ἀλέγω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀλεγύνω (alegúnō)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *alégō (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lé.ɡɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈle.ɡo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈle.ɣo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈle.ɣo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈle.ɣo/
Verb
ἀλέγω • (alégō)
- (intransitive, usually negated) to care
- [+genitive] to care for
Usage notes
ἀλεγίζω (alegízō) and ἀλέγω (alégō) are both Epic, have similar meanings, and are both normally negated and used with the genitive (ἀλεγίζω always so). Ἀλεγίζω exists only in the present and imperfect, ἀλέγω only in the present.
Inflection
Present: ᾰ̓λέγω, ᾰ̓λέγομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾰ̓λέγω | ᾰ̓λέγεις | ᾰ̓λέγει | ᾰ̓λέγετον | ᾰ̓λέγετον | ᾰ̓λέγομεν | ᾰ̓λέγετε | ᾰ̓λέγουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓λέγω | ᾰ̓λέγῃς | ᾰ̓λέγῃ | ᾰ̓λέγητον | ᾰ̓λέγητον | ᾰ̓λέγωμεν | ᾰ̓λέγητε | ᾰ̓λέγωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓λέγοιμῐ | ᾰ̓λέγοις | ᾰ̓λέγοι | ᾰ̓λέγοιτον | ᾰ̓λεγοίτην | ᾰ̓λέγοιμεν | ᾰ̓λέγοιτε | ᾰ̓λέγοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓́λεγε | ᾰ̓λεγέτω | ᾰ̓λέγετον | ᾰ̓λεγέτων | ᾰ̓λέγετε | ᾰ̓λεγόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive | indicative | ᾰ̓λέγομαι | ᾰ̓λέγῃ, ᾰ̓λέγει | ᾰ̓λέγεται | ᾰ̓λέγεσθον | ᾰ̓λέγεσθον | ᾰ̓λεγόμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓λέγεσθε | ᾰ̓λέγονται | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓λέγωμαι | ᾰ̓λέγῃ | ᾰ̓λέγηται | ᾰ̓λέγησθον | ᾰ̓λέγησθον | ᾰ̓λεγώμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓λέγησθε | ᾰ̓λέγωνται | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓λεγοίμην | ᾰ̓λέγοιο | ᾰ̓λέγοιτο | ᾰ̓λέγοισθον | ᾰ̓λεγοίσθην | ᾰ̓λεγοίμεθᾰ | ᾰ̓λέγοισθε | ᾰ̓λέγοιντο | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓λέγου | ᾰ̓λεγέσθω | ᾰ̓λέγεσθον | ᾰ̓λεγέσθων | ᾰ̓λέγεσθε | ᾰ̓λεγέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓λέγειν | ᾰ̓λέγεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓λέγων | ᾰ̓λεγόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓λέγουσᾰ | ᾰ̓λεγομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓λέγον | ᾰ̓λεγόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- ἀλεγίζω (alegízō)
- Οὐκαλέγων (Oukalégōn)
Related terms
- ἄλγος (álgos)
References
- “ἀλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀλέγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλέγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλέγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλέγω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀλέγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter