Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐκλέγω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκλέγω ἐκλέξω ἐξείλεγμαι

Structure: ἐκ (Prefix) + λέγ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to pick or single out, to choose
  2. (in middle voice) to pull out one's gray hairs

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκλέγω ἐκλέγεις ἐκλέγει
Dual ἐκλέγετον ἐκλέγετον
Plural ἐκλέγομεν ἐκλέγετε ἐκλέγουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκλέγω ἐκλέγῃς ἐκλέγῃ
Dual ἐκλέγητον ἐκλέγητον
Plural ἐκλέγωμεν ἐκλέγητε ἐκλέγωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐκλέγοιμι ἐκλέγοις ἐκλέγοι
Dual ἐκλέγοιτον ἐκλεγοίτην
Plural ἐκλέγοιμεν ἐκλέγοιτε ἐκλέγοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἐκλέγε ἐκλεγέτω
Dual ἐκλέγετον ἐκλεγέτων
Plural ἐκλέγετε ἐκλεγόντων, ἐκλεγέτωσαν
Infinitive ἐκλέγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκλεγων ἐκλεγοντος ἐκλεγουσα ἐκλεγουσης ἐκλεγον ἐκλεγοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκλέγομαι ἐκλέγει, ἐκλέγῃ ἐκλέγεται
Dual ἐκλέγεσθον ἐκλέγεσθον
Plural ἐκλεγόμεθα ἐκλέγεσθε ἐκλέγονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐκλέγωμαι ἐκλέγῃ ἐκλέγηται
Dual ἐκλέγησθον ἐκλέγησθον
Plural ἐκλεγώμεθα ἐκλέγησθε ἐκλέγωνται
OptativeSingular ἐκλεγοίμην ἐκλέγοιο ἐκλέγοιτο
Dual ἐκλέγοισθον ἐκλεγοίσθην
Plural ἐκλεγοίμεθα ἐκλέγοισθε ἐκλέγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἐκλέγου ἐκλεγέσθω
Dual ἐκλέγεσθον ἐκλεγέσθων
Plural ἐκλέγεσθε ἐκλεγέσθων, ἐκλεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐκλέγεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐκλεγομενος ἐκλεγομενου ἐκλεγομενη ἐκλεγομενης ἐκλεγομενον ἐκλεγομενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὃσ προπορεύεται πρότεροσ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκλέγεσθαι ὑμῖν τόπον, ὁδηγῶν ὑμᾶσ ἐν πυρὶ νυκτόσ, δεικνύων ὑμῖν τὴν ὁδὸν καθ̓ ἣν πορεύεσθε ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐν νεφέλῃ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 1:33)
  • Τοιαῦτα ὁ Μασσαλιώτησ ἔλεγεν τὸν Ζηνόθεμιν εἰργάσθαι ὑπὲρ τοῦ φίλου, ὡσ ὁρᾷσ, οὐ μικρὰ οὐδὲ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἂν Σκυθῶν γενόμενα, οἵ γε κἂν τὰσ παλλακὰσ ἀκριβῶσ τὰσ καλλίστασ ἐκλέγεσθαι λέγονται. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 25:1)
  • τὸ δ’ ἐκλέγεσθαι τὰ πρὸσ μηδὲν ὠφέλιμα καὶ τηρεῖν ἐπιμελῶσ καὶ πολυπόνωσ οὐ σεμνὸν οὐδὲ καλὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ καταγέλαστόν ἐστιν. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 22 6:1)
  • τέλοσ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἐκλέγεσθαι καὶ λαμβάνειν ἐκεῖνα φρονίμωσ· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 26 5:1)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἐκλέγεσθαι τὰ μήτε συμφέροντα μήτε τίμια μήθ’ ὅλωσ αἱρετὰ πῶσ εὐλόγιστόν ἐστιν; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 27 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. to pick or single out

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