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.
- ὁ μὲν γὰρ Δημοσθενικὸσ ἔξω παντὸσ ὠραϊσμοῦ καὶ παιδιᾶσ εἰσ δεινότητα καὶ σπουδὴν συνηγμένοσ οὐκ ἐλλυχνίων ὄδωδεν, ὥσπερ ὁ Πυθέασ ἔσκωπτεν, ἀλλ’ ὐδροποσίασ καὶ φροντίδων καὶ τῆσ λεγομένησ πικρίασ τοῦ τρόπου καὶ στυγνότητοσ, Κικέρων δὲ πολλαχοὺ τῷ σκωπτικῷ πρὸσ τὸ βωμολόχον ἐκφερόμενοσ καὶ πράγματα σπονδῆσ ἄξια γέλωτι καὶ παίδιᾷ κατειρωνευόμενοσ ἐν ταῖσ δίκαισ εἰσ τὸ χρειῶδεσ ἠφείδει τοῦ πρέποντοσ, ὥσπερ ἐν τῇ Καιλίου συνηγορίᾳ μηδὲν ἄτοπον ποιεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν τοσαύτῃ τρνφῇ καὶ πολυτελείᾳ ταῖσ ἡδοναῖσ χρώμενον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 1 3:2)
- καίτοι τῆσ λεγομένησ ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ εἰσ σώματα παλιμμεταβολῆσ εἰ μὴ πίστεωσ ἄξιον τὸ ἀποδεικνύμενον, ἀλλ’ εὐλαβείασ γε μεγάλησ καὶ δέουσ τὸ ἀμφίβολον. (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 51)
- τῆσ δὲ λεγομένησ σάγδασ μύρον δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ τοῦτο Ἐπίλυκοσ ἐν Κωραλίσκῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 43 1:1)
- ὁμοίωσ οὐδ’ ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ εἰσ ὄφιν ἦλθε τῆσ Δαρείου γυναικὸσ ἐκπρεπεστάτησ εἶναι λεγομένησ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὴν μητέρα φοιτῶν αὐτῆσ πρεσβῦτιν οὖσαν, οὐχ ὑπέμεινε τὴν νέαν καὶ καλὴν ἰδεῖν. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 13 2:3)
- τοίνυν τῆσ προνοίασ θεωρουμένησ, κυριώτατα δὲ καὶ μάλιστα τῆσ πρώτησ λεγομένησ, οὐκ ἂν ὀκνήσαιμεν εἰπεῖν, εἰ καὶ φιλοσόφοισ ἀνδράσι τἀναντία λέγειν δόξαιμεν, ὡσ πάντα μὲν καθ’ εἱμαρμένην καὶ κατὰ πρόνοιαν οὐ μὴν καὶ κατὰ φύσιν· (Plutarch, De fato, section 9 3:1)
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)