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 συνήγαγον αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ τὸν λεγόμενον Θερὰν ποταμόν, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἡμέρασ τρεῖσ αὐτόθι, καὶ κατέμαθον αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:41)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ ὁ Τιμόθεοσ συνέφυγεν εἰσ Γάζαρα λεγόμενον ὀχύρωμα, εὖ μάλα φρούριον, στρατηγοῦντοσ ἐκεῖ Χαιρέου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:32)
  • τὴν δὲ ἔφοδον μεταλαβὼν Ἰούδα, ὁ Τιμόθεοσ προσεξαπέστειλε τὰσ γυναῖκασ καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀποσκευὴν εἰσ τὸ λεγόμενον Καρνίον. ἦν γὰρ δυσπολιόρκητον καὶ δυσπρόσιτον τὸ χωρίον διὰ τὴν τῶν πάντων τῶν τόπων στενότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:21)
  • ὕψοσ δὲ καὶ κάλλοσ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπειαν καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον ἰδίωσ πλάσμα ἱστορικὸν Ἡρόδοτοσ ἔχει· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 3:4)
  • Θεσσαλίασ με ἐξέβαλεν ὅλησ Θετταλίαν ἀξιοῦν λέγειν, καὶ πᾶσαν ἀποκέκλεικέ μοι τὴν θάλασσαν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐν κήποισ φεισάμενον σευτλίων, ὡσ τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον μηδὲ πάσσαλόν μοι καταλιπεῖν. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 9:2)

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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