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.
- ἆρά μοι κράτιστον, ἐθελοκακήσαντα καὶ τὰ νῶτα ἐπιστρέψαντα καὶ ἀδικεῖν οὐκ ἀρνούμενον ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἐκείνην ἀπολογίαν καταφυγεῖν, ‐ λέγω δὲ τὴν Τύχην καὶ Μοῖραν καὶ Εἱμαρμένην ‐ καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι συγγνώμην ἔχειν μοι τοὺσ ἐπιτιμῶντασ εἰδότασ ὡσ οὐδενὸσ ἡμεῖσ κύριοι, ἀλλ̓ ὑπό τινοσ κρείττονοσ, μᾶλλον δὲ μιᾶσ τῶν προειρημένων ἀγόμεθα οὐχ ἑκόντεσ, ἀλλ̓ ἀναίτιοι παντάπασιν ἄντεσ ὧν λέγομεν ἢ ποιοῦμεν; (Lucian, Apologia 19:3)
- ἀλλ’ ἀνάγκη διὰ τῶν κοινῶν ποιεῖσθαι τὰσ πίστεισ καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ τοπικοῖσ λέγομεν περὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ ἐντεύξεωσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 6 2:2)
- ἀξιῶ δέ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ὥσπερ οὗτοι μέγα τοῦτ’ ἂν ἔφασαν εἶναι σημεῖον, ὡσ οὐκ ἔστιν Ἡγησίππου, εἰ οἱ διαιτηταὶ αὐτῶν ἀπεδιῄτησαν, οὕτω τὸ νῦν ἡμῖν τοιοῦτον εἶναι μαρτύριον ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγομεν, ἐπεὶ ἔδοξαν αὐτοὶ ἀδικεῖν τοῦτον Ἀθηναῖον ὄντα καὶ κυρίωσ πρῶτον ἐγγραφέντα ὕστερον ἐξαλείψαντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 5:8)
- τῶν γυμνασμάτων δὲ τούτων τὸ μὲν ἐν τῷ πηλῷ ἐκεῖνο πάλη καλεῖται, οἱ δ’ ἐν τῇ κόνει παλαίουσι καὶ αὐτοί, τὸ δὲ παίειν ἀλλήλουσ ὀρθοστάδην παγκρατιάζειν λέγομεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 7:4)
- λέγομεν οὖν ἐν ἡμῖν ὅτι πολλά μέν, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, σοὶ καὶ τὸ σῶμα νοσήματα καὶ πάθη φύσει τ’ ἀνίησιν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ προσπίπτοντα δέχεται θύραθεν ἂν δὲ σαυτὸν ἔνδοθεν ποικίλον τι καὶ πολυπαθὲσ κακῶν ταμιεῖον εὑρήσεισ καὶ θησαύρισμα, ὥσ φησι Δημόκριτοσ, οὐκ ἔξωθεν ἐπιρρεόντων, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐγγείουσ καὶ αὐτόχθονασ πηγὰσ ἐχόντων, ἃσ ἀνίησιν ἡ κακία πολύχυτοσ καὶ δαψιλὴσ οὖσα τοῖσ πάθεσιν; (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 2 1:2)
Synonyms
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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)
