ἐπιλέγω

See also: επιλέγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on, onto”) +‎ λέγω (légō, “to choose, to say”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.lé.ɡɔː/ → /e.piˈle.ɣo/ → /e.piˈle.ɣo/

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

Verb

ἐπῐλέγω • (epilégō)

1. to say in addition, to add further, to call by name
2. to choose, to pick out, to select
3. to read
4. to think over, to consider

Descendants

• Greek: επιλέγω (epilégo)

References

• “ἐπιλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press