A.gathered, chosen, picked out, of stones, “λ. έκ γαίης λάους” Hes.Fr.115.3; “στόλος” A.Pers.795; “ᾐθέων λεκτοί” S.OT 19, etc.
II. capable of being spoken, to be spoken, “ἔστ᾽ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά” Id.Ph.633; “κακὸν οὐ τλητὸν οὐδὲ λεκτόν” E.Hipp.875; “οὔτε λ. οὔτε πιστόν” Ar.Av.423 (lyr.): λεκτόν, τό, an expression (opp. mere φωνή), A.D.Adv.136.32; a word (with a meaning), Id.Pron.59.1, al.; τὰ λ. predications, Cleanth.Stoic.1.109; but later, expressions, phrases (including statements, questions, commands, wishes, etc.), Stoic.2.58, 61, al.; coupled with προτάσεις and ἀξιώματα, Plot.5.5.1.
