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 αὐτῶν γε τούτων ἀναστρέφων τὰσ χρήσεισ, ἵνα τὸ μὲν ὀνοματικὸν προσηγορικὸν γένηται, τὸ δὲ προσηγορικὸν ὀνοματικῶσ λέγηται, καὶ τὰ μὲν παθητικὰ ῥήματα δραστήρια, τὰ δὲ δραστήρια παθητικά· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 2 2:2)
- χαίρει γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ τὰ τοιαῦτα λεπτολογῶν καθάπερ οἱ τὴν ψώραν ἡδέωσ κνώμενοι, καὶ τὸ φρόντισμα ἡδὺ αὐτῷ δοκεῖ καὶ μέγα φρονεῖ ἢν λέγηται ὡσ οὐ παντὸσ ἀνδρόσ ἐστι συνιδεῖν ἃ περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν ὀξυδορκεῖ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 34:4)
- ἄχρι δὲ ἂν οἰκεῖα τῷ πράγματι λέγηται, ἐξέστω ἀπομηκύνειν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:6)
- ὅπωσ μὴ ταῦτα λέγῃσ ποτέ, πάνυ εὔλογα, ἢν λέγηται, καὶ ἄφυκτα ἡμῖν, ὡσ οὐκ ἀδικοῦμεν μὴ προμηνύσαντεσ, ἄκουσον ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἁπάντων, καὶ τὸ δίκτυόν τε αὐτὸ καὶ τῶν κύρτων τὸ ἀδιέξοδον ἔκτοσθεν ἐπὶ σχολῆσ, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἔνδοθεν ἐκ τοῦ μυχοῦ προεπισκόπησον, καὶ τοῦ ἀγκίστρου δὲ τὸ ἀγκύλον καὶ τὴν εἰσ τὸ ἔμπαλιν τοῦ σκόλοποσ ἀναστροφὴν καὶ τῆσ τριαίνησ τὰσ ἀκμὰσ εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ λαβὼν καὶ πρὸσ τὴν γνάθον πεφυσημένην ἀποπειρώμενοσ, ἢν μὴ πάνυ ὀξέα μηδὲ ἄφυκτα μηδὲ ἀνιαρὰ ἐν τοῖσ τραύμασι φαίνηται βιαίωσ σπῶντα καὶ ἀμάχωσ ἀντιλαμβανόμενα, ἡμᾶσ μὲν ἐν τοῖσ δειλοῖσ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πεινῶσιν ἀνάγραφε, σεαυτὸν δὲ παρακαλέσασ θαρρεῖν ἐπιχείρει τῇ ἄγρᾳ, εἰ θέλεισ, καθάπερ ὁ λάροσ ὅλον περιχανὼν τὸ δέλεαρ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 3:4)
- ἓν γάρ τι καὶ τοῦτο τῶν ἄλλων καλλωπισμάτων αὐταῖσ δοκεῖ, ἢν λέγηται ὡσ πεπαιδευμέναι τὲ εἰσιν καὶ φιλόσοφοι καὶ ποιοῦσιν ᾄσματα οὐ πολὺ τῆσ Σαπφοῦσ ἀποδέοντα ‐ διὰ δὴ ταῦτα μισθωτοὺσ καὶ αὗται περιάγονται ῥήτορασ καὶ γραμματικοὺσ καὶ φιλοσόφουσ, ἀκροῶνται δ’ αὐτῶν ‐ πηνίκα; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 36:3)
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)
