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

  • οὐκ ἀπεικότα γοῦν λέγοιεν ἄν, εἰ λέγοιεν ἤτοι ἄλλου του γενναίου ἀνδρὸσ εἶναι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ σὲ τὸν κολοιὸν ἀλλοτρίοισ πτεροῖσ ἀγαλλεσθαι, ἢ εἴπερ σόν ἐστιν, ὅμοιά σε τῷ Σαλαίθῳ ποιεῖν, ὃσ πικρότατον κατὰ μοιχῶν τοῖσ Κροτωνιάταισ νόμον θεὶσ καὶ θαυμαζόμενοσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ μετὰ μικρὸν αὐτὸσ ἑάλω μοιχεύων τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα. (Lucian, Apologia 11:1)
  • οἱ μὲν δὴ πολλοὶ τὴν πενίαν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀναγκαίων χρείαν προθέμενοι ἱκανὸν τοῦτο προκάλυμμα οἰόνται προβεβλῆσθαι τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν βίον τοῦτον αὐτομολίασ, καὶ ἀποχρῆν αὐτοῖσ νομίζουσιν εἰ λέγοιεν ὡσ συγγνώμησ ἄξιον ποιοῦσιν τὸ χαλεπώτατον τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, τὴν πενίαν, διαφυγεῖν ζητοῦντεσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 5:3)
  • εἰ ταῦτα λέγοιεν, τί ἂν ἀποκριναίμην αὐτοῖσ; (Lucian, 63:1)
  • εἰ δὲ φαῖεν, ὅτι πόλεωσ εἰήν τῆσ Ιἑροσολύμων, καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἐξ ἐκείνων λέγειν ὑπάρχειν τοὺσ τέσσαρασ, εἰ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐμπειρίαν τῶν νόμων, μηδ’ αὐτοὺσ ἀγνοεῖν ἔθη τὰ πάτρια φάσκειν, εἰ δ’ αὖ διὰ τὴν ἱερωσύνην λέγοιεν ἀγαπᾶν με, καὶ αὐτῶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι δύο ἱερεῖσ ὑπάρχειν. (Flavius Josephus, 237:2)

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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