Lexicon for Iliad 1, 3, 6, 21 & 24 (draft) 1 - CW's language page

Lexicon for Iliad 1, 3, 6, 21 & 24 (draft)
foe, Aesch.; l. tina\ ou)damou= to count him as naught, nullo in numero habere, Soph. • to recount, tell over, Od.,
Aesch., etc.:—Mid., ti/ se\ xrh\ tau=ta le/gesqai; why need'st thou tell the tale thereof? Il.; mhke/ti tau=ta legw/meqa Il.
λεγω to say, speak, Hdt., Trag., etc.; le/ge say on, Hdt.; so, le/gois a)/n Plat.: of oracles, to say, declare, Hdt. • le/gein tina/ ti to
say something of another, esp., kaka\ l. tina/ to speak ill of him, abuse, revile him, Hdt.; a)gaqa\ l. tina/ Ar.;—also, eu)= or
kakw=s l. tina/ Aesch., etc. • to call by name, Soph.:— to call so and so, ou)/toi gunai=kas a)lla\ *gorgo/nas le/gw Aesch. •
l. tina\ or tini\ poiei=n ti to tell one to do, Soph., Xen., etc. • l. ti to say something, i. e. to speak to the point or purpose,
Soph.; le/gw ti; am I right? Soph.; opp. to ou)de le/gei, has no meaning, no authority, Ar.; but ou)de le/gein, also, to say
what is not, to lie, Ar., Plat., etc. • dicere, to mean, ti/ tou=to le/gei; what does this mean? Ar., Plat.; pw=s le/geis; how
mean you? Plat.:—to explain more fully, ei)/sw komi/zou su/, *kasa/ndran le/gw get thee in—thou, I mean Cassandra,
Aesch.; potamo/s *)axelw=ion le/gw Soph. • dicitur, it is said, on dit, Hdt., Attic; also le/gontai ei)=nai they are said to be,
Xen.:— to\ lego/menon, absol., as the saying goes, Thuc., etc.:— o( lego/menos the so-called, oi( l. au)to/nomoi ei)=nai
Xen. • of orators, to speak (emphatically), le/gein deino/s Soph.; l. te kai\ pra/ssein dunatw/tatos Thuc. • lego, to read, only
occurs in compds., a)nale/gomai, e)pile/gomai.
λειβω (from Root !lib) • to pour, pour forth, oi)=non lei/bein to make a libation of wine, Hom.; also lei/bein (without oi)=non)
Il.; lei/bein qeoi=s Od. • like ei)/bw, to let flow, shed, da/krua l. Hom., Trag.: —Pass., of the tears, to be shed, pour forth,
Eur., Xen.; of persons, lei/besqai dakru/ois ko/ras to have one's eyes running with tears, Eur.: metaph. of sound, Pind. • in
Pass., also, to melt or pine away, Ar.
λειµων leimw=n, w=nos, o(, • (