λέγω to gather, pick up, Lat. lego, colligo, Hom., Pind.; αἱμασιὰς λέγων picking out stones for building walls, Od.:—Mid. to gather for oneself, Il. Mid. to choose for oneself, pick out, Hom.:—Pass. to be chosen, Il. to count, tell, reckon up, Od.; μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself among them, Od.; λέκτο δʼ ἀριθμόν he told him over the number, Od.:—Pass., μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέχθην I was counted among these, Il. so in Attic, λ. ἐν ἐχθροῖς to count among oneʼs enemies, count as a foe, Aesch.; λ. τινὰ οὐδαμοῦ to count him as naught, nullo in numero habere, Soph. to recount, tell over, Od., Aesch., etc.:—Mid., τί σὲ χρὴ ταῦτα λέγεσθαι; why needʼst thou tell the tale thereof? Il.; μηκέτι ταῦτα λεγώμεθα Il. to say, speak, Hdt., Trag., etc.; λέγε say on, Hdt.; so, λέγοις ἄν Plat.: of oracles, to say, declare, Hdt. λέγειν τινά τι to say something of another, esp., κακὰ λ. τινά to speak ill of him, abuse, revile him, Hdt.; ἀγαθὰ λ. τινά Ar.;—also, εὖ or κακῶς λ. τινά Aesch., etc. to call by name, Soph.:— to call so and so, οὔτοι γυναῖκας ἀλλὰ Γοργόνας λέγω Aesch. λ. τινὰ or τινὶ ποιεῖν τι to tell one to do, Soph., Xen., etc. λ. τι to say something, i. e. to speak to the point or purpose, Soph.; λέγω τι; am I right? Soph.; opp. to οὐδὲν λέγει, has no meaning, no authority, Ar.; but οὐδὲν λέγειν, also, to say what is not, to lie, Ar., Plat., etc. like Lat. dicere, to mean, τί τοῦτο λέγει; what does this mean? Ar., Plat.; πῶς λέγεις; how mean you? Plat.:—to explain more fully, εἴσω κομίζου σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω get thee in—thou, I mean Cassandra, Aesch.; ποταμός Ἀχελῶιον λέγω Soph. Pass., λέγεται, like Lat. dicitur, it is said, on dit, Hdt., Attic; also λέγονται εἶναι they are said to be, Xen.:— τὸ λεγόμενον, absol., as the saying goes, Thuc., etc.:— ὁ λεγόμενος the so-called, οἱ λ. αὐτόνομοι εἶναι Xen. of orators, to speak (emphatically), λέγειν δεινός Soph.; λ. τε καὶ πράσσειν δυνατώτατος Thuc. to boast of, tell of, Xen.: to recite what is written, λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λέγε Plat., etc.:—but the sense of Lat. lego, to read, only occurs in compds., ἀναλέγομαι, ἐπιλέγομαι.