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.
- εἰ γὰρ τοῖσ πάθεσι δουλωθέντεσ ἐμιαροφάγησαν, ἐλέγομεν ἂν τούτοισ αὐτοὺσ νενικῆσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:2)
- ἐστὶν δ’ ὃ λέγει τοιοῦτον ἕνα βούλεσθαι ἀριθμὸν εὑρεῖν, ᾧ ἑώσ τοῦ τελευταίου εἰσελθόντοσ ἐξ ἴσου πάντεσ ἕξουσιν ἤτοι μῆλα ἢ στεφάνουσ, φημὶ οὖν τὸν τῶν ἑξήκοντα ἀριθμὸν εἰσ ἓξ συμπότασ δύνασθαι τὴν ἰσότητα πληροῦν, οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι κατ’ ἀρχὰσ ἐλέγομεν μὴ συνδειπνεῖν τῶν πέντε γε πλείουσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 103)
- οὐχ οὕτωσ ἐλέγομεν; (Lucian, 102:1)
- φόβοσ δ’ οὔτι μέτριοσ εἶχεν ἡμᾶσ ὁρῶντασ τὸν μὲν δῆμον ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ, αὐτοὶ δ’ ὄντεσ ἐν ἀπόρῳ, τί ποιήσομεν, καὶ τοὺσ νεωτεριστὰσ παύειν οὐ δυνάμενοι, προδήλου δ’ ἡμῖν τοῦ κινδύνου παρεστῶτοσ, συγκατανεύειν μὲν αὐτῶν ταῖσ γνώμαισ ἐλέγομεν, συνεβουλεύομεν δὲ μένειν ἐφ’ αὑτῶν, καὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ἐπελθόντασ ἐᾶν, ἵνα τοῦ δικαίωσ ἀνταίρειν ὅπλα πίστιν εὑρ́ωνται. (Flavius Josephus, 27:1)
- αἱ μὴ τυχοῦσαι παιδαγωγίασ ὥσπερ ἐλέγομεν ὀρθῆσ μηδ’ ἀσκήσεωσ αἰσθήσεισ προεκτρέχουσαι καὶ συνεφελκόμεναι πολλάκισ εἰσ ἃ μὴ δεῖ καταβάλλουσι τὴν διάνοιαν. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 12 2:4)
Synonyms
-
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)
