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.
- Ἑλικῶνα μὲν γάρ, ἵνα διατρίβειν αἱ θεαὶ λέγονται, οὐδὲ ἀκήκοασ οἶμαί ποτε, οὐδὲ τὰσ αὐτὰσ ^ διατριβὰσ ἡμῖν ἐν παισὶν ἐποιοῦ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 3:4)
- οὗτοσ ὁ Θερμώδων ἐστίν, ἵναπερ αἱ Ἀμαζόνεσ οἰκῆσαι λέγονται. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 15 4:6)
- καὶ ταύτασ ἀνατιθέναι λέγονται τῷ Ἀχιλλεῖ ὅσοι προσίσχουσι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 3:2)
- πρῶτοι μὲν ὦν ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἡμεῖσ ἴδμεν Αἰγύπτιοι λέγονται, θεῶν τε ἐννοίην λαβεῖν καὶ ἱρὰ εἵσασθαι καὶ τεμένεα καὶ πανηγύριασ ἀποδεῖξαι. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 2:1)
- καὶ μὴν ἐκεῖνά γε οὐδείσ ἐστιν ὅστισ οὐκ ἐπίσταται, ὅτι οἱ μὲν τὰσ λοιπὰσ τέχνασ ἐργαζόμενοι τὸν μὲν ἄλλον χρόνον ταλαιπωροῦσι, μίαν δὲ ἢ δύο μόνασ τοῦ μηνὸσ ἡμέρασ ἱερὰσ ἄγουσι,^ καὶ εὐφραίνεσθαι λέγονται τότε· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 15:1)
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)
