διαλέγομαι
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- I converse, hold a discussion, debate, argue.
- (philosophy) I practise dialectic, elicit conclusions.
- (late) I lecture, discourse.
- I speak articulately, write in prose, use a dialect or language.
- (euphemistic) I have intercourse.
- I have dealings (with someone).
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek λέγω (say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέγω
Gloss
say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
理
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lectic English
- -logia Latin
- dialectos Latin
- dialectos/dialectus Latin
- dialectus Latin
- γενεαλόγος Ancient Greek
- διάλεκτος Ancient Greek
- διαλέγω Ancient Greek
- διαλεκτικός Ancient Greek
- καταλέγω Ancient Greek
- κνιπολόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- λεκτικός Ancient Greek
- παραδοξολόγος Ancient Greek
- σπερμολόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλέγω 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
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- dialekt Norwegian Bokmål
- dialekt Norwegian Nynorsk
- dialekt Danish
- dialecte Catalan, Valencian
- -λογία Greek (modern)
- επιλέγω Greek (modern)
- λέγω Greek (modern)
- λέω Greek (modern)
- dgialecte Norman
- дијалект Macedonian