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.
- ὁ μὲν γὰρ Δημοσθενικὸσ ἔξω παντὸσ ὠραϊσμοῦ καὶ παιδιᾶσ εἰσ δεινότητα καὶ σπουδὴν συνηγμένοσ οὐκ ἐλλυχνίων ὄδωδεν, ὥσπερ ὁ Πυθέασ ἔσκωπτεν, ἀλλ’ ὐδροποσίασ καὶ φροντίδων καὶ τῆσ λεγομένησ πικρίασ τοῦ τρόπου καὶ στυγνότητοσ, Κικέρων δὲ πολλαχοὺ τῷ σκωπτικῷ πρὸσ τὸ βωμολόχον ἐκφερόμενοσ καὶ πράγματα σπονδῆσ ἄξια γέλωτι καὶ παίδιᾷ κατειρωνευόμενοσ ἐν ταῖσ δίκαισ εἰσ τὸ χρειῶδεσ ἠφείδει τοῦ πρέποντοσ, ὥσπερ ἐν τῇ Καιλίου συνηγορίᾳ μηδὲν ἄτοπον ποιεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν τοσαύτῃ τρνφῇ καὶ πολυτελείᾳ ταῖσ ἡδοναῖσ χρώμενον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 1 3:2)
- καίτοι τῆσ λεγομένησ ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ εἰσ σώματα παλιμμεταβολῆσ εἰ μὴ πίστεωσ ἄξιον τὸ ἀποδεικνύμενον, ἀλλ’ εὐλαβείασ γε μεγάλησ καὶ δέουσ τὸ ἀμφίβολον. (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 51)
- τῆσ δὲ λεγομένησ σάγδασ μύρον δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ τοῦτο Ἐπίλυκοσ ἐν Κωραλίσκῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 43 1:1)
- ὁμοίωσ οὐδ’ ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ εἰσ ὄφιν ἦλθε τῆσ Δαρείου γυναικὸσ ἐκπρεπεστάτησ εἶναι λεγομένησ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὴν μητέρα φοιτῶν αὐτῆσ πρεσβῦτιν οὖσαν, οὐχ ὑπέμεινε τὴν νέαν καὶ καλὴν ἰδεῖν. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 13 2:3)
- τοίνυν τῆσ προνοίασ θεωρουμένησ, κυριώτατα δὲ καὶ μάλιστα τῆσ πρώτησ λεγομένησ, οὐκ ἂν ὀκνήσαιμεν εἰπεῖν, εἰ καὶ φιλοσόφοισ ἀνδράσι τἀναντία λέγειν δόξαιμεν, ὡσ πάντα μὲν καθ’ εἱμαρμένην καὶ κατὰ πρόνοιαν οὐ μὴν καὶ κατὰ φύσιν· (Plutarch, De fato, section 9 3:1)
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)
