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.
- δυνάμεισ δὲ καθ’ ἃσ παθητικοὶ τούτων λεγόμεθα, οἱο͂ν καθ’ ἃσ δυνατοὶ ὀργισθῆναι ἢ λυπηθῆναι ἢ ἐλεῆσαι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 45:1)
- κατὰ τὰ πάθη σπουδαῖοι ἢ φαῦλοι, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ κακίασ λεγόμεθα, καὶ ὅτι κατὰ μὲν τὰ πάθη οὔτ’ ἐπαινούμεθα οὔτε ψεγόμεθα οὐ γὰρ ἐπαινεῖται ὁ φοβούμενοσ οὐδὲ ὁ ὀργιζόμενοσ, οὐδὲ ψέγεται ὁ ἁπλῶσ ὀργιζόμενοσ ἀλλ’ ὁ πῶσ, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ κακίασ ἐπαινούμεθα ἢ ψεγόμεθα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 47:1)
- πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ κατὰ μὲν τὰ πάθη κινεῖσθαι λεγόμεθα, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ κακίασ οὐ κινεῖσθαι ἀλλὰ διακεῖσθαί πωσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 49:2)
- οὔτε γὰρ ἀγαθοὶ λεγόμεθα τῷ δύνασθαι πάσχειν ἁπλῶσ οὔτε κακοί, οὔτ’ ἐπαινούμεθα οὔτε ψεγόμεθα· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 50:2)
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)
