διήγησις

Greek word meaning "narration, exposition." Lapide notes the Greek reading of Ecclesiasticus where the Latin has "discourse," the Greek has diegesis (the narration, the exposition of famous men).

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — Lapide cites the Greek term from Ecclesiasticus, glossing diegesis as "the narration, the exposition" of famous men

  "he will preserve the discourse (in Greek diegesis — the narration, the exposition) of famous men"