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.
- αἱ δὲ γυναῖκεσ κατὰ τὰσ διόδουσ προσπίπτουσαι τοῖσ ἀπὸ δείπνου τάδε λέξουσιν· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, pnigos3)
- εἶτα καὶ γελοῖον τοῦτο λέγειν, ὥσπερ οὐκ εἰδότων ὑμῶν ὅτι πάντεσ οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτ’ ἀδικοῦντεσ σκοποῦσι τί λέξουσιν, καὶ οὐδεὶσ πώποτ’ ὦφλεν σιωπῶν οὐδ’ ἀδικεῖν ὁμολογῶν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 17:4)
- μέχρι τούτου ἀναβήσονται καὶ λέξουσιν ὑμῖν, ἑώσ ἂν ἀκροᾶσθαι βούλησθε, ἔπειτα δ’ ἐγὼ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπολογήσομαι. (Andocides, Speeches, 115:5)
- ἡγοῦμαι δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, περὶ μὲν τοῦ νόμου καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πράγματοσ οὐχ ἕξειν αὐτοὺσ ὅ τι λέξουσιν· (Lysias, Speeches, 21:1)
- ὅτι μὲν τοίνυν οὔτ’ ἀληθῆ οὔτ’ ἀληθείᾳ ἐοικότα λέξουσιν, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ αὐτοὺσ ὁμολογεῖν τὴν προῖκα μὴ δοῦναι, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πάλιν ἄνευ μαρτύρων ἀποδεδωκέναι φάσκειν, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τὸν χρόνον μὴ ἐγχωρεῖν ἀμφισβητουμένησ ἤδη τῆσ οὐσίασ ἀποδοῦναι τἀργύριον, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ἱκανῶσ ἀποδεδεῖχθαι νομίζω. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 51:1)
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)
