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.
- δίκη δὲ ὅμωσ συνειστήκει καὶ δικασταὶ ψηφοφοροῦντεσ ἦσαν οἱ ἄριστοι καὶ πρεσβύτατοι καὶ σοφώτατοι τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ἐφ’ ὧν ἄν τισ ᾐδέσθη παρὰ μέλοσ τι φθεγξάμενοσ, οὐχ ὅπωσ ἐσ τοσαύτην ἀναισχυντίαν τραπόμενοσ, οὐκοῦν λέγοισ ἂν ἤδη τὸ κεφάλαιον τῆσ δίκησ, ὡσ καὶ αὐτὸσ εἰδείην ὅ τι σοὶ τὸ κεκινηκὸσ εἰή τὸν τοσοῦτον γέλωτα. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 2:5)
- ὥστε μοι ἐνθυμεῖσθαι ἔπεισι, μὴ ἄρα οὕτω με Προμηθέα λέγοισ εἶναι, ὡσ ὁ κωμικὸσ τὸν Κλέωνα· (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 5:1)
- οὐθέν, εἰ καὶ σμικρὰ λέγοισ ἀληθῆ δέ, διοίσει. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 3:7)
- πῖθι καὶ μὴ μέλλε, ὡσ ἀνθρώπινα ἤδη φρονοίησ καὶ λέγοισ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 20:10)
- λέγοισ ἂν ὡσ ἔμοιγε ὑπερήδιστον ἂν τὸ ἄκουσμα γένοιτο, ὥστε εἴ τισ αἱρ́εσιν προθείη, πότερα μᾶλλον ἐθέλω σοῦ ἀκούειν τὰ τοιαῦτα διεξιόντοσ ἢ τὸν πανευδαίμονα ὄνειρον ἐκεῖνον αὖθισ ὁρᾶν τὸν μικρὸν ἔμπροσθεν, οὐκ οἶδα ὁπότερον ἂν ἑλοίμην οὕτωσ ἀδελφὰ ἡγοῦμαι τὰ σὰ τοῖσ ἡδίστοισ φανεῖσι καὶ ἐν ἴσῃ ὑμᾶσ τιμῇ ἄγω, σέ τε καὶ τὸ πολυτίμητον ἐνύπνιον. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 5:5)
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)
