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.
- ἕτεροσ δὲ τρόποσ ὁ διὰ τοῦ λεγομένου κολλυρίου· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 21:6)
- ὃ καλοῦσί τινεσ δειλινόν, ὅ ἐστι μεταξὺ τοῦ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν λεγομένου ἀρίστου καὶ δείπνου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 19 3:2)
- εἰ γὰρ τὸ Σαπφικόν τισ ἐπιθαλάμιον τουτί οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀτέρα πάισ, ὦ γαμβρέ, τοιαύτά ποτα καὶ τοῦ κωμικοῦ τετραμέτρου, λεγομένου δὲ Ἀριστοφανείου τουδί ὅτ’ ἐγὼ τὰ δίκαια λέγων ἤνθουν καὶ σωφροσύνη ’νενόμιστο τοὺσ τελευταίουσ πόδασ τρεῖσ καὶ τὴν κατάληξιν ἐκλαβὼν συνάψειε τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἀτέρα πάισ, ὦ γαμβρέ, τοιαύτά ποτα καὶ σωφροσύνη ’νενόμιστο· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2538)
- δοκιμαζομένου μάλιστα παρ’ αὐτοῖσ τοῦ μέλανοσ λεγομένου ζωμοῦ, ὥστε μὴ κρεαδίου δεῖσθαι τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ, παραχωρεῖν δὲ τοῖσ νεανίσκοισ, λέγεται Διονύσιοσ ὁ τῆσ Σικελίασ τύραννοσ τούτου χάριν Λακωνικὸν μάγειρον πρίασθαι καὶ προστάξαι σκευάσαι αὐτῷ μηδενὸσ φειδόμενον ἀναλώματοσ· (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 21)
- δοκιμαζομένου μάλιστα παρ’ αὐτοῖσ τοῦ μέλανοσ λεγομένου ζωμοῦ, ὥστε μὴ κρεαδίου δεῖσθαι τοὺσ πρεσβυτέρουσ, παραχωρεῖν δὲ τοὺσ νεανίσκουσ, λέγεται Διονύσιοσ ὁ τῆσ Σικελίασ; (Plutarch, Instituta Laconica, section 21)
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)
