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

  • ἐὰν δὲ λέγῃ πρόσ σε, οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὅτι ἠγάπηκέ σε καὶ τὴν οἰκίαν σου, ὅτι εὖ ἐστιν αὐτῷ παρὰ σοί, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:16)
  • καὶἐπιθῇ αὐτῇ προφασιστικοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ κατενέγκῃ αὐτῆσ ὄνομα πονηρὸν καὶ λέγῃ. τὴν γυναῖκα ταύτην εἴληφα καὶ προσελθὼν αὐτῇ οὐκ εὕρηκα αὐτῆσ τὰ παρθένια, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 22:14)
  • πρὸσ Διόσ, ἐὰν λέγῃ ταῦτα ὁ νεκρὸσ ἐπιστραφείσ, ἀνακλίνασ αὑτὸν ἐπ’ ἀγκῶνοσ, οὐκ ἂν οἰόμεθα δικαιότατα ἂν αὐτὸν εἰπεῖν ; (Lucian, (no name) 18:2)
  • ἀρρενικῶν δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶν καὶ οὐδετέρων ἀντιμετατάξεισ ἐκβεβηκυῖαι τῶν συνήθων σχημάτων αἱ τοιαίδε εἰσίν, ὅταν τὴν μὲν ταραχὴν τάραχον καλῇ τὸ θηλυκὸν ἐκφέρων ἀρρενικῶσ καὶ τὴν ὄχλησιν ὄχλον, τὴν δὲ βούλησιν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τὸ βουλόμενον λέγῃ καὶ τὸ δυνάμενον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 101)
  • ἀληθέα τάδε ὁ λόγοσ ὑμῖν, ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, μυθέεται καὶ οἱ πείθεσθε ὅσα ἂν λέγῃ τουτέων πέρι ὄψιν ἀκοῆσ προτιμέων ὦτα γὰρ τυγχάνει ἐόντα ἀπιστότερα ὀφθαλμῶν· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 20:4)

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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