Quick Definition
λόγιος, α, ον Adj eloquent
Strong's Definition
fluent, i.e. an orator
Derivation: from G3056 (λόγος);
KJV Usage: eloquent
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λόγιος, -ov, (λόγος), in class. Grk. 1. learned, aman of letters, skilled in literature and the arts; esp. versed in history and antiquities. 2. skilled in speech, eloquent: so Acts xviii. 24 [which, however, al. refer to 1 (finding its explanation in the foll. δυνατὸς xr\.)]. The use of the word is fully exhibited by Lobeck ad Phryn. p- 198. [(Hdt., Eur., al.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λόγιος logios 1x
gifted with learning or eloquence, Acts 18:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* λόγιος, -ον
(< λόγος),
in cl., learned (Ac 18:24, R, txt.).
In late Gk., eloquent: Ac 18:24 (v. Page, in l.; Field, Notes, 129).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λόγιος. On the ground of Phrynichus’ statement, supported by Lobeck’s citations (Lob. Piry. p. 198), that the ‘‘multitude,” as distinguished from Attic writers, use λόγιος of the man who is ‘skilful and lofty ’’ in speech (ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ 'λέγουσιν ἐπὶ τοῦ δεινοῦ εἰπεῖν kal ὑψηλοῦ), Moulton (Cambridge Essays, p. 498 f.) prefers the AV rendering “‘ eloquent ” (Ve eloguens) to the RV ‘‘ learned” (marg. ‘ eloquent”) in Ac 18%, laying it down as ‘‘a fair working rule that a meaning condemned by these sod7stes of literature, Phrynichus and his company, may be accepted as probably intended by the New Testament writer.” Field (Woes, p. 129) takes the same line. The papyrus and inscriptional evidence, which is unfortunately for the most part late, does not help us much. Thus P Oxy VI. 902? (c. A.D. 465) τῷ λογιωτάτῳ σχολαστικῷ may be either ‘‘to the most learned’’ or “‘ to the most eloquent advocate,” and similarly with the same phrase in P Flor III. 37718 (vi/A.p.) and BGU III. 8367 (time of Justinian). In P Oxy I. 1268 (a.D. 572) a woman refers to her father as τοῦ σ]οφωτάτου σχολαστικοῦ, and her husband as τοῦ λογιω[τά]του pov συμβίου, where the | latter adj. is probably to be taken in a somewhat general sense, as perhaps also in OG/S 408° (ii/a.p.) ἐπ᾿ ἀγαθῷ Φιλοπάππου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ Μαξίμου Στατιλίου ἰδίου λόγου, τῶν λογιωτάτων καὶ φιλτάτων. On the other hand on Cagnat IV. 77 λογίω πρυτάνιος, the editor notes: ‘inter prytanes, qui senatui civitatis quoque anno per vices praeerant, is vocabatur λόγιος cui mandata erat rationum cura.” Cf. Michel 1170 (i/A.D.) ἄρχοντος Πυρράκου τοῦ Aoylov. Perhaps some such general phrase as ‘fa man of culture” best gives the sense in the Acts passage (cf. Bartlet ad 7. in the Century Bible, and Moffatt). For λογιότης as a title of address see P Lips I. 3724 (A.D. 389) ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ σῇ λογιότητι τούςδε pov τοὺς λιβέλλου[ς : cf. BGU I. 40 115. 51 (A.D. 618). In MGr λόγιος = ‘‘ learned,” ‘‘a scholar.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
λόγιος (logios) — learned. λόγ-ιος, α, ον, (λόγος) of or belonging to λόγοι:
I. versed in tales or stories (compare λόγος see), λόγιοι καὶ ἀοιδοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αἰγυπτίων -ώτατοι [Refs]; so later, οἱ - ώτατοι τῶν ἀρχαίων συγγραφέων [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.2. generally, learned, erudite, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ λ. Ἀκεστῖνος, of a learned physician, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἱ -ώτατοι Τυρρηνῶν, of the Tuscan haruspices, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; λογιώτατος as title, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὁ τῆς λ. μνήμης σχολαστικός [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II. skilled in words, eloquent, τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς ὅπερ νῦν καὶ λόγιον ὀνομάζουσιν [Refs 4th c.BC+] is said to have made [Refs 4th c.BC+]; epithet of Hermes, as the god of eloquence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; this sense is condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ίως eloquently, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὡς ἐνῆν -ώτατα as nearly in words as possible, of the elephant, [Refs]
III. oracular, Ἀπόλλωνος δῶμα λόγιον [Refs]