A.“-λέξω” Ar.Av.50<*>: Ep. aor. inf. ἀλλέξαι:—Med., v. infr.:—pick up, gather up, ὀστέα ἀλλέξαι Il.21.321; “ὀστέα . . ἄλλεγον ἐς φιάλην” 23.253; “ἀνά τ᾽ ἔντεα καλὰ λέγοντες” 11.755; ἐκ βίβλων ἀ. collect materials from books, IG3.716:—Med., pick up for oneself, “τοὺς στατῆρας” Hdt.3.130; [σκώληκας] ἀ. τῇ γλώττῃ, of the woodpecker, Arist.HA614b1; ἀ. πνεῦμα collect one's breath, AP12.132 (Mel.); select or take up a theme for discussion, Ps.-Alex. Aphr. in SE17.15.
II. in Med., reckon up, “τὸν χρόνον” Plu.Lyc.1:— Pass. (with fut. “ἀναλέξομαι” Them. in Ph.132.7), “ὅ σοι τιμὴν οἴσει εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον ἀναλεγόμενον” being recounted, X.An.2.1.17.
III. in Med., read through, “τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς γράμμ᾽ ἀναλεξάμενος” Call.Epigr. 25; “συχνὰς ἀναλεξάμενος γραφάς” D.H.1.89; “ἐκ γραμμάτων ἀ. τι” Plu. 2.582a:—Pass., Σαπφοῦς -ομένης ib.711d.
2. Med., recover, ἀπὸ τῆς καταπλήξεως dub. in D.S.32.6.
