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.
- διὰ τοῦτο λέγεται ἐν βιβλίῳ. πόλεμοσ τοῦ Κυρίου τὴν Ζωὸβ ἐφλόγιζε, καὶ τοὺσ χειμάρρουσ Ἀρνῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:14)
- καθὼσ λέγεται ἡ παραβολὴ ἡ ἀρχαία. ἐξ ἀνόμων ἐξελεύσεται πλημμέλεια. καὶ ἡ χείρ μου οὐκ ἔσται ἐπὶ σέ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 24:14)
- καὶ ὑμῖν δὲ λέγεται ὅπωσ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖσ Λευίταισ καὶ ἱεροψάλταισ καὶ θυρωροῖσ καὶ ἱεροδούλοισ καὶ πραγματικοῖσ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τούτου μηδὲ μία φορολογία μηδὲ ἄλλη ἐπιβουλὴ γίνηται, καὶ μηδένα ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἐπιβαλεῖν τι τούτοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:22)
- καὶ ἐδογμάτισαν πάντεσ μετὰ κοινοῦ ψηφίσματοσ μηδαμῶσ ἐᾶσαι ἀπαρασήμαντον τήνδε τὴν ἡμέραν, ἔχειν δὲ ἐπίσημον τὴν τρισκαιδεκάτην τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸσ Ἄδαρ λέγεται τῇ Συριακῇ φωνῇ πρὸ μιᾶσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ Μαρδοχαϊκῆσ ἡμέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 15:36)
- Ἔξελθε ἐκ Βαβυλῶνοσ φεύγων ἀπὸ τῶν Χαλδαίων. φωνὴν εὐφροσύνησ ἀναγγείλατε, καὶ ἀκουστὸν γενέσθω τοῦτο, ἀπαγγείλατε ἕωσ ἐσχάτου τῆσ γῆσ, λέγεται. ἐρρύσατο Κύριοσ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 48:20)
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)