Orthoepy means the correct use of words, from the Greek orth- + -epos, correct + word, speech. Older English forms are orthoepeia and orthoepia. A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes. ...

The English meaning of orthoepy is correct pronunciation, or the study of pronunciation. This is the only sense in English acknowledged by the OED and Webster's Dictionary. In this sense, its opposite is barbarism. Pronunciation refers to: the way a word or a language is usually spoken; the manner in which someone utters a word. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). ... 1888 advertisement for Websters Dictionary Websters Dictionary is a common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, deriving its name from American lexicographer Noah Webster. ... A barbarism is a word or expression that is not standard in a language. ...

However, in ancient Greek, orthoepeia generally had the sense of "correct diction" (cf. LSJ ad loc., or the etymology in the OED); the archaic English term for this subject is orthology, and in this sense its opposite is solecism. The study of orthoepeia by the Greek sophists of the fifth century BC, especially Prodicus (c. 396 BC) and Protagoras, also included proto-logical concepts. Protagoras criticized Homer for making the word for "wrath" feminine (Aristotle, Sophistic Refutations 14) and for praying to the Muse with an imperative (ibid. Poetics 19). Plato depicts Protagoras criticizing the poet Simonides for contradicting himself, and then shows Socrates and Prodicus arguing to the contrary that Protagoras has conflated the senses of the words "be" and "become" (Protagoras 339a-340c). Euripides and Aeschylus bicker over orthotes epeon in Aristophanes' comedy The Frogs. Diction is the art of enunciating with clarity, of speaking in such a way that each word is clearly heard. ... A Greek-English Lexicon is the standard lexicographical work of the ancient Greek language, begun in the nineteenth century and now in its ninth (revised) edition. ... In linguistic prescriptivism, a solecism is a grammatical or other mistake or absurdity. ... Sophism was originally a term for the techniques taught by a highly respected group of philosophy and rhetoric teachers in ancient Greece. ... Prodicus of Ceos (Πρόδικος Pródikos, born c. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC - 390s BC - 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC Years: 401 BC 400 BC 399 BC 398 BC 397 BC - 396 BC - 395 BC 394 BC... Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) was born around 481 BC in Abdera, Thrace in Ancient Greece. ... Logic, from Classical Greek λόγος (logos), originally meaning the word, or what is spoken, (but coming to mean thought or reason) is most often said to be the study of criteria for the evaluation of arguments, although the exact definition of logic is a matter of controversy among philosophers. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the ancient Greek philosopher, for all other uses see: Socrates (disambiguation) Socrates ca. ... Protagoras is the title of one of Platos dialogues. ... A statue of Euripides Euripides (Greek: Ευριπίδης) (c. ... Aeschylus This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... Bust of Aristophanes Aristophanes (c. ... The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. ...