λήγω (lego)

Where it lives

Agesilaus 4 · 5.44/10k
Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
Ajax 4 · 5.09/10k
Apology 1 · 5/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 4 · 4.82/10k
Electra 4 · 4.61/10k
Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Against Apaturius 1 · 3.95/10k
Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
Peace 3 · 3.77/10k
Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λήγω · lēgō — LSJ

stay, abate, would stay, from

stay, abate, Ἰδομενεὺς δʼ οὐ λῆγε μένος μέγα Il. 13.424, cf. 21.305; λ. γόον AP 7.549 (Leon.Alex., s.v.l.): c. gen., οὐδέ κεν ὣς ἔτι χεῖρας ἐμὰς λήξαιμι φόνοιο would stay my hands from slaughter, Od. 22.63.

II leave off, cease, comes to an end

more freq. intr., leave off, cease, of speaking, etc., οὐ λήξω, πρὶν . . Il. 19.423; οὐδέ τʼ ἔληγε θεὸς μέγας 21.248; ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω, σέο δʼ ἄρξομαι 9.97, cf. Hes. Op. 368; λ. [ἡ ἀτραπὸς] κατὰ Ἀλπηνὸν πόλιν comes to an end at . . , Hdt. 7.216, cf. Th. 7.6; ἡ ἡμέρη ἔληγε Hdt. 9.52, cf. X. An. 7.6.6; of heat, wind, rain, etc., λ. μένος ἠελίοιο Hes. Op. 414; λήξαντος οὔρου Pi. P. 4.292; ψακὰς λ., νότος λ., A. Ag. 1534 (lyr.), S. Aj. 258 (anap.); ἅμα τῷ τοῦ σώματος ἄνθει λήγοντι Pl. Smp. 183e.

2 stop, cease from, die

c. gen., stop, cease from a thing, ἔριδος, χόλοιο, φόνοιο, ἀπατάων, πόνου, χοροῖο, Il. 1.319, 224, 6.107, Od. 13.294, Il. 10.164, 3.394; ἀοιδῆς Hes. Th. 48 (dub. l.); κλαυμάτων A. Pers. 705 (troch.); θρήνων, γόων, S. El. 104 (anap.), 353; ὀδύνης Pl. Phdr. 255d; λ. τοῦ βίου, i.e. to die, X. Ap. 8; φύλλα πτόρθοιο λ. Hes. Op. 421; also λ. ἀπʼ ἔργων A.R. 4.928: c. dat., λ. τῇ αὐθαδίᾳ PTeb. 16.9 (ii B.C.).

3

c. part., ὁπότε λήξειεν ἀείδων Il. 9.191, cf. Od. 8.87; οὐ πρὶν λήξω . . ἐναρίζων Il. 21.224; εὖτʼ ἂν φλέγων . . ἥλιος χθόνα λήξῃ A. Pers. 365, cf. 831; τὸ σκέλος ῥίψαντες λήγομεν Ar. Pax 332; λήγει κινούμενον Pl. Phdr. 245c, etc.

4

with Preps., λ. ἔς τι Hdt. 4.39, Plot. 3.2.2; ἐπὶ τῶν ὀνειδῶν App. Hisp. 75 (73).

5 terminate

Gramm., terminate, of a word, εἰς ε̄ λ. A.D. Pron. 11.9, cf. D.T. 639.20; also λήγεσθαι c. dat., μακρᾷ, βραχείᾳ, An.Ox. 2. 313.

6 follow logically, consequent

follow logically, Them. in Ph. 115.5; τὸ λῆγον, opp. τὸ ἡγούμενον, the consequent, opp. antecedent, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.70, S.E. P. 2.111, 112.

7

of months, = φθίνω, IG 12(3).325.20 (Thera); also περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτόν D. 24.98; τοῦ χειμῶνος -οντος Th. 5.81; so perh. εἰς τὸ λῆγον is to be read for εἰς τὸ λῆγος in Gp. 12.1.4.

In the wild

λήγει · lēgei Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1534
λήξασα · lēxasa Aeschylus, Persians 703–705
λῆξαι · lēxai Aeschylus, Persians 829–831
λήξω · lēxō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 343
ἔληξε · elēxe Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 954–956
λῆξαι · lēxai Aristophanes, Peace 1075 (DIORISIS sentence 755)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λήγω (scan pp. 901-902; entry #3735).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λήγω (scan p. 652; entry #4800).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λήγω (scan pp. 1085-1086; entry #3554).

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