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.
- εἰ δὲ τοῦτον ἀφεὶσ τὸν λόγον ὡσ οὐ πάνυ ἀξιόπιστον ἐκεῖνο λέγοιμι, μήτε ὑπὸ χρημάτων μήτε ὑπ̓ ἄλλησ τινὸσ ἐλπίδοσ τοιαύτησ δελεασθεὶσ ὑποστῆναι τὴν παροῦσαν συνουσίαν, ἀλλὰ τὴν σύνεσιν καὶ ἀνδρείαν καὶ μεγαλόνοιαν τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ θαυμάσασ ἐθελῆσαι κοινωνῆσαι πράξεων τῷ τοιούτῳ, δέδοικα μὴ πρὸσ τῇ ἐπιφερομένῃ κατηγορίᾳ κολακείασ αἰτίαν προσλαβὼν κᾆτα εὑρίσκωμαι ἥλῳ, φασίν, ἐκκρούων τὸν ἧλον, καὶ μείζονί γε τὸν σμικρότερον, ὅσῳ κολακεία τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων κακῶν τὸ δουλοπρεπέστατον εἶναι καὶ ταύτῃ χείριστον νενόμισται. (Lucian, Apologia 21:1)
- τί γὰρ ἄν σοι τῶν στρατηγῶν λέγοιμι τοὺσ εἰκότωσ ἀρίστουσ κριθέντασ, ὅτι οὐ τάττειν μόνον καὶ παραινεῖν ἦσαν ἀγαθοί, ἀλλὰ καὶ προμάχεσθαι τῶν ἄλλων καὶ χειρὸσ ἔργα ἐπιδείκνυσθαι; (Lucian, (no name) 1:4)
- τί δ’ ἄν σοι τὸ ἐπὶ τούτῳ λέγοιμι παλαίστρασ καὶ τὰσ κοινὰσ τῶν ἱματιοφυλακούντων κατασκευὰσ ταχεῖαν ^ ἐπὶ τὸ λουτρὸν καὶ μὴ διὰ μακροῦ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐχούσασ τοῦ χρησίμου τε καὶ ἀβλαβοῦσ ἕνεκα; (Lucian, (no name) 8:1)
- τί γὰρ ἂν ἢ ^ τοὺσ Ἀνέμουσ φυτουργοῦντασ λέγοιμι καὶ παραπέμποντασ τὰ πλοῖα καὶ τοῖσ λικμῶσιν ἐπιπνέοντασ, ἢ τὸν Ὕπνον ἐπὶ πάντασ πετόμενον, ἢ τὸν Ὄνειρον μετὰ τοῦὝπνου διανυκτερεύοντα καὶ ὑποφητεύοντα αὐτῷ; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:12)
- οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον, ὦ πάτερ, ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνοι μέν, ὁ πολὺσ λεώσ, ἐπῄνουν καὶ διὰ τιμῆσ ἦγον, αἰδούμενοι καὶ θαυμάζοντέσ με καὶ μονονουχὶ προσκυνοῦντεσ, εἰ καὶ μὴ σφόδρα ξυνίεσαν ὧν λέγοιμι. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 3:5)
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)
