him, Id.; ajgaqa; l. tinav Ar .;—also, eu\ or kakw`" l. tinav Aesch ., etc.
3.
to call by name,
Soph
.:—
to call
so and so,
ou[toi gunai`ka" ajlla; Gorgovna" levgw
Aesch.
4.
l. tina;
or
tini; poiei`n ti
to tell
one to do,
Soph.
,
Xen.
,
etc.
5.
l. ti
to say something,
i.e.
to speak to the point
or
purpose,
Soph
.;
levgw ti
;
am I right?
Id.;
opp. to
oujde;n levgei
,
has
no
meaning,
no
authority,
Ar
.; but
oujde;n levgein
, also,
to say what is not, to lie,
Id.,
Plat.
,
etc.
6. like Lat. dicere , to mean, tiv tou`to levgei ; what does this mean? Ar. , Plat. ; pw`" levgei" ; how mean you? Plat .:—to explain more fully, ei[sw komivzou suv, Kasavndran levgw get thee in—thou, I mean Cassandra, Aesch. ; potamov" jAcelw`/on levgw Soph.
7. Pass ., levgetai , like Lat. dicitur , it is said, on dit, Hdt ., Att. ; also levgontai ei\nai they are said to be, Xen. :— to; legovmenon , absol. , as the saying goes, Thuc ., etc. :— oJ legovmeno" the so-called, oiJ l. aujtovnomoi ei\nai Xen.
8. of orators, to speak (emphatically), levgein deinov" Soph .; l. te kai; pravssein dunatwvtato" Thuc.
9. to boast of, tell of, Xen .: to recite what is written, labe; to; biblivon kai; levge Plat ., etc. :—but the sense of Lat. lego , to read, only occurs in compds., ajnalevgomai, ejpilevgomai .
lehlasiva
lehla±siva , hJ , a making of booty, robbery, Xen. From lehlatevw
lehlatevw
le-hla±tevw , f. hvsw , ( leiva, ejlauvnw ) to drive away cattle as booty, to make booty, Soph ., Xen.
2. c. acc. loci, to plunder, despoil, Hdt.
leiva, LEI vA
LEI vA , Ion. lhivh , Dor. laiva , hJ , booty, plunder, Hdt ., Soph. , Eur. , etc. :—generally, pillageable property, Thuc. , Xen. ; leivan poiei`sqai cwvran = lehlatei`n cwvran , Thuc. :— Musw`n leiva , of anything that may be plundered with impunity, from the effeminate character of the Mysians, Dem.
2. plunder (as an act), zh`n ajpo; lhivh" Hdt.
leiaivnw
leiaivnw , Ion. for leaivnw .
leivbw (from Root LIB ): aor. I inf. lei`yai , part. leivya" :— Med. , aor. I ejleiyavmhn :— to pour, pour forth, oi\non leivbein to make a libation of wine, Hom. ; also leivbein (without oi\non ) Il.; leivbein qeoi`" Od.
II. like ei[bw , to let flow, shed, davkrua l . Hom. , Trag. :— Pass. , of the tears, to be shed, pour forth, Eur. , Xen. ; of persons, leivbesqai dakruvoi" kovra" to have ones eyes running with tears, Eur. : metaph. of sound, Pind.
III. in Pass. , also, to melt or pine away, Ar.
lei?zomai
lei?zomai , Ion. and poët. for lhi?zomai .