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

  • διαδουμ Τὰ δὲ κατὰ φύσιν πότερον ὡσ ἀγαθὰ ἐκλέγονται ἢ ὡσ ἀξίασ τινὰσ ἔχοντα ἢ προαγωγὰσ τοῦτο πρὸσ τὸ τέλοσ ἢ πρὸσ ἕτερόν τι τῶν ὄντων; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 27 18:3)
  • τῶν ἁλισκομένων, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἐκλέγονται τὸν λεπτόν, ὅπωσ μὴ πλατεῖαν ἐπιβάλλων σκιὰν ἐκταράττῃ τὸ ὕποπτον αὐτῶν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 24 6:1)
  • θαλλοφόρουσ γὰρ τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ τοὺσ καλοὺσ γέροντασ ἐκλέγονται, ὡσ συμπαρομαρτοῦντοσ πάσῃ ἡλικίᾳ τοῦ κάλλουσ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 18:3)
  • οὐκοῦν οἶσθα, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὅτι οἱ βαφῆσ, ἐπειδὰν βουληθῶσι βάψαι ἔρια ὥστ’ εἶναι ἁλουργά, πρῶτον μὲν ἐκλέγονται ἐκ τοσούτων χρωμάτων μίαν φύσιν τὴν τῶν λευκῶν, ἔπειτα προπαρασκευάζουσιν, οὐκ ὀλίγῃ παρασκευῇ θεραπεύσαντεσ ὅπωσ δέξεται ὅτι μάλιστα τὸ ἄνθοσ, καὶ οὕτω δὴ βάπτουσι. (Plato, Republic, book 4 227:1)
  • σχοινοτενέεσ δὲ διέξοδοι πάντα τρόπον ὁδῶν ἔχουσι διὰ τῶν γυναικῶν, δι’ ὧν οἱ ξεῖνοι διεξιόντεσ ἐκλέγονται· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 199 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. to pick or single out

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