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 εἶπε Μωυσῆσ πρὸσ Κύριον. ἰδοὺ σύ μοι λέγεισ. ἀνάγαγε τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἐδήλωσάσ μοι, ὃν συναποστελεῖσ μετ̓ ἐμοῦ. σὺ δέ μοι εἶπασ. οἶδά σε παρὰ πάντασ, καὶ χάριν ἔχεισ παῤ ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 33:12)
- μὴ ἐγὼ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔλαβον πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, ἢ ἐγὼ ἔτεκον αὐτούσ, ὅτι λέγεισ μοι, λάβε αὐτὸν εἰσ τὸν κόλπον σου, ὡσεὶ ἄραι τιθηνὸσ τὸν θηλάζοντα, εἰσ τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσασ τοῖσ πατράσιν αὐτῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 11:12)
- καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ Σαμψὼν Δαλιδά. πῶσ λέγεισ, ἠγάπηκά σε, καὶ ἡ καρδία σου οὐκ ἔστι μετ̓ ἐμοῦ̣ τοῦτο τρίτον ἐπλάνησάσ με καὶ οὐκ ἀπήγγειλάσ μοι ἐν τίνι ἡ ἰσχύσ σου ἡ μεγάλη. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 16:15)
- καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ αὐταῖσ. σὺ λέγεισ. οὗτοσ ὁ υἱόσ μου ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ὁ υἱὸσ ταύτησ ὁ τεθνηκώσ. καὶ σὺ λέγεισ. οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὁ υἱόσ μου ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ὁ υἱόσ σου ὁ τεθνηκώσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 3:23)
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)
