διαλέγω (dialego)

Where it lives

Letter 3 2 · 47.62/10k
Letter 1 2 · 34.25/10k
Panathenaicus 38 · 23.98/10k
Letter 6 2 · 22.52/10k
Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
Accusation of Calumny 2 · 19.34/10k
Apollodorus Against Callipus 4 · 19.11/10k
Protagoras 32 · 18.01/10k
Letter 9 2 · 17.51/10k
Letter 8 1 · 15.04/10k
Euthydemus 16 · 12.85/10k
Letter 7 1 · 12.84/10k

Densest 12 of 117 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διαλέγω · dialegō — LSJ

pick out, glean, select, separate, examine, check

pick out, Hdt. 8.107, 113, X. Oec. 8.9, etc.; πτῶμα glean fallen olives, PFay. 102.20; cf. διαλέγειν· ἀνακαθαίρειν, Hsch.; select, separate, Pl. Lg. 735b; examine, check documents, PFay. 11.26 (ii B.C.), etc.

II picking open

διαλέγων τὴν ὀπήν picking open the hole, to escape, Ar. Lys. 720; cf. διαλέξαι· διορύξαι, Hsch.

B hold converse with, discuss, talk in, argue with, have, to say, concern, to argue on, against, to discourse, reason, reason, calculate

as Dep., διαλέγομαι: fut. διαλέξομαι Isoc. 12.5 and 112; also -λεχθήσομαι Id. 9.34, D. 18.252; -λεγήσομαι Inscr.Perg. 5 (iii B.C.): aor. διελεξάμην Hom., Ar. Fr. 343; Aeol. imper. ζάλεξαι Sapph. Supp. 16.3; also διελέχθην Hdt. 3.51, and always in Att. Inscrr., IG 2(2).657, etc.: less freq. aor. 2 διελέγην Arist. Top. 154a34, 159a5, Scymn. 7, IG 5(1).5.5 (Lacon.), GDI 5163a2 (Crete), PPetr. 3p.130 (iii B.C.), IG 2(2).1236; 3 pl. διέλεγεν CIG 3656.7 (Cyzic.): pf. διείλεγμαι Pl. Tht. 158c, Isoc. 5.

2 practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion

in Philosophy, practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion, οὐκ ἐρίζειν ἀλλὰ δ. Pl. R. 454a, cf. 511c, Tht. 167e, etc.

3 discourse, lecture

later, discourse, lecture, Philostr. VS 2.21.3.

4 use a dialect, language, write in prose

use a dialect or language, κατὰ ταὐτά τισι δ. Hdt. 1.142; Φοινικιστί Plb. 1.80.6; write in prose, opp. ποιεῖν, D.H. Comp. 20.

b speak articulately

speak articulately, Arist. HA 535b2.

5 have intercourse

in Att., euphem. for συνουσιάζω, have intercourse, Ar. Ec. 890, Pl. 1082, Hyp. Fr. 171, Plu. Sol. 20, Hierocl. p.64A.

6 have dealings with

have dealings with, OGI 484.23 (Pergam.).

In the wild

διαλεχθείην · dialechtheiēn Aristophanes, Clouds 425 (DIORISIS sentence 357)
διαλέγει · dialegei Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 2.930 (DIORISIS sentence 759)
διαλέγου · dialegou Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 890 (DIORISIS sentence 731)
διαλέγου · dialegou Aristophanes, Frogs 176
διαλέγουσαν · dialegousan Aristophanes, Lysistrata 720 (DIORISIS sentence 542)
διαλέγου · dialegou Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 745)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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