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.
- οἱ δὲ ἔστ’ ἂν μὲν περὶ τοῦ πράγματοσ λέγωσιν, ἀνέχεται ἡ, βουλὴ καθ’ ἡσυχίαν ἀκούουσα· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:3)
- πρὸσ θεῶν εἰπέ μοι, τί πάσχεισ ἐπειδὰν κἀκεῖνα λέγωσιν οἱ πολλοί, λεσβιάζειν σε καὶ φοινικίζειν ; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 25:1)
- ὥσθ’ ὅ τι μὲν ἂν λέγωσιν οὐκ ἀκούομεν, ἃ δ’ οὐ λέγουσι, ταῦθ’ ὑπονενοήκαμεν, ἀγγέλλομεν δ’ οὐ ταὐτὰ τῶν αὐτῶν πέρι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene18)
- καὶ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι πάντεσ κατήγοροι, ὅταν οἰώνται δεῖν ἐν τῷ προτέρῳ λόγῳ ὑφελεῖν τῶν φευγόντων τὰσ ἀπολογίασ, τοῦτο παρακελεύονται τοῖσ δικασταῖσ, μὴ ἐθέλειν ἀκούειν τῶν ἀπολογουμένων, ἐάν τινεσ ἔξω τοῦ νόμου λέγωσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀπαντᾶν πρὸσ τὰ λεγόμενα καὶ κελεύειν τὸν νόμον ἀναγιγνώσκειν· (Hyperides, Speeches, 10:1)
- ὡσ ἡνίκ’ ἂν λέγωσιν οὐκ ἐσφρήσομεν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode2)
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)