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ἐκλέγω

Non-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

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

Sense

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

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐκλέγω	ἐκλέγεις	ἐκλέγει
Dual		ἐκλέγετον	ἐκλέγετον
Plural	ἐκλέγομεν	ἐκλέγετε	ἐκλέγουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐκλέγω	ἐκλέγῃς	ἐκλέγῃ
Dual		ἐκλέγητον	ἐκλέγητον
Plural	ἐκλέγωμεν	ἐκλέγητε	ἐκλέγωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐκλέγοιμι	ἐκλέγοις	ἐκλέγοι
Dual		ἐκλέγοιτον	ἐκλεγοίτην
Plural	ἐκλέγοιμεν	ἐκλέγοιτε	ἐκλέγοιεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐκλέγε	ἐκλεγέτω
Dual		ἐκλέγετον	ἐκλεγέτων
Plural		ἐκλέγετε	ἐκλεγόντων, ἐκλεγέτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐκλέγειν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐκλεγων ἐκλεγοντος	ἐκλεγουσα ἐκλεγουσης	ἐκλεγον ἐκλεγοντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐκλέγομαι	ἐκλέγει, ἐκλέγῃ	ἐκλέγεται
Dual		ἐκλέγεσθον	ἐκλέγεσθον
Plural	ἐκλεγόμεθα	ἐκλέγεσθε	ἐκλέγονται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐκλέγωμαι	ἐκλέγῃ	ἐκλέγηται
Dual		ἐκλέγησθον	ἐκλέγησθον
Plural	ἐκλεγώμεθα	ἐκλέγησθε	ἐκλέγωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐκλεγοίμην	ἐκλέγοιο	ἐκλέγοιτο
Dual		ἐκλέγοισθον	ἐκλεγοίσθην
Plural	ἐκλεγοίμεθα	ἐκλέγοισθε	ἐκλέγοιντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐκλέγου	ἐκλεγέσθω
Dual		ἐκλέγεσθον	ἐκλεγέσθων
Plural		ἐκλέγεσθε	ἐκλεγέσθων, ἐκλεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐκλέγεσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐκλεγομενος ἐκλεγομενου	ἐκλεγομενη ἐκλεγομενης	ἐκλεγομενον ἐκλεγομενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐκλεγόντων, ἐκλεγέτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐκλέγειν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐκλεγων ἐκλεγοντος

ἐκλεγουσα ἐκλεγουσης

ἐκλεγον ἐκλεγοντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐκλεγέσθων, ἐκλεγέσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐκλέγεσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐκλεγομενος ἐκλεγομενου

ἐκλεγομενη ἐκλεγομενης

ἐκλεγομενον ἐκλεγομενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐξέλεγον	ἐξέλεγες	ἐξέλεγεν*
Dual		ἐξελέγετον	ἐξελεγέτην
Plural	ἐξελέγομεν	ἐξελέγετε	ἐξέλεγον
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐξελεγόμην	ἐξελέγου	ἐξελέγετο
Dual		ἐξελέγεσθον	ἐξελεγέσθην
Plural	ἐξελεγόμεθα	ἐξελέγεσθε	ἐξελέγοντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Examples

ἔδει γὰρ ἄρξαι τε τὴν νομιζομένην ἐν τῷ περιπάτῳ ἀρχὴν αὕτη δ’ ἦν ἐπὶ τῆσ εὐκοσμίασ τῶν ἐπιχειρούντων τριάκονθ’ ἡμέρασ, εἶτα τῇ ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ λαβόντα ἀφ’ ἑκάστου τῶν ἐπιχειρούντων ἐννέα ὀβολοὺσ ὑποδέξασθαι μὴ μόνον αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ τὴν συμβολὴν εἰσενεγκόντασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὓσ παρακαλέσειεν ὁ Λύκων, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπιμελῶσ συναντῶντασ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων εἰσ τὴν σχολήν, ὥστε γίνεσθαι μηδὲ εἰσ τὸν μυρισμὸν καὶ τοὺσ στεφάνουσ ἱκανὸν τὸ ἐκλεγόμενον ἀργύριον ἱεροποιῆσαί τε καὶ τῶν Μουσείων ἐπιμελητὴν γενέσθαι, ἃ δὴ πάντα ἐφαίνετο λόγου μὲν ἀλλότρια καὶ φιλοσοφίασ εἶναι, τρυφῆσ δὲ καὶ περιστάσεωσ οἰκειότερα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 69 1:1)
ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι νικᾶν ἐκλεγόμενον ἀντιπάλουσ, ἐν δὲ τῷ βίῳ τὰ πράγματα δίδωσι περιόντα πολλῶν μέγα φρονεῖν, καὶ ζηλωτὸν εἶναι μᾶλλον ἢ ζηλοῦν ἑτέρουσ, ἄν γε δὴ μὴ τοῦ Βριάρεω μηδὲ τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ ποιήσῃσ σεαυτὸν ἀνταγωνιστήν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 10 3:2)
ἔφη δ’ αὐτὸν ὁ κατήγοροσ καὶ τῶν ἐνδοξοτάτων ποιητῶν ἐκλεγόμενον τὰ πονηρότατα καὶ τούτοισ μαρτυρίοισ χρώμενον διδάσκειν τοὺσ συνόντασ κακούργουσ τε εἶναι καὶ τυραννικούσ, Ἡσιόδου μὲν τὸἔργον δ’ οὐδὲν ὄνειδοσ, ἀεργίη δέ τ’ ὄνειδοσ· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 2 67:1)
σκέψαι τί ποτ’ ἔχεισ τοῦτο καὶ πόθεν ἐληλυθόσ, τὸ πᾶσιν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ χρώμενον, πάντα τἆλλα δοκιμάζον, ἐκλεγόμενον, ἀπεκλεγόμενον. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 40:1)

Synonyms

to pick or single out
- ἐκκρίνω (to choose or pick out, to single out)
- ἀπολέγω (to pick out from, to pick out, choose)
- λέγω (to choose for oneself, pick out, to be chosen)

Derived

ἀμφιλέγω (to dispute about, to dispute, question)
ἀπολέγω (to pick out from, to pick out, choose)
ἀπολέγω (to decline, refuse, to decline)
διαλέγω (to pick out one from another, to pick out, to converse with)
ἐγκαταλέγω (to build in, were built into, to count among)
ἐπιλέγω (to choose, pick out, select)
λέγω (Ι lay down, put to sleep)
λέγω (to gather, pick up, picking out stones for building)
λέγω (to say, speak, say on)
παρεκλέγω (to collect covertly, to embezzle the)
προεκλέγω (to collect moneys not yet due)
προλέγω (to choose before, prefer)
προλέγω (to foretell, announce beforehand, to state publicly)
προσκαταλέγω (to enrol besides or in addition to, to reckon as belonging to)
προσλέγομαι (to lie beside, she lay beside or by, to speak to)
συλλέγω (to collect, gather, to compile)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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ἐκλέγω

Sense

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to pick or single out

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ἐκλέγω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to pick or single out

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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