ληρέω?
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration: lēreō
Principal Part:
ληρέω
Structure:
ληρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be foolish or silly, speak or act foolishly
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.
- λοιπὸν οὖν ἐστιν αὐτὸν τῶν παρόντων ἕνεκα ταῦτα ληρεῖν οὔθ ὅ τι πέπονθεν αὐτῷ ὁ παῖς εἰδότα οὔθ ὅποι κεχώρηκε, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐδὲ τὸν βίον αὐτὸν ἐξετάσαντα ὁποῖός ἐστιν οὐ γὰρ ἂν τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ μετάστασιν ὥς τι τῶν δεινῶν ἐδυσχέραινεν. (Lucian, (no name) 15:4)
- τοῖς δὲ φιλοσόφοις προειπεῖν μὴ ἀναπλάττειν κενὰ ^ ὀνόματα μηδὲ ληρεῖν περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἴσασιν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 17:1)
- καίτοι τί ταῦτα ληρῶ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 22:3)
- ληρεῖς: (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 8:8)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ κακοδαίμων ἐπὶ τὰς τῆς Ἀκαδημείας θύρας ἐκώμασεν, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ πάντας εἰώθει, ἀνδραποδισαμένη αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν τῆς Μέθης ἁρπάσασα μετὰ βίας καὶ πρὸς αὑτὴν ἀγαγοῦσα ὑδροποτεῖν τε κατηνάγκασεν καὶ νήφειν μετεδίδαξεν καὶ τοὺς στεφάνους περιέσπασεν καὶ δέον πίνειν κατακείμενον, ῥημάτια σκολιὰ καὶ δύστηνα καὶ πολλῆς φροντίδος ἀνάμεστα ἐπαίδευσεν ὥστε ἀντὶ τοῦ τέως ἐπανθοῦντος αὐτῷ ἐρυθήματος ὠχρὸς ὁ ^ ἄθλιος καὶ ῥικνὸς τὸ σῶμα γεγένηται, καὶ τὰς ᾠδὰς ἁπάσας ἀπομαθὼν ἄσιτος ἐνίοτε καὶ διψαλέος εἰς μέσην ἑσπέραν κάθηται ληρῶν ὁποῖα πολλὰ ἡ Ἀκαδήμεια ἐγὼ ληρεῖν διδάσκω. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 16:5)
Synonyms
-
to be foolish or silly
- ἀφρονέω (to be silly, act foolishly)
- ἠλιθιάζω (to speak or act idly, foolishly)
