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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

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	λέγω	λέγεις	λέγει
	Dual		λέγετον	λέγετον
	Plural	λέγομεν	λέγετε	λέγουσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	λέγω	λέγῃς	λέγῃ
	Dual		λέγητον	λέγητον
	Plural	λέγωμεν	λέγητε	λέγωσιν*
Optative	Singular	λέγοιμι	λέγοις	λέγοι
	Dual		λέγοιτον	λεγοίτην
	Plural	λέγοιμεν	λέγοιτε	λέγοιεν
Imperative	Singular		λέγε	λεγέτω
	Dual		λέγετον	λεγέτων
	Plural		λέγετε	λεγόντων, λεγέτωσαν
Infinitive		λέγειν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		λεγων λεγοντος	λεγουσα λεγουσης	λεγον λεγοντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	λέγομαι	λέγει, λέγῃ	λέγεται
	Dual		λέγεσθον	λέγεσθον
	Plural	λεγόμεθα	λέγεσθε	λέγονται
Subjunctive	Singular	λέγωμαι	λέγῃ	λέγηται
	Dual		λέγησθον	λέγησθον
	Plural	λεγώμεθα	λέγησθε	λέγωνται
Optative	Singular	λεγοίμην	λέγοιο	λέγοιτο
	Dual		λέγοισθον	λεγοίσθην
	Plural	λεγοίμεθα	λέγοισθε	λέγοιντο
Imperative	Singular		λέγου	λεγέσθω
	Dual		λέγεσθον	λεγέσθων
	Plural		λέγεσθε	λεγέσθων, λεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive		λέγεσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		λεγομενος λεγομενου	λεγομενη λεγομενης	λεγομενον λεγομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓λεγον	έ̓λεγες	έ̓λεγεν*
	Dual		ἐλέγετον	ἐλεγέτην
	Plural	ἐλέγομεν	ἐλέγετε	έ̓λεγον
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐλεγόμην	ἐλέγου	ἐλέγετο
	Dual		ἐλέγεσθον	ἐλεγέσθην
	Plural	ἐλεγόμεθα	ἐλέγεσθε	ἐλέγοντο

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.

Examples

ἆρά μοι κράτιστον, ἐθελοκακήσαντα καὶ τὰ νῶτα ἐπιστρέψαντα καὶ ἀδικεῖν οὐκ ἀρνούμενον ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἐκείνην ἀπολογίαν καταφυγεῖν, ‐ λέγω δὲ τὴν Τύχην καὶ Μοῖραν καὶ Εἱμαρμένην ‐ καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι συγγνώμην ἔχειν μοι τοὺσ ἐπιτιμῶντασ εἰδότασ ὡσ οὐδενὸσ ἡμεῖσ κύριοι, ἀλλ̓ ὑπό τινοσ κρείττονοσ, μᾶλλον δὲ μιᾶσ τῶν προειρημένων ἀγόμεθα οὐχ ἑκόντεσ, ἀλλ̓ ἀναίτιοι παντάπασιν ἄντεσ ὧν λέγομεν ἢ ποιοῦμεν; (Lucian, Apologia 19:3)
ἀλλ’ ἀνάγκη διὰ τῶν κοινῶν ποιεῖσθαι τὰσ πίστεισ καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ τοπικοῖσ λέγομεν περὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ ἐντεύξεωσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 6 2:2)
ἀξιῶ δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ὥσπερ οὗτοι μέγα τοῦτ’ ἂν ἔφασαν εἶναι σημεῖον, ὡσ οὐκ ἔστιν Ἡγησίππου, εἰ οἱ διαιτηταὶ αὐτῶν ἀπεδιῄτησαν, οὕτω τὸ νῦν ἡμῖν τοιοῦτον εἶναι μαρτύριον ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγομεν, ἐπεὶ ἔδοξαν αὐτοὶ ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον Ἀθηναῖον ὄντα καὶ κυρίωσ πρῶτον ἐγγραφέντα ὕστερον ἐξαλείψαντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 5:8)
τῶν γυμνασμάτων δὲ τούτων τὸ μὲν ἐν τῷ πηλῷ ἐκεῖνο πάλη καλεῖται, οἱ δ’ ἐν τῇ κόνει παλαίουσι καὶ αὐτοί, τὸ δὲ παίειν ἀλλήλουσ ὀρθοστάδην παγκρατιάζειν λέγομεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 7:4)
λέγομεν οὖν ἐν ἡμῖν ὅτι πολλά μέν, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σοὶ καὶ τὸ σῶμα νοσήματα καὶ πάθη φύσει τ’ ἀνίησιν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ προσπίπτοντα δέχεται θύραθεν ἂν δὲ σαυτὸν ἔνδοθεν ποικίλον τι καὶ πολυπαθὲσ κακῶν ταμιεῖον εὑρήσεισ καὶ θησαύρισμα, ὥσ φησι Δημόκριτοσ, οὐκ ἔξωθεν ἐπιρρεόντων, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐγγείουσ καὶ αὐτόχθονασ πηγὰσ ἐχόντων, ἃσ ἀνίησιν ἡ κακία πολύχυτοσ καὶ δαψιλὴσ οὖσα τοῖσ πάθεσιν; (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 2 1:2)

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
- μετρέω (to count)
- ἀρτιάζω (to count)
- ἔπειμι (to go over, count over)
- προσκαταριθμέω (to count besides)
- ἡμερολογέω (to count by days)
- ἀριθμέω (to count out, to pay)
- ἀριθμέω (to reckon, count as, to be reckoned)
- ποσόω (to reckon up, count)
- λογίζομαι (I count on, expect)
- ἀναπεμπάζομαι (to count again, count over)
to recount
- ἐκφράζω (to tell over, 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)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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λέγω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to gather

to choose for oneself

to count

to recount

Derived

Similar forms

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Ancient Greek Dictionary

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λέγω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to gather

to choose for oneself

to count

to recount

Derived

Similar forms

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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