λέγω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λέγω
Structure:
λέγ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to say, speak, say on, to say, declare
- to call by name, to call
- to tell
- to say something, to speak to the point or purpose, am I right, has, meaning, authority, to say what is not, to lie
- to boast of, tell of, to recite
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
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to say
- ἐκβάζω (to speak out, declare)
- φημί (I speak, say.)
- ἐξεῖπον (to speak out, tell out, declare)
- ἀπεῖπον (to speak out, tell out, declare)
- κατερέω (to say or tell plainly, speak out, it shall be declared)
- ἵ̄ημι ( I utter, speak, say)
- διαγορεύω (to speak plainly, declare)
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to call by name
- προσερέω (to call or name)
- φωνέω (I call by name, call)
- κέλομαι (to call by name, call)
- προσαγορεύω (to call by name, call)
- προσφθέγγομαι (to call by a name, call)
- προσφωνέω (to call by name)
- κλῄζω (to name, call, is)
- ἐπιλέγω (to call by name)
- ἐξονομάζω (to call by name)
- προσονομάζω (to call by a name, to give, the name)
- προσθροέω (to address, call by a name)
- κικλήσκω (to name, call by name, there is)
- αὐδάω (to call by name, call, reported of)
- ὀνομαίνω (to name or call by name, to name, repeat)
- ὑποκορίζομαι (to call by endearing names)
- ἀποκαλέω (to call, a name, to stigmatise as)
- ἔπω (to say)
- ἠμί (I say)
- ἀπόφημι (to say no)
- ἀντονομάζω (to name instead, call by a new name)
- ἐγκαλέω (to call in)
- ἀυτέω (to call to)
- εἰσάγω (to call in)
- ἀνακαλέω (to call)
- ἀναβοάω (to call on)
- εἰσκαλέω (to call in)
- προσεννέπω (to call)
- μετακαλέω (to call in)
- ἐπιφθέγγομαι (to call to)
- ἐνέπω (to call)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call on, to)
- προσεῖπον (to call, to name, thou didst name)
- ὑποκορίζομαι (to call, by a bad name, to nickname)
- μετονομάζω (to call by a new name, called, by a new name - )
- ἐπονομάζω (to give a surname: to name or call, to be named, after)
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to tell
- ἐξονομάζω (to call by name)
- ἐπιλέγω (to call by name)
- φωνέω (I call by name, call)
- κλῄζω (to name, call, is)
- προσφωνέω (to call by name)
- προσαγορεύω (to call by name, call)
- κέλομαι (to call by name, call)
- προσερέω (to call or name)
- προσφθέγγομαι (to call by a name, call)
- κατεῖπον (to tell)
- ἐξεῖπον (to tell, of)
- πιφαύσκω (to tell)
- προσονομάζω (to call by a name, to give, the name)
- προσθροέω (to address, call by a name)
- κικλήσκω (to name, call by name, there is)
- αὐδάω (to call by name, call, reported of)
- ὀνομαίνω (to name or call by name, to name, repeat)
- ὑποκορίζομαι (to call by endearing names)
- ἀποκαλέω (to call, a name, to stigmatise as)
- αἰνέω ( I tell of, speak of)
- φωνέω (I speak, tell of)
- συνεῖπον (to help to tell)
- προδείκνυμι (to tell first)
- μυθολογεύω (to tell word for word)
- ἀντονομάζω (to name instead, call by a new name)
- φράζω (I tell, declare)
- θροέω (to tell out, declare)
- γεγωνίσκω (to tell out, proclaim)
- γεγωνέω (to tell out, proclaim)
- ἀυτέω (to call to)
- προσεννέπω (to call)
- εἰσκαλέω (to call in)
- ἀναβοάω (to call on)
- μετακαλέω (to call in)
- ἀνακαλέω (to call)
- ἐγκαλέω (to call in)
- ἐπιφθέγγομαι (to call to)
- ἐνέπω (to call)
- ἐκκαλέω (to call on, to)
- εἰσάγω (to call in)
- τερατολογέω (to tell of marvels)
- ὑποκορίζομαι (to call, by a bad name, to nickname)
- σαφηνέω (to tell distinctly)
- μετονομάζω (to call by a new name, called, by a new name - )
- ἐπονομάζω (to give a surname: to name or call, to be named, after)
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to say something
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- ἐξαυδάω (to speak out)
- ἐνέπω (to speak)
- διαγορεύω (to speak of)
- ἀντιφθέγγομαι (to speak against)
- ἀπολογέομαι (to speak against)
- προσυγγίγνομαι (to speak with, before)
- προηγορέω (to speak on the part of, to speak for)
- δυσφημέω (to speak ill of)
- αὐδάζομαι (to cry out, speak)
- ἐξονομαίνω (to name, speak of by name)
- μεταφωνέω (to speak among)
- μετεννέπω (to speak among)
- χρυσολογέω (to speak of gold)
- ψευδοστομέω (to speak falsely)
- ψευδηγορέω (to speak falsely)
- φημί (I speak, say.)
- ἠπύω (to utter, speak)
- ἀγοράομαι (to speak, utter)
- αἰνέω ( I tell of, speak of)
- φωνέω (I speak, tell of)
- πρόσφημι (to speak to, address)
- δυστομέω (to speak evil of)
- ἐκβάζω (to speak out, declare)
- παραυδάω (to speak lightly of)
- καταυδάω (to speak out, speak plainly)
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 gather, pick up, picking out stones for building)
- 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)
