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 εἶπεν Ἠλιοὺ αὐτῷ. ἐγώ. πορεύου, λέγε τῷ κυρίῳ σου. ἰδοὺ Ἠλιού. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 18:7)
- καὶ νῦν σὺ λέγεισ μοι. πορεύου, λέγε τῷ κυρίῳ σου. ἰδοὺ Ἠλιού. καὶ ἀποκτενεῖ με̣ (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 18:13)
- καὶ νῦν λέγε μοι τίνοσ ἕνεκεν ἀπέδρασ ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν καὶ ἦλθεσ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ̣ ἥκεισ γὰρ εἰσ σωτηρίαν. θάρσει, ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ ζήσῃ καὶ εἰσ τὸ λοιπόν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 11:3)
- μὴ γὰρ λέγε ὅτι καθαρόσ εἰμι τοῖσ ἔργοισ καὶ ἄμεμπτοσ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 11:4)
- εἰσ ὦτα ἄφρονοσ μηδὲν λέγε, μήποτε μυκτηρίσῃ τοὺσ συνετοὺσ λόγουσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 23:9)
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)