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.
- οἱ δὲ τὰ ἀρρενικὰ τοῖσ θηλυκοῖσ συντάττοντεσ, ὥσπερ οὗτοσ πεποίηκεν, καὶ τὰσ γενικὰσ ἀντὶ τῶν αἰτιατικῶν πτώσεων παραλαμβάνοντεσ σολοικίζειν ἂν ὑφ’ ἡμῶν λέγοιντο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 11 1:4)
- τὸ δὲ ὑπερφυέστατον ἐνθύμημα τοῦ Στρατοκλέουσ οὑ̔͂τοσ γὰρ ἦν ὁ τῶν σοφῶν τούτων καὶ περιττῶν καινουργὸσ ἀρεσκευμάτων̓, ἔγραψεν ὅπωσ οἱ πεμπόμενοι κατὰ ψήφισμα δημοσίᾳ πρὸσ Ἀντίγονον ἢ Δημήτριον ἀντὶ πρεσβευτῶν θεωροὶ λέγοιντο, καθάπερ οἱ Πυθοῖ καὶ Ὀλυμπίαζε τὰσ πατρίουσ θυσίασ ὑπὲρ τῶν πόλεων ἀνάγοντεσ ἐν ταῖσ Ἑλληνικαῖσ ἑορταῖσ. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 11 1:1)
- εἶπεν οὖν τισ τῶν παρόντων ὅτι ἐκεῖνοι μὲν αὐτοὶ ἴσωσ οὐκ ἂν λέγοιντο δοῦλοι, τοῖσ δὲ ἐξ ἐκείνων γενομένοισ καὶ τοῖσ δευτέροισ καὶ τοῖσ τρίτοισ κυρίωσ ἂν ἤδη προσήκοι τοῦ ὀνόματοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 43:4)
- πῶσ γὰρ ἂν οὗτοι λέγοιντο προορᾶσθαί τι τῇ διανοίᾳ τῶν χρησίμων ἢ δυνατῶν, οἵ τινεσ ὑπολαμβάνουσι τηλικαύτην πόλιν καὶ τοσούτων πραγμάτων κυρίαν ἤδη ἐπίφθονόν τε καὶ λυπηρὰν τοῖσ περιοίκοισ γιγνομένην, ἢ δίχα τοῦ δημοτικοῦ δυνήσεσθαι κατέχειν τε καὶ σώζειν τὰ ἔθνη ῥᾳδίωσ, ἢ ἕτερον ἐπάξεσθαι δῆμον ἀντὶ τοῦ πονηροτέρου κρείττονα, ὃσ αὐτοῖσ προπολεμήσει τε τῆσ ἀρχῆσ καὶ κατὰ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν συμπολιτεύσεται, παρέχων καὶ ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ κατὰ πολέμουσ ἑαυτὸν μέτριον; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 49 8:1)
- λογισάσθω δὴ πάλιν οἱο͂σ πρὸσ οἱούσ παρατάξεται, καὶ διότι Ιοὐδαῖοι μέν, εἰ καὶ σφόδρα τολμηταὶ καὶ θανάτου καταφρονοῦντεσ, ἀλλ’ ἀσύντακτοί τε καὶ πολέμων ἄπειροι καὶ ὄχλοσ ἂν ἄλλωσ, οὐ στρατιὰ λέγοιντο· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 565:1)
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)
