logion
lo·gi·on/ˈləʊ.ɡɪ.ən/noun
logion is spelled L-O-G-I-O-N: 6 letters and 3 syllables (lo·gi·on). As a noun, logion means “A traditional saying of a religious leader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logion is logia.
How many letters and syllables are in logion?
| Letters | 6: L-O-G-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: lo·gi·on |
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce logion?
- UK /ˈləʊ.ɡɪ.ən/
- UK /ˈlɒ-/
- UK /-ɒn/
Logion has 3 syllables, split lo·gi·on in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-logion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of logion
- logia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does logion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional saying of a religious leader.
- 2
A saying that is attributed to Jesus in ancient or reconstructed texts that was (originally) handed down without narrative context.
The Q materials are often thought to have almost exclusively consisted of logia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Logion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a saying that is attributed to Jesus but which is not in the Bible:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | logion |
| German | Logion |
| Spanish | logion Iesu |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does logion come from?
] From Ancient Greek λόγιον (lógion, “oracle”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; the word or wisdom of God”) (from λέγω (légō, “I say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).