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

  • καὶ ἔθυσαν κριὸν προβάτων καὶ παρέθηκαν ὄψα πλείονα. εἶπε δὲ Τωβίασ τῷ Ραφαήλ. Ἀζαρία ἀδελφέ, λάλησον ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔλεγεσ ἐν τῇ πορείᾳ, καὶ τελεσθήτω τὸ πρᾶγμα. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 7:9)
  • καὶ γὰρ ὅτε συνελήφθησ μετὰ τῶν παίδων, εἱστήκεισ τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον ὁρῶσα βασανιζόμενον καὶ ἔλεγεσ τοῖσ παισὶν ἐν τῇ ἑβραί̈δι φωνῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:15)
  • Ἀλλ̓, ὦ βέλτιστε, φαίην ἂν κἀγὼ πρὸσ αὐτόν, εἰκότωσ ἂν ταῦτα ἔλεγεσ, εἴ τισ ὅλωσ καιρὸσ ἦν ὑγιείασ μὴ δεόμενοσ, νῦν δὲ καὶ ἑώθεν καὶ μεσούσησ ἡμέρασ καὶ νύκτωρ ἀεὶ τὸ ὑγιαῖνον ἀναγκαῖον, καὶ μάλιστα τοῖσ ἄρχουσι καὶ πολλὰ πράττουσιν ὑμῖν, ὅσῳ καὶ πρὸσ τὰ πολλὰ δεῖσθε τοῦ σώματοσ· (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 23:4)
  • τί δὲ τὸ ψήφισμα ἦν, ὅπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἔλεγεσ κεκυρῶσθαι κατὰ τῶν πλουσίων ; (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 19:2)
  • εἰ λιμῷ ἐξεπολιόρκησα τὸν τύραννον τὴν ἀνάγκην τῆσ τελευτῆσ παρέχων, ἀπῄτεισ ἂν καὶ τότε ^ παρ’ ἐμοῦ αὐτόχειρα τὴν σφαγήν, ἢ ἐνδεῖν ἔλεγὲσ μοί τι πρὸσ τὸν νόμον, καὶ ταῦτα χαλεπώτερον τοῦ κακούργου πεφονευμένου ; (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 11:10)

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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