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 ἐξεκαλοῦντο τὸν Λὼτ καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸσ αὐτόν. ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ ἄνδρεσ οἱ εἰσελθόντεσ πρὸσ σὲ τὴν νύκτα̣ ἐξάγαγε αὐτοὺσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ἵνα συγγενώμεθα αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:5)
- κατέσπευδεν δὲ αὐτοὺσ οἱ ἐργοδιῶκται καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖσ καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸσ τὸν λαὸν λέγοντεσ. τάδε λέγει Φαραώ. οὐκέτι δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἄχυρα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:10)
- καὶ παραγενόμενοσ ὁ λαὸσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν ἔλεγον. ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν, ὅτι κατελαλήσαμεν κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ κατὰ σοῦ. εὖξαι οὖν πρὸσ Κύριον, καὶ ἀφελέτω ἀφ’ ἡμῶν τὸν ὄφιν. καὶηὔξατο Μωυσῆσ πρὸσ Κύριον περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:7)
- καὶ ἔλεγον. εἰ εὕρομεν χάριν ἐνώπιόν σου, δοθήτω ἡ γῆ αὕτη τοῖσ οἰκέταισ σου ἐν κατασχέσει, καὶ μὴ διαβιβάσῃσ ἡμᾶσ τὸν Ἰορδάνην. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:5)
- καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ καὶ ἔλεγον. ἐπαύλεισ προβάτων οἰκοδομήσομεν ὧδε τοῖσ κτήνεσιν ἡμῶν καὶ πόλεισ ταῖσ ἀποσκευαῖσ ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:16)
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)
