λήγω

See also: λίγο

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • λάγω (lágō)Doric

Etymology

From the root of λᾰγᾰρός (lăgărós), Latin laxus, etc.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λήγω • (lḗgō)

  1. (transitive) stay, abate
    1. construed with the genitive
  2. (more frequently intransitive) leave off, cease
    1. construed with the genitive
    2. construed with the dative
    3. construed with participles
    4. construed with prepositions
  3. (grammar, of a word) terminate
    1. construed with prepositions
    2. construed with the dative
  4. follow logically
  5. (of months) synonym of φθίνω (phthínō)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀπολήγω (apolḗgō)
  • ἐκλήγω (eklḗgō)
  • ἐλλήγω (ellḗgō)
  • ἐπιλήγω (epilḗgō)
  • καταλήγω (katalḗgō)
  • λῆγον (lêgon)
  • μεταλήγω (metalḗgō)
  • παραλήγω (paralḗgō)
  • συλλήγω (sullḗgō)
  • ὑπολήγω (hupolḗgō)

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)

  1. 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.
  2. (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

  • 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)

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