λογῐκ-ός , ή, όν, ( [λόγος] )

A. of or for speaking or speech, μέρη λ. the organs of speech, Plu.Cor.38: λογική, ἡ, speech, opp. μουσική, D.H. Comp. 11; λ. φαντασία expressed in speech, Stoic.2.61 .

2. of or in eloquence, ἀγω̂νες Philostr.VS1.22.1 ; ἀκροάσεις λ. καὶ ὀργανικαί Supp.Epigr.2.184.6 (Tanagra, ii B.C.).

3. suited for prose, ὁ ἡρῳ̂ος σεμνὸς καὶ οὐ λ. Demetr.Eloc.42 ; τὸ λ., opp. τὸ μεγαλοπρεπές, ib.41; of persons, writing in prose, D.L.5.85; ἐγκώμιον λ. in prose, IG9(2).531.43 (Thess.).

II. possessed of reason, intellectual, μέρος Ti.Locr.99e , al.; τὸ λ. ζῳ̂ον Chrysipp.Stoic.3.95 ; ἀρεταὶ λ., = διανοητικαί, opp. ἠθικαί, Arist.EN1108b9.

2. dialectical, argumentative, οἱ λ. διάλογοι of Plato, such as the Theaetetus and Cratylus, D.L.3.58; in Arist. usu. like διαλεκτικός, λ. συλλογισμός APo.93a15, cf. Top.162b27; διὰ λογικωτέρων καὶ ἀκριβεστέρων λόγων more abstract, Metaph. 1080a10 ; λ. δυσχέρειαι ib.1005b22; λ. ἀπόδειξις GA747b28 ; but also, logical, λ. συλλογισμοί, opp. ῥητορικοί, Rh.1355a13. Adv. -κω̂ς dialectically, Metaph. 1029b13 , APo.84a7, 88a19; φυσικω̂ς καὶ λ. GC316a11 : Comp. -ώτερον Cael.275b12.

b. Subst., ἡ λογική (sc. τέχνη) logic, Cic.Fin.1.7.22; also τὰ λογικά Id.Tusc.4.14.33 ; περὶ λογικω̂ν title of work, Democr.10b; τὸ λ., opp. τὸ φυσικόν, τὸ ἠθικόν, Zeno Stoic. 1.15, etc.

3. of the 'dogmatic' school of physicians, ἡ λ. αἵρεσις Gal.Sect.Intr.1 .

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