διά-λεκτος, -ου, ἡ
(< διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Da LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Es 9:26 *;]
1. conversation, discourse, speech (Plat., Dem., al.).
2. As in Polyb. and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular country or district: Ac 1:192:6, 821:4022:226:14.†