λέγω , ipf. ἔλεγ̓, λέγε, λέγομεν, fut. part. λέξοντες, aor. ἔλεξεν, imp. λέξον, mid.
pres. subj. λεγώμεθα, ipf. λέγοντο, fut. λέξομαι, aor. λέξατο, aor. 2
ἐλέγμην, ἔλεκτο, λέκτο, imp. λέξο, λέξεο, pass. aor. ἐλέχθην. The above forms are common to two distinct roots
λεγ, gather, and λεχ, lay. —I. root
λεγ, gather, collect,
Il. 23.239, Il. 10.755, Od.
18.359, Od. 24.72, 224;
count, Od. 4.452;
pass., Il. 3.188; then
enumerate, recount, tell, relate, Il. 2.222, Od.
5.5, Od. 11.374; mid.,
collect for oneself, count oneself in, select, Il. 8.507, 547,
Od. 9.335, Il. 2.125; λέκτο ἀριθμόν,
counted over the number (for himself), Od. 4.451; also talk over
(with one another), μηκέτι ταῦτα
λεγώμεθα, Od.
3.240.—II. root λεχ, act.
aor. 1, lay, put to bed or to rest,
Il. 24.635; met., Il. 14.252; mid., fut. and aor. 1 and 2,
lay oneself down, lie down to sleep,
lie, Od. 4.413,
453,
Il. 4.131, Θ
519, Il. 9.67.