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logion

Pronunciation: /ˈluː.ɡi.ɔn/

“logion” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a short saying or utterance, especially one attributed to Jesus and treated as a distinct textual unit

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λόγιον (lógion, “announcement, oracle; divine utterance”), from λόγος (lógos, “word, saying”), from Proto-Hellenic *lógos, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect (words)”). Compare Swedish logion, German Logion and English logion.

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