διαλέγω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δια- (dia-) + λέγω (légō, “to speak, choose, gather”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.a.lé.ɡɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.aˈle.ɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.aˈle.ɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.aˈle.ɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.aˈle.ɣo/
Verb
δῐᾰλέγω • (dialégō)
- I choose, gather, pick (out), select.
Usage notes
The middle form διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) is a deponent in its own right.
Inflection
Present: δῐᾰλέγω, δῐᾰλέγομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐᾰλέγω | δῐᾰλέγεις | δῐᾰλέγει | δῐᾰλέγετον | δῐᾰλέγετον | δῐᾰλέγομεν | δῐᾰλέγετε | δῐᾰλέγουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐᾰλέγω | δῐᾰλέγῃς | δῐᾰλέγῃ | δῐᾰλέγητον | δῐᾰλέγητον | δῐᾰλέγωμεν | δῐᾰλέγητε | δῐᾰλέγωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐᾰλέγοιμῐ | δῐᾰλέγοις | δῐᾰλέγοι | δῐᾰλέγοιτον | δῐᾰλεγοίτην | δῐᾰλέγοιμεν | δῐᾰλέγοιτε | δῐᾰλέγοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐᾰ́λεγε | δῐᾰλεγέτω | δῐᾰλέγετον | δῐᾰλεγέτων | δῐᾰλέγετε | δῐᾰλεγόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | δῐᾰλέγομαι | δῐᾰλέγῃ, δῐᾰλέγει | δῐᾰλέγεται | δῐᾰλέγεσθον | δῐᾰλέγεσθον | δῐᾰλεγόμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέγεσθε | δῐᾰλέγονται | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐᾰλέγωμαι | δῐᾰλέγῃ | δῐᾰλέγηται | δῐᾰλέγησθον | δῐᾰλέγησθον | δῐᾰλεγώμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέγησθε | δῐᾰλέγωνται | |||||
| optative | δῐᾰλεγοίμην | δῐᾰλέγοιο | δῐᾰλέγοιτο | δῐᾰλέγοισθον | δῐᾰλεγοίσθην | δῐᾰλεγοίμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέγοισθε | δῐᾰλέγοιντο | |||||
| imperative | δῐᾰλέγου | δῐᾰλεγέσθω | δῐᾰλέγεσθον | δῐᾰλεγέσθων | δῐᾰλέγεσθε | δῐᾰλεγέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐᾰλέγειν | δῐᾰλέγεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐᾰλέγων | δῐᾰλεγόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δῐᾰλέγουσᾰ | δῐᾰλεγομένη | |||||||||||
| n | δῐᾰλέγον | δῐᾰλεγόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: δῐέλεγον, δῐελεγόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐέλεγον | δῐέλεγες | δῐέλεγε(ν) | δῐελέγετον | δῐελεγέτην | δῐελέγομεν | δῐελέγετε | δῐέλεγον | ||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | δῐελεγόμην | δῐελέγου | δῐελέγετο | δῐελέγεσθον | δῐελεγέσθην | δῐελεγόμεθᾰ | δῐελέγεσθε | δῐελέγοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Future: δῐᾰλέξω, δῐᾰλέξομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐᾰλέξω | δῐᾰλέξεις | δῐᾰλέξει | δῐᾰλέξετον | δῐᾰλέξετον | δῐᾰλέξομεν | δῐᾰλέξετε | δῐᾰλέξουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | δῐᾰλέξοιμῐ | δῐᾰλέξοις | δῐᾰλέξοι | δῐᾰλέξοιτον | δῐᾰλεξοίτην | δῐᾰλέξοιμεν | δῐᾰλέξοιτε | δῐᾰλέξοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | δῐᾰλέξομαι | δῐᾰλέξῃ, δῐᾰλέξει | δῐᾰλέξεται | δῐᾰλέξεσθον | δῐᾰλέξεσθον | δῐᾰλεξόμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέξεσθε | δῐᾰλέξονται | ||||
| optative | δῐᾰλεξοίμην | δῐᾰλέξοιο | δῐᾰλέξοιτο | δῐᾰλέξοισθον | δῐᾰλεξοίσθην | δῐᾰλεξοίμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέξοισθε | δῐᾰλέξοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐᾰλέξειν | δῐᾰλέξεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐᾰλέξων | δῐᾰλεξόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | δῐᾰλέξουσᾰ | δῐᾰλεξομένη | |||||||||||
| n | δῐᾰλέξον | δῐᾰλεξόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: δῐέλεξᾰ, δῐελεξᾰ́μην, δῐελέχθην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐέλεξᾰ | δῐέλεξᾰς | δῐέλεξε(ν) | δῐελέξᾰτον | δῐελεξᾰ́την | δῐελέξᾰμεν | δῐελέξᾰτε | δῐέλεξᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐᾰλέξω | δῐᾰλέξῃς | δῐᾰλέξῃ | δῐᾰλέξητον | δῐᾰλέξητον | δῐᾰλέξωμεν | δῐᾰλέξητε | δῐᾰλέξωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐᾰλέξαιμῐ | δῐᾰλέξειᾰς, δῐᾰλέξαις | δῐᾰλέξειε(ν), δῐᾰλέξαι | δῐᾰλέξαιτον | δῐᾰλεξαίτην | δῐᾰλέξαιμεν | δῐᾰλέξαιτε | δῐᾰλέξειᾰν, δῐᾰλέξαιεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐᾰ́λεξον | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́τω | δῐᾰλέξᾰτον | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́των | δῐᾰλέξᾰτε | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | δῐελεξᾰ́μην | δῐελέξω | δῐελέξᾰτο | δῐελέξᾰσθον | δῐελεξᾰ́σθην | δῐελεξᾰ́μεθᾰ | δῐελέξᾰσθε | δῐελέξᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐᾰλέξωμαι | δῐᾰλέξῃ | δῐᾰλέξηται | δῐᾰλέξησθον | δῐᾰλέξησθον | δῐᾰλεξώμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέξησθε | δῐᾰλέξωνται | |||||
| optative | δῐᾰλεξαίμην | δῐᾰλέξαιο | δῐᾰλέξαιτο | δῐᾰλέξαισθον | δῐᾰλεξαίσθην | δῐᾰλεξαίμεθᾰ | δῐᾰλέξαισθε | δῐᾰλέξαιντο | |||||
| imperative | δῐᾰ́λεξαι | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́σθω | δῐᾰλέξᾰσθον | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́σθων | δῐᾰλέξᾰσθε | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| passive | indicative | δῐελέχθην | δῐελέχθης | δῐελέχθη | δῐελέχθητον | δῐελεχθήτην | δῐελέχθημεν | δῐελέχθητε | δῐελέχθησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐᾰλεχθῶ | δῐᾰλεχθῇς | δῐᾰλεχθῇ | δῐᾰλεχθῆτον | δῐᾰλεχθῆτον | δῐᾰλεχθῶμεν | δῐᾰλεχθῆτε | δῐᾰλεχθῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐᾰλεχθείην | δῐᾰλεχθείης | δῐᾰλεχθείη | δῐᾰλεχθεῖτον, δῐᾰλεχθείητον | δῐᾰλεχθείτην, δῐᾰλεχθειήτην | δῐᾰλεχθεῖμεν, δῐᾰλεχθείημεν | δῐᾰλεχθεῖτε, δῐᾰλεχθείητε | δῐᾰλεχθεῖεν, δῐᾰλεχθείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | δῐᾰλέχθητῐ | δῐᾰλεχθήτω | δῐᾰλέχθητον | δῐᾰλεχθήτων | δῐᾰλέχθητε | δῐᾰλεχθέντων | |||||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐᾰλέξαι | δῐᾰλέξᾰσθαι | δῐᾰλεχθῆναι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐᾰλέξᾱς | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́μενος | δῐᾰλεχθείς | |||||||||
| f | δῐᾰλέξᾱσᾰ | δῐᾰλεξᾰμένη | δῐᾰλεχθεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||
| n | δῐᾰλέξᾰν | δῐᾰλεξᾰ́μενον | δῐᾰλεχθέν | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Aorist: δῐελέγην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | δῐελέγην | δῐελέγης | δῐελέγη | δῐελέγητον | δῐελεγήτην | δῐελέγημεν | δῐελέγητε | δῐελέγησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐᾰλεγῶ | δῐᾰλεγῇς | δῐᾰλεγῇ | δῐᾰλεγῆτον | δῐᾰλεγῆτον | δῐᾰλεγῶμεν | δῐᾰλεγῆτε | δῐᾰλεγῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐᾰλεγείην | δῐᾰλεγείης | δῐᾰλεγείη | δῐᾰλεγεῖτον, δῐᾰλεγείητον | δῐᾰλεγείτην, δῐᾰλεγειήτην | δῐᾰλεγεῖμεν, δῐᾰλεγείημεν | δῐᾰλεγεῖτε, δῐᾰλεγείητε | δῐᾰλεγεῖεν, δῐᾰλεγείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | δῐᾰλέγηθῐ | δῐᾰλεγήτω | δῐᾰλέγητον | δῐᾰλεγήτων | δῐᾰλέγητε | δῐᾰλεγέντων | |||||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐᾰλεγῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐᾰλεγείς | |||||||||||
| f | δῐᾰλεγεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | δῐᾰλεγέν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Perfect: δῐείλοχᾰ, δῐείλεγμαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐείλοχᾰ | δῐείλοχᾰς | δῐείλοχε(ν) | δῐειλόχᾰτον | δῐειλόχᾰτον | δῐειλόχᾰμεν | δῐειλόχᾰτε | δῐειλόχᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐειλόχω | δῐειλόχῃς | δῐειλόχῃ | δῐειλόχητον | δῐειλόχητον | δῐειλόχωμεν | δῐειλόχητε | δῐειλόχωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐειλόχοιμῐ, δῐειλοχοίην | δῐειλόχοις, δῐειλοχοίης | δῐειλόχοι, δῐειλοχοίη | δῐειλόχοιτον | δῐειλοχοίτην | δῐειλόχοιμεν | δῐειλόχοιτε | δῐειλόχοιεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐείλοχε | δῐειλοχέτω | δῐειλόχετον | δῐειλοχέτων | δῐειλόχετε | δῐειλοχόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | δῐείλεγμαι | δῐείλεξαι | δῐείλεκται | δῐείλεχθον | δῐείλεχθον | δῐειλέγμεθᾰ | δῐείλεχθε | δῐειλέγᾰται | ||||
| subjunctive | δῐειλεγμένος ὦ | δῐειλεγμένος ᾖς | δῐειλεγμένος ᾖ | δῐειλεγμένω ἦτον | δῐειλεγμένω ἦτον | δῐειλεγμένοι ὦμεν | δῐειλεγμένοι ἦτε | δῐειλεγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | δῐειλεγμένος εἴην | δῐειλεγμένος εἴης | δῐειλεγμένος εἴη | δῐειλεγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | δῐειλεγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | δῐειλεγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | δῐειλεγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | δῐειλεγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
| imperative | δῐείλεξο | δῐειλέχθω | δῐείλεχθον | δῐειλέχθων | δῐείλεχθε | δῐειλέχθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | δῐειλοχέναι | δῐειλέχθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | δῐειλοχώς | δῐειλεγμένος | ||||||||||
| f | δῐειλοχυῖᾰ | δῐειλεγμένη | |||||||||||
| n | δῐειλοχός | δῐειλεγμένον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Pluperfect: δῐειλόχειν, δῐειλέγμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | δῐειλόχειν, δῐειλόχη | δῐειλόχεις, δῐειλόχης | δῐειλόχει(ν) | δῐειλόχετον | δῐειλοχέτην | δῐειλόχεμεν | δῐειλόχετε | δῐειλόχεσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | δῐειλέγμην | δῐείλεξο | δῐείλεκτο | δῐείλεχθον | δῐειλέχθην | δῐειλέγμεθᾰ | δῐείλεχθε | δῐειλέγᾰτο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- διαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
Further reading
- “διαλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διαλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διαλέγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διαλέγω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek διαλέγω (dialégō), from δια- (dia-) + λέγω (légo) (sense "choose" of ancient λέγω (légō)).
For the passive voice sense "discuss", a learned internal borrowing from Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) (sense "say, tell" of ancient λέγω (légō))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðʝaˈle.ɣo/, /ði̯aˈle.ɣo/
- Hyphenation: δι‧α‧λέ‧γω
Verb
διαλέγω • (dialégo) (past διάλεξα, passive διαλέγομαι, p‑past διαλέχτηκα, ppp διαλεγμένος)
- choose, select, pick out
- and see: διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) (passive voice, deponent in its own right: sense "discuss")
Conjugation
διαλέγω διαλέγομαι
| Active voice ➤ | Passive voice ➤ | |||
| Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect |
| Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | Present | Dependent |
| 1 sg | διαλέγω | διαλέξω | διαλέγομαι1 | διαλεχτώ |
| 2 sg | διαλέγεις | διαλέξεις | διαλέγεσαι | διαλεχτείς |
| 3 sg | διαλέγει | διαλέξει | διαλέγεται | διαλεχτεί |
| 1 pl | διαλέγουμε, [‑ομε] | διαλέξουμε, [‑ομε] | διαλεγόμαστε | διαλεχτούμε |
| 2 pl | διαλέγετε | διαλέξετε | διαλέγεστε, διαλεγόσαστε | διαλεχτείτε |
| 3 pl | διαλέγουν(ε) | διαλέξουν(ε) | διαλέγονται | διαλεχτούν(ε) |
| Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | Imperfect | Simple past |
| 1 sg | διάλεγα | διάλεξα | διαλεγόμουν(α) | διαλέχτηκα |
| 2 sg | διάλεγες | διάλεξες | διαλεγόσουν(α) | διαλέχτηκες |
| 3 sg | διάλεγε | διάλεξε | διαλεγόταν(ε) | διαλέχτηκε |
| 1 pl | διαλέγαμε | διαλέξαμε | διαλεγόμασταν, (‑όμαστε) | διαλεχτήκαμε |
| 2 pl | διαλέγατε | διαλέξατε | διαλεγόσασταν, (‑όσαστε) | διαλεχτήκατε |
| 3 pl | διάλεγαν, διαλέγαν(ε) | διάλεξαν, διαλέξαν(ε) | διαλέγονταν, (διαλεγόντουσαν) | διαλέχτηκαν, διαλεχτήκαν(ε) |
| Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | Continuous | Simple |
| 1 sg | θα διαλέγω ➤ | θα διαλέξω ➤ | θα διαλέγομαι ➤ | θα διαλεχτώ ➤ |
| 2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα διαλέγεις, … | θα διαλέξεις, … | θα διαλέγεσαι, … | θα διαλεχτείς, … |
| Perfect aspect ➤ | Perfect aspect | |||
| Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … διαλέξει έχω, έχεις, … διαλεγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … διαλεχτεί είμαι, είσαι, … διαλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ | ||
| Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … διαλέξει είχα, είχες, … διαλεγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο | είχα, είχες, … διαλεχτεί ήμουν, ήσουν, … διαλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο | ||
| Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … διαλέξει θα έχω, θα έχεις, … διαλεγμένο, ‑η, ‑ο | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … διαλεχτεί θα είμαι, θα είσαι, … διαλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο | ||
| Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
| Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect |
| 2 sg | διάλεγε | διάλεξε, διάλεχ' 2 | — | διαλέξου |
| 2 pl | διαλέγετε | διαλέξτε, διαλέχτε3 | διαλέγεστε | διαλεχτείτε |
| Other forms | Active voice | Passive voice | ||
| Present participle➤ | διαλέγοντας ➤ | — | ||
| Perfect participle➤ | έχοντας διαλέξει ➤ | διαλεγμένος, ‑η, ‑ο ➤ | ||
| Nonfinite form➤ | διαλέξει | διαλεχτεί | ||
| Notes Appendix:Greek verbs | 1. Passive voice with sense "choose". Also see διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) for sense "discuss", with different past forms. 2. Colloquial apocopic perfective imperative + accusative of article & noun or weak pronouns e.g. διάλεχ' το ("choose it!") 3. Colloquial. • (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Synonyms
- επιλέγω (epilégo)
- ξεδιαλέγω (xedialégo)
- εκλέγω (eklégo)
Related terms
- αξεδιάλεχτος (axediálechtos, “unsorted”)
- διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to discuss”)
- διάλεκτος f (diálektos, “dialect, jargon”)
- διαλεχτός (dialechtós, “selected, very good”)
- διαλογή f (dialogí, “sorting, sorting out, counting”)
- διάλογος m (diálogos, “dialogue, discussion”)