λέγω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- I put in order, arrange, gather
- I choose, count, reckon
- I say, speak
- I call, name (usually in the passive voice)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak), *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
Gloss
gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- alexithymic English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- lectic English
- lectical English
- legible English
- lexicography English
- lexis English
- *exēligere Latin
- -legus Latin
- -logia Latin
- -ālis Latin
- allego Latin
- apologo Latin
- astrologus Latin
- circumlego Latin
- colligo Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- deligo Latin
- dialectus Latin
- diligentem Latin
- diligo Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- elector Latin
- electrix Latin
- eligo Latin
- horologium Latin
- hōrologium Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectio Latin
- lecto Latin
- lector Latin
- lectrum Latin
- lectus Latin
- legenda Latin
- legere Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- lego Latin
- legulus Latin
- legō Latin
- lexis Latin
- lēctiō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- perlego Latin
- praelego Latin
- relego Latin
- seligo Latin
- spicilegium Latin
- sublego Latin
- supellex Latin
- ēligere Latin
- -logia Italian
- codicologia Italian
- -logie French
- astrologue French
- horloge French
- elector Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- Λεξιφάνης Ancient Greek
- γενεαλόγος Ancient Greek
- γενεᾱ́ Ancient Greek
- διά Ancient Greek
- διάλεκτος Ancient Greek
- διαλέγομαι Ancient Greek
- διαλέγω Ancient Greek
- διαλεκτικός Ancient Greek
- καταλέγω Ancient Greek
- καταλογάδην Ancient Greek
- κνίψ Ancient Greek
- κνιπολόγος Ancient Greek
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- λεκτικός Ancient Greek
- λεξικόν Ancient Greek
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- λογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- λογεῖον Ancient Greek
- λογικός Ancient Greek
- λογισμός Ancient Greek
- λογιστικός Ancient Greek
- λογομαχία Ancient Greek
- λόγιον Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- παράδοξος Ancient Greek
- παραδοξολόγος Ancient Greek
- σπέρμα Ancient Greek
- σπερμολόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλέγω Ancient Greek
- συλλογή Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- σύλλεκτος Ancient Greek
- σύλλεξις Ancient Greek
- τέρας Ancient Greek
- τερατολόγος Ancient Greek
- φώνημα Ancient Greek
- ψευδής Ancient Greek
- ψευδολόγος Ancient Greek
- ψυχή Ancient Greek
- ἀμφιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀναλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀστήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἐκλεκτικός Ancient Greek
- ἐκλεκτός Ancient Greek
- ἐπιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ὡρολόγιον Ancient Greek
- ὥρα Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- dysleksi Norwegian Bokmål
- alexitímico Portuguese
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- lexikon Swedish
- dysleksi Norwegian Nynorsk
- dialekt Danish
- lekce Czech
- lexém Czech
- -logia Catalan, Valencian
- -loxía Galician
- astrolog Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -λογία Greek (modern)
- αμφιλεγόμενος Greek (modern)
- εκλέγω Greek (modern)
- επιλέγω Greek (modern)
- λέγω Greek (modern)
- λέω Greek (modern)
- ξαναλέω Greek (modern)
- ρολόι Greek (modern)
- σκυλολόι Greek (modern)
- σοβαρολογώ Greek (modern)
- συλλέγω Greek (modern)
- συλλέκτης Greek (modern)
- légaid Old Irish
- легион Bulgarian
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- ლექსი Georgian
- პაჭენისი Georgian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- -logia Occitan
- *legō Proto-Italic
- -loxía Asturian
- pcyn' Middle Persian
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- *pati- Proto-Iranian
- läk- Tocharian B
- *leje- Gallo
- läk- Tocharian A
- lese Piedmontese
- ὥρα
- διά
- κνίψ
- ψυχή
- λόγος
- τέρας
- λέξις
- ἀστήρ
- φώνημα
- ἐκλέγω
- γενεᾱ́
- ψευδής
- σπέρμα
- λόγιον
- -λογία
- -λόγος
- συλλογή
- συλλέγω
- ἀπολέγω
- διαλέγω
- ἐπιλέγω
- λεξικόν
- λογεῖον
- λογικός
- -λογῐ́ᾱ
- ἀναλέγω
- σύλλεξις
- ἀμφιλέγω
- ἐκλεκτός
- λεκτικός
- καταλέγω
- λογισμός
- λογομαχία
- Λεξιφάνης
- λογίζομαι
- ὡρολόγιον
- παράδοξος
- διάλεκτος
- σύλλεκτος
- κνιπολόγος
- λογιστικός
- ἀστρολόγος
- ἐκλεκτικός
- γενεαλόγος
- ψευδολόγος
- διαλέγομαι
- τερατολόγος
- καταλογάδην
- συλλογισμός
- διαλεκτικός
- σπερμολόγος
- συλλογίζομαι
- παραδοξολόγος
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον