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.
- Καὶ συνήγαγον αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ τὸν λεγόμενον Θερὰν ποταμόν, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἡμέρασ τρεῖσ αὐτόθι, καὶ κατέμαθον αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:41)
- αὐτὸσ δὲ ὁ Τιμόθεοσ συνέφυγεν εἰσ Γάζαρα λεγόμενον ὀχύρωμα, εὖ μάλα φρούριον, στρατηγοῦντοσ ἐκεῖ Χαιρέου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:32)
- τὴν δὲ ἔφοδον μεταλαβὼν Ἰούδα, ὁ Τιμόθεοσ προσεξαπέστειλε τὰσ γυναῖκασ καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀποσκευὴν εἰσ τὸ λεγόμενον Καρνίον. ἦν γὰρ δυσπολιόρκητον καὶ δυσπρόσιτον τὸ χωρίον διὰ τὴν τῶν πάντων τῶν τόπων στενότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:21)
- ὕψοσ δὲ καὶ κάλλοσ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπειαν καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον ἰδίωσ πλάσμα ἱστορικὸν Ἡρόδοτοσ ἔχει· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 3:4)
- Θεσσαλίασ με ἐξέβαλεν ὅλησ Θετταλίαν ἀξιοῦν λέγειν, καὶ πᾶσαν ἀποκέκλεικέ μοι τὴν θάλασσαν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐν κήποισ φεισάμενον σευτλίων, ὡσ τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον μηδὲ πάσσαλόν μοι καταλιπεῖν. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 9:2)
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)
