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λήγω

λήγω

See also: λίγο

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • λάγω (lágō) Doric

Verb

λήγω (lḗgō)

  1. (intransitive) I leave off, cease

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀπολήγω (apolḗgō)
  • ἐκλήγω (eklḗgō)
  • ἐλλήγω (ellḗgō)
  • ἐπιλήγω (epilḗgō)
  • καταλήγω (katalḗgō)
  • μεταλήγω (metalḗgō)
  • παραλήγω (paralḗgō)
  • συλλήγω (sullḗgō)
  • ὑπολήγω (hupolḗgō)

Related terms

  • ἄληκτος (álēktos)
  • ληκτήριος (lēktḗrios)
  • ληκτικός (lēktikós)
  • λῆξις (lêxis)

References

  • λήγω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • λήγω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • λήγω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • «λήγω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • «λήγω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • λήγω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

Greek

Verb

λήγω (lígo) (simple past έληξα, passive form )

  1. terminate, end, expire
    Ο αγώνας έληξε ισόπαλος.O agónas élixe isópalos. ― The match ended in a draw.
    Μη την πιεις αυτή την μπίρα, έχει λήξει.Mi tin pieis aftí tin bíra, échei líxei. ― Do not drink this beer, it has expired.
  2. (grammar) end
    Τα ρήματα που λήγουν σε -ίζω γράφονται με γιώτα.Ta rímata pou lígoun se -ízo gráfontai me gióta. ― Verbs ending in -izo are written with an iota.

Conjugation