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logos

No, logos does not simply mean "word" in Ancient Greek.

Logos noun

1580s, "the divine Word, second person of the Christian Trinity"

from Greek logos "word, speech, statement, discourse, a computation, account, reason, judgment, understanding, treatise"

from PIE *log-o-, suffixed form of root *leg- "to collect, gather"

logos noun
  • narrative, story
  • the divine wisdom manifest in the creation, government, and redemption of the world and often identified with the second person of the Trinity
  • reason that in ancient Greek philosophy is the controlling principle in the universe

Latin logos, logi
1. mere words (pl.), joke, jest, bon mot
2. word

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~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
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artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
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