λέχομαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лежати (ležati), Old Irish lige, and Old English licgan (English lie).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lé.kʰo.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle.kʰo.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈle.xo.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈle.xo.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.xo.me/
Inflection
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | λέχομαι | λέχῃ, λέχει |
λέχεται | λέχεσθον | λέχεσθον | λεχόμεθᾰ | λέχεσθε | λέχονται | ||||
subjunctive | λέχωμαι | λέχῃ | λέχηται | λέχησθον | λέχησθον | λεχώμεθᾰ | λέχησθε | λέχωνται | |||||
optative | λεχοίμην | λέχοιο | λέχοιτο | λέχοισθον | λεχοίσθην | λεχοίμεθᾰ | λέχοισθε | λέχοιντο | |||||
imperative | λέχου | λεχέσθω | λέχεσθον | λεχέσθων | λέχεσθε | λεχέσθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | λέχεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | λεχόμενος | |||||||||||
f | λεχομένη | ||||||||||||
n | λεχόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Imperfect: ἐλεχόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐλεχόμην | ἐλέχου | ἐλέχετο | ἐλέχεσθον | ἐλεχέσθην | ἐλεχόμεθᾰ | ἐλέχεσθε | ἐλέχοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | λέξομαι | λέξεαι | λέξεται | λέξεσθον | λέξεσθον | λεξόμε(σ)θᾰ | λέξεσθε | λέξονται | ||||
optative | λεξοίμην | λέξοιο | λέξοιτο | λέξοισθον | λεξοίσθην | λεξοίμε(σ)θᾰ | λέξοισθε | λεξοίᾰτο | |||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | λέξεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | λεξόμενος | |||||||||||
f | λεξομένη | ||||||||||||
n | λεξόμενον | ||||||||||||
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. |
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἐλεξᾰ́μην | ἐλέξᾰο | ἐλέξᾰτο | ἐλέξᾰσθον | ἐλεξᾰ́σθην | ἐλεξᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | ἐλέξᾰσθε | ἐλέξᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | λέξωμαι | λέξηαι | λέξηται | λέξησθον | λέξησθον | λεξώμε(σ)θᾰ | λέξησθε | λέξωνται | |||||
optative | λεξαίμην | λέξαιο | λέξαιτο | λέξαισθον | λεξαίσθην | λεξαίμε(σ)θᾰ | λέξαισθε | λεξαίᾰτο | |||||
imperative | λέξαι | λεξᾰ́σθω | λέξᾰσθον | λεξᾰ́σθων | λέξᾰσθε | λεξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | λέξᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | λεξᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
f | λεξᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
n | λεξᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
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. |
Perfect: λέλοχᾰ
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | λέλοχᾰ | λέλοχᾰς | λέλοχε(ν) | λελόχᾰτον | λελόχᾰτον | λελόχᾰμεν | λελόχᾰτε | λελόχᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | λελόχω | λελόχῃς | λελόχῃ | λελόχητον | λελόχητον | λελόχωμεν | λελόχητε | λελόχωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | λελόχοιμῐ, λελοχοίην |
λελόχοις, λελοχοίης |
λελόχοι, λελοχοίη |
λελόχοιτον | λελοχοίτην | λελόχοιμεν | λελόχοιτε | λελόχοιεν | |||||
imperative | λέλοχε | λελοχέτω | λελόχετον | λελοχέτων | λελόχετε | λελοχόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | λελοχέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | λελοχώς | |||||||||||
f | λελοχυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | λελοχός | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. |
Derived terms
- παραλέχομαι (paralékhomai)
References
- “λέχομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λέχομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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