. 38, etc.; Arist. is said to have made Thphr. [ τὸν] -ώτατον (of his disciples), Str. 13.2.4; λ. ἐξ ἀφώνου γενόμενος Plu. Pomp. 51; epith. of Hermes, as the god of eloquence, Luc. Apol. 2, Gall. 2 (Sup.), Jul. Or. 4.132a; οἱ λ. θεοί Id. 80; this sense is condemned by Phryn. 176. Adv. - ίως eloquently, Plu. 2.405a; ὡς ἐνῆν - ώτατα as nearly in words as possible, of the elephant, ib.968d.
III oracular, Ἀπόλλωνος δῶμα λόγιον Berl.Sitzb. 1911.632 (Cyprus).
G3052 — λόγιος
λόγιον (λόγος), in classical Greek
1. learned, a man of letters, skilled in literature and the arts; especially versed in history and antiquities.
2. skilled in speech, eloquent: so [Act 18:24] (which, however, others refer to 1 (finding its explanation in the following δυαντος κτλ.)). The use of the word is fully exhibited by Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 198. ((Herodotus, Euripides, others))
* λόγιος , - ον
( < λόγος ),
1. in cl ., learned (Ac, l.c ., R , txt .).
2. In late Gk ., eloquent: [Act 18:24] ( v. Page , in l ; Field, Notes , 129). †