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 εὐλόγησεν αὐτὰ ὁ Θεόσ, λέγων. αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε καὶ πληρώσατε τὰ ὕδατα ἐν ταῖσ θαλάσσαισ, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ πληθυνέσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:22)
- καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺσ ὁ Θεόσ, λέγων. αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν καὶ κατακυριεύσατε αὐτῆσ καὶ ἄρχετε τῶν ἰχθύων τῆσ θαλάσσησ καὶ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:28)
- καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῷ Ἀδὰμ λέγων. ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ βρώσει φαγῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:16)
- καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νῶε λέγων. οὗτοσ διαναπαύσει ἡμᾶσ ἀπό τῶν ἔργων ἡμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λυπῶν τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, ἧσ κατηράσατο Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 5:29)
- Καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ πρὸσ Νῶε λέγων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:15)
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)
