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lo·gos       [loh-gos, -gohs, log-os] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(often initial capital letter) Philosophy. the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.
2.Theology. the divine word or reason incarnate in Jesus Christ. John 1:1–14.

[Origin: 1580–90; < Gk lógos a word, saying, speech, discourse, thought, proportion, ratio, reckoning, akin to légein to choose, gather, recount, tell over, speak; cf. lection]
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lo·go       [loh-goh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -gos.
1.Also called logotype. a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation, etc., often uniquely designed for ready recognition.
2.Printing. logotype (def. 1).

[Origin: by shortening of logotype or logogram]
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lo·go       (lō'gō')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. lo·gos
A name, symbol, or trademark designed for easy and definite recognition, especially one borne on a single printing plate or piece of type.


[Short for logogram and logotype.]

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Lo·gos       (lō'gōs', lŏg'ŏs')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Philosophy
    1. In pre-Socratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos, the source of this principle, or human reasoning about the cosmos.
    2. Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves.
    3. In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos; nous. Identified with God, it is the source of all activity and generation and is the power of reason residing in the human soul.
    4. In biblical Judaism, the word of God, which itself has creative power and is God's medium of communication with the human race.
    5. In Hellenistic Judaism, a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.
  2. Judaism
    1. In biblical Judaism, the word of God, which itself has creative power and is God's medium of communication with the human race.
    2. In Hellenistic Judaism, a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.
  3. Christianity In Saint John's Gospel, especially in the prologue (1:1-14), the creative word of God, which is itself God and incarnate in Jesus. Also called Word.


[Greek; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
logos 
1587, "second person of the Christian Trinity," from Gk. logos "word, speech, discourse," also "reason," from PIE base *leg- "to collect" (with derivatives meaning "to speak," on notion of "to pick out words"); used by Neo-Platonists in various metaphysical and theological senses and picked up by N.T. writers. Other Eng. formations from logos include logolatry "worship of words, unreasonable regard for words or verbal truth" (1810 in Coleridge); logomachy "fighting about words" (1569); logomania (1870); logophobia (1923); and logorrhea (1902).

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logos

noun
the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: Son

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Logos

Log"os\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the word or form which expresses a thought, also, the thought, fr. ? to speak.]

1. A word; reason; speech. --H. Bushell.

2. The divine Word; Christ.

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