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.
- δυνάμεισ δὲ καθ’ ἃσ παθητικοὶ τούτων λεγόμεθα, οἱο͂ν καθ’ ἃσ δυνατοὶ ὀργισθῆναι ἢ λυπηθῆναι ἢ ἐλεῆσαι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 45:1)
- κατὰ τὰ πάθη σπουδαῖοι ἢ φαῦλοι, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ κακίασ λεγόμεθα, καὶ ὅτι κατὰ μὲν τὰ πάθη οὔτ’ ἐπαινούμεθα οὔτε ψεγόμεθα οὐ γὰρ ἐπαινεῖται ὁ φοβούμενοσ οὐδὲ ὁ ὀργιζόμενοσ, οὐδὲ ψέγεται ὁ ἁπλῶσ ὀργιζόμενοσ ἀλλ’ ὁ πῶσ, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ κακίασ ἐπαινούμεθα ἢ ψεγόμεθα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 47:1)
- πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ κατὰ μὲν τὰ πάθη κινεῖσθαι λεγόμεθα, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ κακίασ οὐ κινεῖσθαι ἀλλὰ διακεῖσθαί πωσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 49:2)
- οὔτε γὰρ ἀγαθοὶ λεγόμεθα τῷ δύνασθαι πάσχειν ἁπλῶσ οὔτε κακοί, οὔτ’ ἐπαινούμεθα οὔτε ψεγόμεθα· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 50:2)
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)
