λέγω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λέγω
Structure:
λέγ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to gather, pick up, picking out stones for building, to gather for oneself
- to choose for oneself, pick out, to be chosen
- to count, tell, reckon up, I reckoned myself, he told him over, I was counted
- to count, count, to count
- to recount, tell over, tell the tale
Conjugation
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.
- καὶ ἐγένετο πᾶσ ὁ βλέπων ἔλεγεν. οὐκ ἐγένετο καὶ οὐχ ἑώραται ἀπὸ ἡμέρασ ἀναβάσεωσ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ θέσθε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ βουλὴν ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν καὶ λαλήσατε. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 19:30)
- καὶ ἔλεγεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ θύων. θυμιαθήτω πρῶτον, ὡσ καθήκει, τὸ στέαρ, καὶ λάβε σεαυτῷ ἐκ πάντων, ὧν ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ ψυχή σου. καὶ εἶπεν. οὐχί, ὅτι νῦν δώσεισ, καὶ ἐὰν μή, λήψομαι κραταιῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:16)
- καὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ τάδε ἔλεγεν ἕκαστοσ ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι ἐπερωτᾶν τὸν Θεόν. δεῦρο καὶ πορευθῶμεν πρὸσ τὸν βλέποντα. ὅτι τὸν προφήτην ἐκάλει ὁ λαὸσ ἔμπροσθεν Ὁ βλέπων. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 9:9)
- καὶ ὤρθρισεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ καὶ ἔστη ἀνὰ χεῖρασ τῆσ ὁδοῦ τῆσ πύλησ καὶ ἐγένετο πᾶσ ἀνήρ, ᾧ ἐγένετο κρίσισ, ἦλθε πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα εἰσ κρίσιν, καὶ ἐβόησε πρὸσ αὐτὸν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτῷ. ἐκ ποίασ πόλεωσ σὺ εἶ̣ καὶ εἶπεν. ἐκ μιᾶσ φυλῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὁ δοῦλόσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 15:2)
- ὁ δὲ Ἡλιόδωροσ, δἰ ἃσ εἶχε βασιλικὰσ ἐντολάσ, πάντωσ ἔλεγεν εἰσ τὸ βασιλικὸν ἀναληπτέα ταῦτα εἶναι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:13)
Synonyms
-
to gather
- ἀναλέγω (to pick up, gather up, to pick up for oneself)
-
to choose for oneself
- ἀπολέγω (to pick out from, to pick out, choose)
- ἐκκρίνω (to choose or pick out, to single out)
- ἐκλέγω (to pick or single out, to choose)
- ἐπιλέγω (to choose, pick out, select)
- αἱρέω ( to take for oneself, choose)
-
to count
-
to recount
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)
- ἐκλέγω (to pick or single out, to choose, to pull out one's gray hairs)
- ἐπιλέγω (to choose, pick out, select)
- λέγω (Ι lay down, put to sleep)
- 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)
