λέω
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈleo/
verb
Definitions
- (most senses) say, tell
- (transitive) discuss, converse
- recite, tell, recount, sing a poem, song, etc
- (often in imperative) suppose, imagine a hypothetical scenario
- (intransitive) refer to, talk about
- (transitive) mean, say to clarify etc
- (intransitive) remind of, mean something to
- (intransitive) be any good, be worth anything
- (intransitive) suggest, advise
- (transitive) call name someone or something
- (intransitive) think something will happen
- (transitive) read, explain fortell using cards etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek λέγω (say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
Gloss
gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak
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Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- lectic English
- lexicography English
- *exēligere Latin
- -logia Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- diligentem Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- electrix Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectus Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- legō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- ēligere Latin
- codicologia Italian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- γενεαλόγος Ancient Greek
- διαλέγομαι Ancient Greek
- διαλέγω Ancient Greek
- καταλέγω Ancient Greek
- κνιπολόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω 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
- παραδοξολόγος Ancient Greek
- σπερμολόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλέγω Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- τερατολόγος Ancient Greek
- ψευδολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἀμφιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀναλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ὡρολόγιον Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- dialekt Danish
- -λογία Greek (modern)
- επιλέγω Greek (modern)
- λέγω Greek (modern)
- ξαναλέω Greek (modern)
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- *legō Proto-Italic
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- läk- Tocharian B
- läk- Tocharian A