ἀλέγω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλεγύνω (alegúnō)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *alégō (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lé.ɡɔː/ → /aˈle.ɣo/ → /aˈle.ɣo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lé.ɡɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈle.ɡo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈle.ɣo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈle.ɣo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈle.ɣo/

Verb

ἀλέγω • (alégō)

1. (intransitive, usually negated) to care
2. [+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 (2006–2024)
• “ἀλέγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter