Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λέγω

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λέγω

Structure: λέγ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to say, speak, say on, to say, declare
  2. to call by name, to call
  3. to tell
  4. to say something, to speak to the point or purpose, am I right, has, meaning, authority, to say what is not, to lie
  5. to boast of, tell of, to recite

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λέγω λέγεις λέγει
Dual λέγετον λέγετον
Plural λέγομεν λέγετε λέγουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular λέγω λέγῃς λέγῃ
Dual λέγητον λέγητον
Plural λέγωμεν λέγητε λέγωσιν*
OptativeSingular λέγοιμι λέγοις λέγοι
Dual λέγοιτον λεγοίτην
Plural λέγοιμεν λέγοιτε λέγοιεν
ImperativeSingular λέγε λεγέτω
Dual λέγετον λεγέτων
Plural λέγετε λεγόντων, λεγέτωσαν
Infinitive λέγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λεγων λεγοντος λεγουσα λεγουσης λεγον λεγοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular λέγομαι λέγει, λέγῃ λέγεται
Dual λέγεσθον λέγεσθον
Plural λεγόμεθα λέγεσθε λέγονται
SubjunctiveSingular λέγωμαι λέγῃ λέγηται
Dual λέγησθον λέγησθον
Plural λεγώμεθα λέγησθε λέγωνται
OptativeSingular λεγοίμην λέγοιο λέγοιτο
Dual λέγοισθον λεγοίσθην
Plural λεγοίμεθα λέγοισθε λέγοιντο
ImperativeSingular λέγου λεγέσθω
Dual λέγεσθον λεγέσθων
Plural λέγεσθε λεγέσθων, λεγέσθωσαν
Infinitive λέγεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
λεγομενος λεγομενου λεγομενη λεγομενης λεγομενον λεγομενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • ἐγενήθη τὰ δάκρυά μου ἐμοὶ ἄρτοσ ἡμέρασ καὶ νυκτὸσ ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαί μοι καθ̓ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεόσ σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 41:4)
  • καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν εἰσ τὰ ἔθνη, οὗ εἰσήλθοσαν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐβεβήλωσαν τὸ ὄνομά μου τὸ ἅγιον ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι αὐτούσ. λαὸσ Κυρίου οὗτοι καὶ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτοῦ ἐξεληλύθασι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 36:20)
  • φθονοῦντεσ ἤδη καὶ ἀπιστοῦσιν οὐ καθ’ ἑνὸσ λέγεσθαι πεφύκασιν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ πολλῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 9 2:1)
  • ἀπόχρη ταῦτα εἰρῆσθαι περὶ τούτων τῶν συγγραφέων, πολλῶν καὶ ἄλλων ἐνόντων λέγεσθαι, περὶ ὧν καὶ ἕτεροσ ἔσται καιρόσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 21:2)
  • Λυσίμαχοσ ἐκαλεῖτο, Βοιώτιοσ μέν, ὡσ ἐφαίνετο, τὸ γένοσ ἀνέκαθεν, ἀπὸ μέσησ δὲ ἀξιῶν λέγεσθαι τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. to say

  2. to call by name

  3. to tell

  4. to say something

Derived

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

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