λέγω3
1.to say, speak, Hdt., Trag., etc.; λέγε say on, Hdt.; so, λέγοις ἄν Plat.: of oracles, to say, declare, Hdt.
2.λέγειν τινά τι to say something of another, esp., κακὰ λ. τινά to speak ill of him, abuse, revile him, id=Hdt.; ἀγαθὰ λ. τινά Ar.;—also, εὖ or κακῶς λ. τινά Aesch., etc.
5.λ. τι to say something, i. e. to speak to the point or purpose, Soph.; λέγω τι; am I right? id=Soph.; opp. to οὐδὲν λέγει, has no meaning, no authority, Ar.; but οὐδὲν λέγειν, also, to say what is not, to lie, id=Ar., Plat., etc.
6.like Lat. dicere, to mean, τί τοῦτο λέγει; what does this mean? Ar., Plat.; πῶς λέγεις; how mean you? Plat.:—to explain more fully, εἴσω κομίζου σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω get thee in—thou, I mean Cassandra, Aesch.; ποταμός Ἀχελῶιον λέγω Soph.
7.Pass., λέγεται, like Lat. dicitur, it is said, on dit, Hdt., attic; also λέγονται εἶναι they are said to be, Xen.:— τὸ λεγόμενον, absol., as the saying goes, Thuc., etc.:— ὁ λεγόμενος the so-called, οἱ λ. αὐτόνομοι εἶναι Xen.
9.to boast of, tell of, Xen.: to recite what is written, λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λέγε Plat., etc.:—but the sense of Lat. lego, to read, only occurs in compds., ἀναλέγομαι, ἐπιλέγομαι.
