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.
- "εἶτα δεῖπνα ποικίλα εἰσεκομίζετο καὶ λόγοι ἱεροὶ αὐτῶν ἐλέγοντο, καὶ ὁ βέλτιστοσ Περεγρῖνοσ ‐ ἔτι γὰρ τοῦτο ἐκαλεῖτο ‐ καινὸσ Σωκράτησ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ὠνομάζετο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:17)
- ἤδη γὰρ οἱ Ἑλλανοδίκαι ἐλέγοντο εἶναι ἐν τῷ Πλεθρίῳ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 11:5)
- ἱστορέοντι δέ μοι ἐτέων πέρι, ὁκόσα τῷ ἱρῷ ἐστιν, καὶ τὴν θεὸν αὐτοὶ ἥντινα δοκέουσιν, πολλοὶ λόγοι ἐλέγοντο, τῶν οἱ μὲν ἱροί, οἱ δὲ ἐμφανέεσ, οἱ δὲ κάρτα μυθώδεεσ, καὶ ἄλλοι βάρβαροι, οἱ μὲν τοῖσιν Ἕλλησιν ὁμολογέοντεσ· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 11:1)
- ἐλέγοντο δὲ εἶναι μοιχοὶ καὶ πορνοβοσκοὶ καὶ τελῶναι καὶ κόλακεσ καὶ συκοφάνται καὶ τοιοῦτοσ ὅμιλοσ τῶν πάντα κυκώντων ἐν τῷ βίῳ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 11:3)
- ἀεὶ γὰρ ἐμέμνητο ἡ κεκτημένη μετὰ δακρύων, καὶ μάλιστα εἴ τισ ἐληλύθει ἐκ τῆσ μάχησ καὶ πολλοὶ τεθνάναι ἐλέγοντο, ἐσπάραττε τότε τὰσ κόμασ καὶ τὰ στέρνα ἐτύπτετο καὶ ἐπένθει πρὸσ τὴν ἀγγελίαν ἑκάστην. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:5)
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)
