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.
- οὐκ ἀπεικότα γοῦν λέγοιεν ἄν, εἰ λέγοιεν ἤτοι ἄλλου του γενναίου ἀνδρὸσ εἶναι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ σὲ τὸν κολοιὸν ἀλλοτρίοισ πτεροῖσ ἀγαλλεσθαι, ἢ εἴπερ σόν ἐστιν, ὅμοιά σε τῷ Σαλαίθῳ ποιεῖν, ὃσ πικρότατον κατὰ μοιχῶν τοῖσ Κροτωνιάταισ νόμον θεὶσ καὶ θαυμαζόμενοσ ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ μετὰ μικρὸν αὐτὸσ ἑάλω μοιχεύων τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα. (Lucian, Apologia 11:1)
- οἱ μὲν δὴ πολλοὶ τὴν πενίαν καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀναγκαίων χρείαν προθέμενοι ἱκανὸν τοῦτο προκάλυμμα οἰόνται προβεβλῆσθαι τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν βίον τοῦτον αὐτομολίασ, καὶ ἀποχρῆν αὐτοῖσ νομίζουσιν εἰ λέγοιεν ὡσ συγγνώμησ ἄξιον ποιοῦσιν τὸ χαλεπώτατον τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, τὴν πενίαν, διαφυγεῖν ζητοῦντεσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 5:3)
- εἰ ταῦτα λέγοιεν, τί ἂν ἀποκριναίμην αὐτοῖσ; (Lucian, 63:1)
- εἰ δὲ φαῖεν, ὅτι πόλεωσ εἰήν τῆσ Ιἑροσολύμων, καὶ αὐτοὺσ ἐξ ἐκείνων λέγειν ὑπάρχειν τοὺσ τέσσαρασ, εἰ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐμπειρίαν τῶν νόμων, μηδ’ αὐτοὺσ ἀγνοεῖν ἔθη τὰ πάτρια φάσκειν, εἰ δ’ αὖ διὰ τὴν ἱερωσύνην λέγοιεν ἀγαπᾶν με, καὶ αὐτῶν ἀποκρίνεσθαι δύο ἱερεῖσ ὑπάρχειν. (Flavius Josephus, 237:2)
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)
