λέγω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λέγω
λέξω
ἐλέγην
εἴλοχα
εἴλεγμαι
Structure:
λέγ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: LEX
Sense
- Ι lay down, put to sleep
Conjugation
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.
- ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὡσ τῷ ἐρῶντι, ὁ δ’ ὡσ τῷ μὴ δεῖ χαρίζεσθαι, ἐλεγέτην. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 255:3)
- πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐσπουδαζέτην καὶ ἐλεγέτην, ὁ μὲν διὰ τῆσ ποιήσεωσ, ὁ δὲ καταλογάδην· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 13:2)
- τὼ δὲ Λάκωνε ἐλεγέτην ὅτι Λακεδαιμονίοισ δοκεῖ πολεμεῖν Τισσαφέρνει τῷ ὑμᾶσ ἀδικήσαντι· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 9:2)
- τὼ δὲ εἰσηγαγέτην καὶ οὕτωσ ἁπλῶσ ἀπεδειξάτην ὥστε ὁ εἰσελθὼν ἐξήγγειλε πάντα εἶναι ἀδόλωσ οἱᾶ́περ ἐλεγέτην. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 9:3)
- ὦ δαιμόνιε, φύλαττέ με εἰσ τὸ κατ’ ἀρχὰσ εἰρημένον ἀποβλέπων, τὸ περὶ τῶν Κρητικῶν νόμων ὡσ πρὸσ ἕν τι βλέποιεν, καὶ δὴ καὶ τοῦτ’ ἐλεγέτην αὐτὸ εἶναι σφὼ τὸ πρὸσ τὸν πόλεμον, ἐγὼ δὲ ὑπολαβὼν εἶπον ὡσ ὅτι μὲν εἰσ ἀρετήν ποι βλέποι τὰ τοιαῦτα νόμιμα κείμενα, καλῶσ ἔχοι, τὸ δὲ ὅτι πρὸσ μέροσ ἀλλ’ οὐ πρὸσ πᾶσαν σχεδόν, οὐ πάνυ συνεχώρουν· (Plato, Laws, book 4 10:1)
Synonyms
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Ι lay down
- κατατίθημι (to place, put, lay down)
- κατακοιμάω (to put to sleep, to go to sleep, sleep)
- εὐνάζω (to put to bed, to lay, in a form)
- κατατίθημι (to lay down from oneself, put off, lay aside)
- παρακατακλίνω (to lay down beside, to put to bed with)
- καταπαύω (to put down)
- καθεύδω (to lie down to sleep, sleep)
- εὕδω (to sleep, lie down to sleep)
- ἐγκατακοιμάομαι (to lie down to sleep in)
- κοιτάζω (to put to bed, to go to bed, sleep)
- καταβάλλω (to lay down, set down)
Derived
- ἀμφιλέγω (to dispute about, to dispute, question)
- ἀπολέγω (to pick out from, to pick out, choose)
- ἀπολέγω (to decline, refuse, to decline)
- διαλέγω (to pick out one from another, to pick out, to converse with)
- ἐγκαταλέγω (to build in, were built into, to count among)
- ἐκλέγω (to pick or single out, to choose, to pull out one's gray hairs)
- ἐπιλέγω (to choose, pick out, select)
- λέγω (to gather, pick up, picking out stones for building)
- λέγω (to say, speak, say on)
- παρεκλέγω (to collect covertly, to embezzle the)
- προεκλέγω (to collect moneys not yet due)
- προλέγω (to choose before, prefer)
- προλέγω (to foretell, announce beforehand, to state publicly)
- προσκαταλέγω (to enrol besides or in addition to, to reckon as belonging to)
- προσλέγομαι (to lie beside, she lay beside or by, to speak to)
- συλλέγω (to collect, gather, to compile)