λήγω
See also: λίγο
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λάγω (lágō) — Doric
Etymology
From the root of λᾰγᾰρός (lăgărós), Latin laxus, etc.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̌ː.ɡɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝.ɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ɣo/
Verb
λήγω • (lḗgō)
- (transitive) stay, abate
- construed with the genitive
- (more frequently intransitive) leave off, cease
- construed with the genitive
- construed with the dative
- construed with participles
- construed with prepositions
- (grammar, of a word) terminate
- construed with prepositions
- construed with the dative
- follow logically
- (of months) synonym of φθίνω (phthínō)
Conjugation
Present: λήγω, λήγομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | λήγω | λήγεις | λήγει | λήγετον | λήγετον | λήγομεν | λήγετε | λήγουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | λήγω | λήγῃς | λήγῃ | λήγητον | λήγητον | λήγωμεν | λήγητε | λήγωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | λήγοιμῐ | λήγοις | λήγοι | λήγοιτον | ληγοίτην | λήγοιμεν | λήγοιτε | λήγοιεν | |||||
| imperative | λῆγε | ληγέτω | λήγετον | ληγέτων | λήγετε | ληγόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | λήγομαι | λήγῃ / λήγει | λήγεται | λήγεσθον | λήγεσθον | ληγόμεθᾰ | λήγεσθε | λήγονται | ||||
| subjunctive | λήγωμαι | λήγῃ | λήγηται | λήγησθον | λήγησθον | ληγώμεθᾰ | λήγησθε | λήγωνται | |||||
| optative | ληγοίμην | λήγοιο | λήγοιτο | λήγοισθον | ληγοίσθην | ληγοίμεθᾰ | λήγοισθε | λήγοιντο | |||||
| imperative | λήγου | ληγέσθω | λήγεσθον | ληγέσθων | λήγεσθε | ληγέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | λήγειν | λήγεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | λήγων | ληγόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | λήγουσᾰ | ληγομένη | |||||||||||
| n | λῆγον | ληγόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔληγον, ἐληγόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔληγον | ἔληγες | ἔληγε(ν) | ἐλήγετον | ἐληγέτην | ἐλήγομεν | ἐλήγετε | ἔληγον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐληγόμην | ἐλήγου | ἐλήγετο | ἐλήγεσθον | ἐληγέσθην | ἐληγόμεθᾰ | ἐλήγεσθε | ἐλήγοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: λήξω, λήξομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | λήξω | λήξεις | λήξει | λήξετον | λήξετον | λήξομεν | λήξετε | λήξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | λήξοιμῐ | λήξοις | λήξοι | λήξοιτον | ληξοίτην | λήξοιμεν | λήξοιτε | λήξοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | λήξομαι | λήξῃ / λήξει | λήξεται | λήξεσθον | λήξεσθον | ληξόμεθᾰ | λήξεσθε | λήξονται | ||||
| optative | ληξοίμην | λήξοιο | λήξοιτο | λήξοισθον | ληξοίσθην | ληξοίμεθᾰ | λήξοισθε | λήξοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | λήξειν | λήξεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | λήξων | ληξόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | λήξουσᾰ | ληξομένη | |||||||||||
| n | λῆξον | ληξόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἔληξᾰ, ἐληξᾰ́μην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔληξᾰ | ἔληξᾰς | ἔληξε(ν) | ἐλήξᾰτον | ἐληξᾰ́την | ἐλήξᾰμεν | ἐλήξᾰτε | ἔληξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | λήξω | λήξῃς | λήξῃ | λήξητον | λήξητον | λήξωμεν | λήξητε | λήξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | λήξαιμῐ | λήξειᾰς / λήξαις | λήξειε(ν) / λήξαι | λήξαιτον | ληξαίτην | λήξαιμεν | λήξαιτε | λήξειᾰν / λήξαιεν | |||||
| imperative | λῆξον | ληξᾰ́τω | λήξᾰτον | ληξᾰ́των | λήξᾰτε | ληξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐληξᾰ́μην | ἐλήξω | ἐλήξᾰτο | ἐλήξᾰσθον | ἐληξᾰ́σθην | ἐληξᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐλήξᾰσθε | ἐλήξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | λήξωμαι | λήξῃ | λήξηται | λήξησθον | λήξησθον | ληξώμεθᾰ | λήξησθε | λήξωνται | |||||
| optative | ληξαίμην | λήξαιο | λήξαιτο | λήξαισθον | ληξαίσθην | ληξαίμεθᾰ | λήξαισθε | λήξαιντο | |||||
| imperative | λῆξαι | ληξᾰ́σθω | λήξᾰσθον | ληξᾰ́σθων | λήξᾰσθε | ληξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | λῆξαι | λήξᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | λήξᾱς | ληξᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | λήξᾱσᾰ | ληξᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | λῆξᾰν | ληξᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔλληξᾰ | ἔλληξᾰς | ἔλληξε(ν) | ἐλλήξᾰτον | ἐλληξᾰ́την | ἐλλήξᾰμεν | ἐλλήξᾰτε | ἔλληξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | λήξω, λήξωμῐ |
λήξῃς, λήξῃσθᾰ |
λήξῃ, λήξῃσῐ |
λήξητον | λήξητον | λήξωμεν | λήξητε | λήξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | λήξαιμῐ | λήξαις, λήξαισθᾰ, λήξειᾰς |
λήξειε(ν) / λήξαι | ληξεῖτον | ληξείτην | ληξεῖμεν | ληξεῖτε | ληξεῖεν | |||||
| imperative | λῆξον | ληξᾰ́τω | λήξᾰτον | ληξᾰ́των | λήξᾰτε | ληξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐλληξᾰ́μην | ἐλλήξᾰο | ἐλλήξᾰτο | ἐλλήξᾰσθον | ἐλληξᾰ́σθην | ἐλληξᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ἐλλήξᾰσθε | ἐλλήξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | λήξωμαι | λήξηαι | λήξηται | λήξησθον | λήξησθον | ληξώμε(σ)θᾰ | λήξησθε | λήξωνται | |||||
| optative | ληξαίμην | λήξαιο | λήξαιτο | λήξαισθον | ληξαίσθην | ληξαίμε(σ)θᾰ | λήξαισθε | ληξαίᾰτο | |||||
| imperative | λῆξαι | ληξᾰ́σθω | λήξᾰσθον | ληξᾰ́σθων | λήξᾰσθε | ληξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | λῆξαι / ληξᾰ́μεν / ληξᾰμέναι | λήξᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | λήξᾱς | ληξᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | λήξᾱσᾰ | ληξᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | λῆξᾰν | ληξᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “λήγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λήγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λήγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λήγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λήγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λήγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- λήγω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.ɣo/
- Hyphenation: λή‧γω
- Homophone: λίγο (lígo)
Verb
λήγω • (lígo) (past έληξα, passive —, ppp ληγμένος)
- to terminate, end, expire
- Ο αγώνας έληξε ισόπαλος.
- O agónas élixe isópalos.
- The match ended in a draw.
- Μη την πιεις αυτή την μπίρα, έχει λήξει.
- Mi tin pieis aftí tin bíra, échei líxei.
- Do not drink this beer, it has expired.
- (grammar) to end
- Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε -ίζω γράφονται με γιώτα.
- Ta rímata pou lígoun se -ízo gráfontai me gióta.
- Verbs ending in -ízo are written with an iota.
Conjugation
λήγω (active forms only plus passive perfect participle)
| Active voice ➤ | ||||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | ||
| Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | λήξω | |||
| 2 sg | λήγεις | λήξεις | ||
| 3 sg | λήγει | λήξει | ||
| 1 pl | λήγουμε, [‑ομε] | λήξουμε, [‑ομε] | ||
| 2 pl | λήγετε | λήξετε | ||
| 3 pl | λήγουν(ε) | λήξουν(ε) | ||
| Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | έληγα | έληξα | ||
| 2 sg | έληγες | έληξες | ||
| 3 sg | έληγε | έληξε | ||
| 1 pl | λήγαμε | λήξαμε | ||
| 2 pl | λήγατε | λήξατε | ||
| 3 pl | έληγαν, λήγαν(ε) | έληξαν, λήξαν(ε) | ||
| Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | ||
| 1 sg | θα ➤ | θα λήξω ➤ | ||
| 2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα λήγεις, … | θα λήξεις, … | ||
| Perfect aspect ➤ | ||||
| Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … λήξει έχω, έχεις, … ληγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ |
είμαι, είσαι, … ληγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ (also passive voice) | ||
| Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … λήξει είχα, είχες, … ληγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο |
ήμουν, ήσουν, … ληγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο | ||
| Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … λήξει θα έχω, θα έχεις, … ληγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο |
θα είμαι, θα είσαι, … ληγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο | ||
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | ||
| 2 sg | λήγε | λήξε, (λήχ' 1) | ||
| 2 pl | λήγετε | λήξτε, (λήχτε2) | ||
| Other forms | ||||
| Active present participle ➤ | declinable: λήγων, λήγουσα, λήγον also see active past participle λήξας, λήξασα, λήξαν indeclinable: λήγοντας ➤ | |||
| Active perfect participle ➤ | έχοντας λήξει ➤ | |||
| Passive perfect participle ➤ | ληγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ | |||
| Nonfinite form ➤ | λήξει | |||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
1. Colloquial apocopic perfective imperative + accusative of article & noun or weak pronouns e.g. λήχ' το ("end it!") 2. Colloquial, rare • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Related terms
- αληγής (aligís)
- άληκτος (áliktos, “unexpired”)
- απολήγω (apolígo)
- καταλήγω (katalígo) (and related words)
- ληγμένος (ligménos, “expired”, passive perfect participle)
- λήγουσα f (lígousa, “ultima, last styllable”)
- λήγων (lígon, active present participle), λήγουσα (lígousa), λήγον (lígon)
- ληκτικός (liktikós)
- λήξας (líxas, “who ended”, active past participle), λήξασα (líxasa), λήξαν (líxan)
- λήξη f (líxi) (and compounds)
- ληξίαρχος m (lixíarchos)
- παραλήγουσα f (paralígousa, “penultima, second syllable from the end”)
- προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultima, third syllable from the end”)
Further reading
- λήγω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language