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 λέγουσιν αὐτῷ. ὁ Θεὸσ τῶν Ἑβραίων προσκέκληται ἡμᾶσ. πορευσόμεθα οὖν ὁδὸν τριῶν ἡμερῶν εἰσ τὴν ἔρημον, ὅπωσ θύσωμεν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, μή ποτε συναντήσῃ ἡμῖν θάνατοσ ἢ φόνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:3)
- καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ θεράποντεσ Φαραὼ πρὸσ αὐτόν. ἕωσ τίνοσ ἔσται τοῦτο ἡμῖν σκῶλον̣ ἐξαπόστειλον τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ, ὅπωσ λατρεύσωσι τῷ Θεῷ αὐτῶν. ἢ εἰδέναι βούλῃ ὅτι ἀπόλωλεν Αἴγυπτοσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:7)
- ΚΑΙ ἰδὼν ὁ λαὸσ ὅτι κεχρόνικε Μωυσῆσ καταβῆναι ἐκ τοῦ ὄρουσ, συνέστη ὁ λαὸσ ἐπὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ. ἀνάστηθι καὶ ποίησον ἡμῖν θεούσ, οἳ προπορεύσονται ἡμῶν. ὁ γὰρ Μωυσῆσ οὗτοσ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ, ὃσ ἐξήγαγεν ἡμᾶσ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί γέγονεν αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:1)
- καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ. παρά τὸ ὄροσ παρελευσόμεθα, ἐὰν δὲ τοῦ ὕδατόσ σου πίωμεν ἐγώ τε καὶ τὰ κτήνη μου, δώσω τιμήν σοι. ἀλλὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα οὐδέν ἐστι, παρὰ τὸ ὄροσ παρελευσόμεθα. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 20:19)
- καὶ ἦλθον πρὸσ Βαλαὰμ καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ. τάδε λέγει Βαλὰκ ὁ τοῦ Σεπφώρ. ἀξιῶ σε, μὴ ὀκνήσῃσ ἐλθεῖν πρόσ με. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:16)
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)
