λέγω2
I.to gather, pick up, Lat. lego, colligo, Hom., Pind.; αἱμασιὰς λέγων picking out stones for building walls, Od.:—Mid. to gather for oneself, Il.
2.Mid. to choose for oneself, pick out, Hom.:—Pass. to be chosen, Il.
II.to count, tell, reckon up, Od.; μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself among them, id=Od.; λέκτο δ᾽ ἀριθμόν he told him over the number, id=Od.:—Pass., μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέχθην I was counted among these, Il.