διά-λεκτος, -ου, ἡ (διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Dan LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Est.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: Act.1:19 2:6, 8 21:40 22:2 26:14. (
AS)