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 αὐτῶν γε τούτων ἀναστρέφων τὰσ χρήσεισ, ἵνα τὸ μὲν ὀνοματικὸν προσηγορικὸν γένηται, τὸ δὲ προσηγορικὸν ὀνοματικῶσ λέγηται, καὶ τὰ μὲν παθητικὰ ῥήματα δραστήρια, τὰ δὲ δραστήρια παθητικά· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 2 2:2)
- χαίρει γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ τὰ τοιαῦτα λεπτολογῶν καθάπερ οἱ τὴν ψώραν ἡδέωσ κνώμενοι, καὶ τὸ φρόντισμα ἡδὺ αὐτῷ δοκεῖ καὶ μέγα φρονεῖ ἢν λέγηται ὡσ οὐ παντὸσ ἀνδρόσ ἐστι συνιδεῖν ἃ περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν ὀξυδορκεῖ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 34:4)
- ἄχρι δὲ ἂν οἰκεῖα τῷ πράγματι λέγηται, ἐξέστω ἀπομηκύνειν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:6)
- ὅπωσ μὴ ταῦτα λέγῃσ ποτέ, πάνυ εὔλογα, ἢν λέγηται, καὶ ἄφυκτα ἡμῖν, ὡσ οὐκ ἀδικοῦμεν μὴ προμηνύσαντεσ, ἄκουσον ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἁπάντων, καὶ τὸ δίκτυόν τε αὐτὸ καὶ τῶν κύρτων τὸ ἀδιέξοδον ἔκτοσθεν ἐπὶ σχολῆσ, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἔνδοθεν ἐκ τοῦ μυχοῦ προεπισκόπησον, καὶ τοῦ ἀγκίστρου δὲ τὸ ἀγκύλον καὶ τὴν εἰσ τὸ ἔμπαλιν τοῦ σκόλοποσ ἀναστροφὴν καὶ τῆσ τριαίνησ τὰσ ἀκμὰσ εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ λαβὼν καὶ πρὸσ τὴν γνάθον πεφυσημένην ἀποπειρώμενοσ, ἢν μὴ πάνυ ὀξέα μηδὲ ἄφυκτα μηδὲ ἀνιαρὰ ἐν τοῖσ τραύμασι φαίνηται βιαίωσ σπῶντα καὶ ἀμάχωσ ἀντιλαμβανόμενα, ἡμᾶσ μὲν ἐν τοῖσ δειλοῖσ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πεινῶσιν ἀνάγραφε, σεαυτὸν δὲ παρακαλέσασ θαρρεῖν ἐπιχείρει τῇ ἄγρᾳ, εἰ θέλεισ, καθάπερ ὁ λάροσ ὅλον περιχανὼν τὸ δέλεαρ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 3:4)
- ἓν γάρ τι καὶ τοῦτο τῶν ἄλλων καλλωπισμάτων αὐταῖσ δοκεῖ, ἢν λέγηται ὡσ πεπαιδευμέναι τὲ εἰσιν καὶ φιλόσοφοι καὶ ποιοῦσιν ᾄσματα οὐ πολὺ τῆσ Σαπφοῦσ ἀποδέοντα ‐ διὰ δὴ ταῦτα μισθωτοὺσ καὶ αὗται περιάγονται ῥήτορασ καὶ γραμματικοὺσ καὶ φιλοσόφουσ, ἀκροῶνται δ’ αὐτῶν ‐ πηνίκα; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 36:3)
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)