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

  • Ρεβέκκα δὲ εἶπε πρὸσ Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ, τὸν ἐλάσσω. ἰδέ, ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρόσ σου λαλοῦντοσ πρὸσ Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου λέγοντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:6)
  • καὶ νῦν, παιδία, ἴδετε τί ἐλεημοσύνη ποιεῖ, καὶ τί δικαιοσύνη ρύεται. καὶ ταῦτα αὐτοῦ λέγοντοσ, ἐξέλιπεν ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆσ κλίνησ. ἦν δὲ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν πεντηκονταοκτώ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐνδόξωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 14:11)
  • ἐν μέσῳ μεγιστάνων μὴ ἐξισάζου καὶ ἑτέρου λέγοντοσ μὴ πολλὰ ἀδολέσχει. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 32:9)
  • καὶ ἤκουσα τῆσ φωνῆσ Κυρίου λέγοντοσ. τίνα ἀποστείλω, καὶ τίσ πορεύσεται πρὸσ τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον̣ καὶ εἶπα. ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι. ἀπόστειλόν με. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 6:8)
  • φωνὴ λέγοντοσ. βόησον. καὶ εἶπα. τί βοήσω̣ πᾶσα σάρξ χόρτοσ, καὶ πᾶσα δόξα ἀνθρώπου ὡσ ἄνθοσ χόρτου. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:6)

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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