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.
- διὰ τοῦτο λέγεται ἐν βιβλίῳ. πόλεμοσ τοῦ Κυρίου τὴν Ζωὸβ ἐφλόγιζε, καὶ τοὺσ χειμάρρουσ Ἀρνῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:14)
- καθὼσ λέγεται ἡ παραβολὴ ἡ ἀρχαία. ἐξ ἀνόμων ἐξελεύσεται πλημμέλεια. καὶ ἡ χείρ μου οὐκ ἔσται ἐπὶ σέ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 24:14)
- καὶ ὑμῖν δὲ λέγεται ὅπωσ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖσ Λευίταισ καὶ ἱεροψάλταισ καὶ θυρωροῖσ καὶ ἱεροδούλοισ καὶ πραγματικοῖσ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τούτου μηδὲ μία φορολογία μηδὲ ἄλλη ἐπιβουλὴ γίνηται, καὶ μηδένα ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἐπιβαλεῖν τι τούτοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:22)
- καὶ ἐδογμάτισαν πάντεσ μετὰ κοινοῦ ψηφίσματοσ μηδαμῶσ ἐᾶσαι ἀπαρασήμαντον τήνδε τὴν ἡμέραν, ἔχειν δὲ ἐπίσημον τὴν τρισκαιδεκάτην τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸσ Ἄδαρ λέγεται τῇ Συριακῇ φωνῇ πρὸ μιᾶσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ Μαρδοχαϊκῆσ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:36)
- Ἔξελθε ἐκ Βαβυλῶνοσ φεύγων ἀπὸ τῶν Χαλδαίων. φωνὴν εὐφροσύνησ ἀναγγείλατε, καὶ ἀκουστὸν γενέσθω τοῦτο, ἀπαγγείλατε ἕωσ ἐσχάτου τῆσ γῆσ, λέγεται. ἐρρύσατο Κύριοσ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 48:20)
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)
