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.
- καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν εἰσ τὰ ἔθνη, οὗ εἰσήλθοσαν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐβεβήλωσαν τὸ ὄνομά μου τὸ ἅγιον ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι αὐτούσ. λαὸσ Κυρίου οὗτοι καὶ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτοῦ ἐξεληλύθασι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 36:20)
- φθονοῦντεσ ἤδη καὶ ἀπιστοῦσιν οὐ καθ’ ἑνὸσ λέγεσθαι πεφύκασιν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ πολλῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 9 2:1)
- ἀπόχρη ταῦτα εἰρῆσθαι περὶ τούτων τῶν συγγραφέων, πολλῶν καὶ ἄλλων ἐνόντων λέγεσθαι, περὶ ὧν καὶ ἕτεροσ ἔσται καιρόσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 21:2)
- Λυσίμαχοσ ἐκαλεῖτο, Βοιώτιοσ μέν, ὡσ ἐφαίνετο, τὸ γένοσ ἀνέκαθεν, ἀπὸ μέσησ δὲ ἀξιῶν λέγεσθαι τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 7:1)
- ἀφείλετὸ μου τὴν ἐνδελέχειαν, ἐντελέχειαν ἀξιοῦν λέγεσθαι παρὰ πάντασ τοὺσ νόμουσ· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 10:4)
- ἐγενήθη τὰ δάκρυά μου ἐμοὶ ἄρτοσ ἡμέρασ καὶ νυκτὸσ ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαί μοι καθ̓ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεόσ σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 41:4)
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)
