# λέγω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *légō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”). Cognates include Latin legō and Albanian mbledh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lé.ɡɔː/ → /ˈle.ɣo/ → /ˈle.ɣo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /lé.ɡɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈle.ɡo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈle.ɣo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈle.ɣo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈle.ɣo/

### Verb

λέγω • (légō)
* to put in order, arrange, gather
* to choose, count, reckon
* to say, speak
* (usually passive voice) to call, name

#### Usage notes

All tenses besides present and imperfect are generally limited to Homer and other earlier writers (although they remain in compound words such as ἀπολέγω (apolégō), ἐκλέγω (eklégō), and καταλέγω (katalégō)).

#### Inflection

Also: Aorist athematic middle indicative 3rd singular, Epic: λέκτο (lékto) (Odyssey 4,451; 9,335)

#### Derived terms

* ἀπολέγω (apolégō, “to pick out from; decline, refuse; speak fully”)
* διαλέγω (dialégō, “to to choose, gather, pick (out), select; to converse, lecture (in middle voice)”)
* ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “to pick, select”)
* ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to choose”)
* παραλέγω (paralégō, “to pluck superfluous hair”)
* συλλέγω (sullégō, “to gather, collect (of persons)”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: -λέγω (-légo) (in compounds, sense: choose)

#### References

* “λέγω (B)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

### Verb

λέγω • (légō)
* to say, speak, converse, tell a story
* (middle passive) to mean

#### Usage notes

For the meaning "say, speak", forms derived from other roots are more commonly used (suppletion): the future ἐρέω (eréō), future passive ῥηθήσομαι (rhēthḗsomai), and perfect εἴρηκᾰ (eírēkă) from εἴρω (eírō), as well as the aorist εἶπον (eîpon).

#### Synonyms

* (say, speak): ἀγορεύω (agoreúō), εἴρω (eírō), εἶπον (eîpon)

#### Derived terms

* ἀμφιλέγω (amphilégō, “to dispute, to doubt”)
* ἀντιλέγω (antilégō, “to speak against”)
* ἀπολέγω (apolégō, “to pick out from; decline, refuse; speak fully (2nd sense)”)
* διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue”)
* ἐπαναλέγω (epanalégō, “to repeat”)
* καταλέγω (katalégō, “to reckon, tell at length and in order”)
* παραλέγω (paralégō, “to speak beside the purpose”)
* παραπρολέγω (paraprolégō, “to prophesy falsely”)
* προδιαλέγω (prodialégō, “to discuss before”)
* προλέγω (prolégō, “to foretell”)
* προσλέγω (proslégō, “to add, say in addition”)
* πρωτολόγος (prōtológos, “ speaking first ”)
* ὑπολέγω (hupolégō, “to dictate”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: λέγω (légo)
* Mariupol Greek: лэ́гу (léhu)

#### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 841-2

### Further reading

* “λέγω (B)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “λέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “λέγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* λέγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* λέγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “λέγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3004 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. allude to idem, page 25.aver idem, page 55.bid idem, page 78.call idem, page 108.command idem, page 146.declare idem, page 201.describe idem, page 214.ejaculate idem, page 263.exclaim idem, page 289.express idem, page 295.harangue idem, page 384.heart idem, page 392.impart idem, page 419.mean idem, page 519.mention idem, page 524.name idem, page 550.namely idem, page 550.narrate idem, page 551.observe idem, page 567.read idem, page 675.record idem, page 681.recount idem, page 681.refer idem, page 684.rehearse idem, page 688.relate idem, page 689.remark idem, page 692.repeat idem, page 696.report idem, page 697.say idem, page 736.speak idem, page 798.speech idem, page 800.state idem, page 812.style idem, page 830.talk idem, page 854.tell idem, page 859.term idem, page 862.word idem, page 987.
* λέγω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) (λέγω, sense: 'say').

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈle.ɣo/
* Hyphenation: λέ‧γω

### Verb

λέγω • (légo) (past είπα, passive λέγομαι)
* (formal) Alternative form of λέω (léo, “to say”)

#### Conjugation

    see: λέω (léo)

#### Derived terms

From the ancient λέγω, sense: 'say'
* αντιλέγω (antilégo, “object, contradict”)
* διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “converse with”)
* προλέγω (prolégo, “say beforehand”)
* συνδιαλέγομαι (syndialégomai, “converse with”)
* and from form λέω (léo), πρωτολέω (protoléo, “say for the first time”)

### See also

From the ancient λέγω, sense: 'choose'
* αποδιαλέγω (apodialégo, “pick”) (colloquial)
* διαλέγω (dialégo, “choose”)
* εκλέγω (eklégo, “elect”)
* επανεκλέγω (epaneklégo, “reelect”)
* επιλέγω (epilégo, “choose, pick”)
* καταλέγομαι (katalégomai, “be included, registered”)
* ξεδιαλέγω (xedialégo, “pick among”)
* περισυλλέγω (perisyllégo, “choose, pick”)
* προεπιλέγω (proepilégo, “choose beforehand”)
* συγκαταλέγω (sygkatalégo, “include”)
* συλλέγω (syllégo, “collect”)