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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

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Examples

τοιαύτην δὴ καταλαβὼν τὴν πολιτικὴν λέξιν ὁ Δημοσθένησ οὕτω κεκινημένην ποικίλωσ, καὶ τηλικούτοισ ἐπεισελθὼν ἀνδράσιν ἑνὸσ μὲν οὐθενὸσ ἠξίωσε γενέσθαι ζηλωτὴσ οὔτε χαρακτῆροσ οὔτε ἀνδρόσ, ἡμιέργουσ τινὰσ ἅπαντασ οἰόμενοσ εἶναι καὶ ἀτελεῖσ, ἐξ ἁπάντων δ’ αὐτῶν ὅσα κράτιστα καὶ χρησιμώτατα ἦν, ἐκλεγόμενοσ συνύφαινε καὶ μίαν ἐκ πολλῶν διάλεκτον ἀπετέλει, μεγαλοπρεπῆ λιτήν, περιττὴν ἀπέριττον, ἐξηλλαγμένην συνήθη, πανηγυρικὴν ἀληθινήν, αὐστηρὰν ἱλαράν, σύντονον ἀνειμένην, ἡδεῖαν πικράν, ἠθικὴν παθητικήν, οὐδὲν διαλλάττουσαν τοῦ μεμυθευμένου παρὰ τοῖσ ἀρχαίοισ ποιηταῖσ Πρωτέωσ, ὃσ ἅπασαν ἰδέαν μορφῆσ ἀμογητὶ μετελάμβανεν, εἴτε θεὸσ ἢ δαίμων τισ ἐκεῖνοσ ἄρα ἦν παρακρουόμενοσ ὄψεισ τὰσ ἀνθρωπίνασ εἴτε διαλέκτου ποικίλον τι χρῆμα ἐν ἀνδρὶ σοφῷ, πάσησ ἀπατηλὸν ἀκοῆσ, ὃ μᾶλλον ἄν τισ εἰκάσειεν, ἐπειδὴ ταπεινὰσ καὶ ἀσχήμονασ ὄψεισ οὔτε θεοῖσ οὔτε δαίμοσι προσάπτειν ὅσιον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 83)
οὐκοῦν ἕκαστοσ ἐκλεγόμενοσ λαμβάνει τῶν ἐπινεουσῶν τὴν πεπαιτάτην ἀεί; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 6218)
ὥσπερ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι πάντεσ δημιουργοὶ βλέποντεσ πρὸσ τὸ αὑτῶν ἔργον ἕκαστοσ οὐκ εἰκῇ ἐκλεγόμενοσ προσφέρει πρὸσ τὸ ἔργον τὸ αὑτῶν, ἀλλ’ ὅπωσ ἂν εἶδόσ τι αὐτῷ σχῇ τοῦτο ὃ ἐργάζεται. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 344:1)
ἐκπλευσάντων δὲ τούτων καὶ τριχῇ διαιρεθέντων Δαμόφιλοσ μὲν ἔχων ναῦσ τὰσ καλουμένασ παρὰ Ῥοδίοισ φυλακίδασ ἔπλευσεν εἰσ Κάρπαθον καὶ πολλὰ μὲν πλοῖα τῶν Δημητρίου καταλαβών, ἃ μὲν τοῖσ ἐμβόλοισ θραύων κατεπόντιζεν, ἃ δ’ ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν κομίζων ἐνεπύριζεν, ἐκλεγόμενοσ τῶν σωμάτων τὰ χρησιμώτατα, οὐκ ὀλίγα δὲ τῶν κομιζόντων τοὺσ ἐκ τῆσ νήσου καρποὺσ κατήγαγεν εἰσ τὴν πατρίδα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 93 2:2)
καὶ εἴ τισ αὐτῷ δοκοίη τῶν πρὸσ τοῦτο τεταγμένων βλακεύειν, ἐκλεγόμενοσ τὸν ἐπιτήδειον ἔπαισεν ἄν, καὶ ἅμα αὐτὸσ προσελάμβανεν εἰσ τὸν πηλὸν ἐμβαίνων· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 11:2)

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)

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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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