λέω in Greek

IPA: /ˈleo/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, with suppletive inflections such as the simple past deriving from the aorist εἶπον (eîpon), εἶπα (eîpa). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|λέγω||say}} Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “say”), {{der|el|ine-pro|*leǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, {{m|grc|εἶπον}} εἶπον (eîpon), {{m|grc|εἶπα}} εἶπα (eîpa) Head templates: {{head|el|verbs|head=|sort=}} λέω • (léo), {{el-verb|passive=λέγομαι|past=είπα}} λέω • (léo) (past είπα, passive λέγομαι) Forms: léo [romanization], είπα [past], λέγομαι [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], λέω [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, present, singular], λέγω [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, present, rare, singular], πω [active, dependent, first-person, indicative, perfective, singular], λέγομαι [first-person, imperfective, indicative, passive, present, singular], ειπωθώ [dependent, first-person, indicative, passive, perfective, singular], λεχθώ [dependent, first-person, indicative, passive, perfective, singular], λες [active, imperfective, indicative, present, second-person, singular], λέγεις [active, imperfective, indicative, present, rare, second-person, singular], πεις [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, second-person, singular], λέγεσαι [imperfective, indicative, passive, present, second-person, singular], ειπωθείς [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, second-person, singular], λεχθείς [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, second-person, singular], λέει [active, imperfective, indicative, present, singular, third-person], λέγει [active, imperfective, indicative, present, rare, singular, third-person], πει [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, singular, third-person], λέγεται [imperfective, indicative, passive, present, singular, third-person], ειπωθεί [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, singular, third-person], λεχθεί [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, singular, third-person], λέμε [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, plural, present], λέγομε [active, first-person, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, rare], πούμε [active, dependent, first-person, indicative, perfective, plural], λεγόμαστε [first-person, imperfective, indicative, passive, plural, present], ειπωθούμε [dependent, first-person, indicative, passive, perfective, plural], λεχθούμε [dependent, first-person, indicative, passive, perfective, plural], λέτε [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, second-person], λέγετε [active, imperfective, indicative, informal, plural, present, second-person], πείτε [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, plural, second-person], λέγεστε [imperfective, indicative, passive, plural, present, second-person], λεγόσαστε [imperfective, indicative, informal, passive, plural, present, second-person], λέγεσθε [archaic, imperfective, indicative, passive, plural, present, second-person], ειπωθείτε [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, plural, second-person], λεχθείτε [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, plural, second-person], λένε [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, third-person], λεν [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, third-person], λέγουν [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, rare, third-person], λέγουνε [active, imperfective, indicative, plural, present, rare, third-person], πουν [active, dependent, indicative, perfective, plural, third-person], πούνε [active, dependent, indicative, informal, perfective, plural, third-person], λέγονται [imperfective, indicative, passive, plural, present, third-person], ειπωθούν [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, plural, third-person], ειπωθούνε [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, plural, third-person], λεχθούν [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, plural, third-person], λεχθούνε [dependent, indicative, passive, perfective, plural, third-person], έλεγα [active, first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, singular], είπα [active, first-person, indicative, past, perfective, singular], λεγόμουν [first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, singular], λεγόμουνα [first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, singular], ειπώθηκα [first-person, indicative, passive, past, perfective, singular], λέχθηκα [first-person, indicative, passive, past, perfective, singular], [{ελέχθην}] [first-person, indicative, passive, past, perfective, singular], έλεγες [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, second-person, singular], είπες [active, indicative, past, perfective, second-person, singular], λεγόσουν [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, second-person, singular], λεγόσουνα [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, second-person, singular], ειπώθηκες [indicative, passive, past, perfective, second-person, singular], λέχθηκες [indicative, passive, past, perfective, second-person, singular], [{ελέχθης}] [indicative, passive, past, perfective, second-person, singular], έλεγε [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, singular, third-person], είπε [active, indicative, past, perfective, singular, third-person], λεγόταν [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, singular, third-person], λεγότανε [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, singular, third-person], λέγαμε [active, first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural], είπαμε [active, first-person, indicative, past, perfective, plural], λεγόμασταν [first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, plural], ‑όμαστε [first-person, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, informal, passive, plural], ειπωθήκαμε [first-person, indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural], λεχθήκαμε [first-person, indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural], [{ελέχθημεν}] [first-person, indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural], λέγατε [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, second-person], είπατε [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, second-person], λεγόσασταν [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, plural, second-person], ‑όσαστε [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, informal, passive, plural, second-person], ειπωθήκατε [indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural, second-person], λεχθήκατε [indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural, second-person], [{ελέχθητε}] [indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural, second-person], έλεγαν [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, third-person], λέγαν [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, third-person], λέγανε [active, imperfect, imperfective, indicative, plural, third-person], είπαν [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, third-person], είπανε [active, indicative, past, perfective, plural, third-person], λέγονταν [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, passive, plural, third-person], λεγόντουσαν [imperfect, imperfective, indicative, informal, passive, plural, third-person], ειπώθηκαν [indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural, third-person], ειπωθήκανε [indicative, informal, passive, past, perfective, plural, third-person], λέχθηκαν [indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural, third-person], λεχθήκανε [indicative, informal, passive, past, perfective, plural, third-person], ελέχθησαν [archaic, indicative, passive, past, perfective, plural, third-person], θα λέω [active, first-person, future, imperfective, indicative, progressive, singular], θα λέγω [active, first-person, future, imperfective, indicative, progressive, rare, singular], θα πω [active, first-person, future, indicative, perfective, singular], θα λέγομαι [continuative, first-person, future, imperfective, indicative, passive, singular], θα ειπωθώ [first-person, future, indicative, passive, perfective, singular], θα λεχθώ [first-person, future, indicative, passive, perfective, singular], Formed using present [continuative, future, imperfective, perfective, progressive, subjunctive], dependent (for simple past) [continuative, future, imperfective, perfective, progressive, subjunctive], present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). [continuative, future, imperfective, perfective, progressive, subjunctive], λέγε [active, imperative, imperfective, second-person, singular], πες [active, imperative, perfective, second-person, singular], - [imperative, passive, perfective, second-person, singular], λέγετε [active, imperative, imperfective, plural, second-person], λέτε [active, imperative, imperfective, plural, second-person], πείτε [active, imperative, perfective, plural, second-person], πέστε [active, imperative, perfective, plural, second-person], λέγεστε [imperative, imperfective, passive, plural, second-person], ειπωθείτε [imperative, passive, perfective, plural, second-person], λεχθείτε [imperative, passive, perfective, plural, second-person], λέγοντας [active, participle, present], λεγόμενος [participle, passive, present], ‑η [participle, passive, present], ‑ο [participle, passive, present], λεγάμενος, ‑η, ‑ο [informal, participle, passive, present], έχοντας πει [active, participle, past], ειπωμένος [participle, passive, past], ‑η [participle, passive, past], ‑ο [participle, passive, past], λεγμένος [participle, passive, past], πει [active, infinitive-aorist], ειπωθεί [infinitive-aorist, passive], λεχθεί [infinitive-aorist, passive]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "say for the first time",
      "roman": "protoléo",
      "word": "πρωτολέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "and see Derivatives of λέγω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "I might as well be talking to the wall; I say it, I hear it",
      "roman": "egó ta léo, egó ta akoúo",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "εγώ τα λέω, εγώ τα ακούω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "για; (gia",
      "english": "speaking honestly",
      "word": "να λέμε και του στραβού το δίκιο na léme kai tou stravoú to díkio, )"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "beginning of a phrase showing admission or confession",
      "roman": "edó pou ta léme",
      "word": "εδώ που τα λέμε"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the pot calling the kettle black; The donkey called the rooster 'big head'",
      "roman": "eípe o gáidaros ton peteinó kefála",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "είπε ο γάιδαρος τον πετεινό κεφάλα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "εμένα μου λες"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "échoume kai léme",
      "word": "έχουμε και λέμε"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "I mean",
      "roman": "thélo na po",
      "word": "θέλω να πω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "you will do it anyway",
      "roman": "kai tha peis ki éna tragoúdi",
      "word": "και θα πεις κι ένα τραγούδι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "τώρα; káti mas eípes (tóra)!",
      "english": "on being told a well-known fact",
      "word": "κάτι μας είπες!"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "so-called",
      "roman": "legómenos",
      "word": "λεγόμενος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "as if; say and",
      "roman": "les kai",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "λες και"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "synonym: λέω τα πράγματα με το όνομά τους",
      "english": "call a spade a spade; calling figs figs, and a trough a trough",
      "roman": "léo ta sýka sýka kai ti skáfi skáfi",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "λέω τα σύκα σύκα και τη σκάφη σκάφη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "this and that; evasive",
      "roman": "sou 'pa, mou 'pes",
      "word": "σου 'πα, μου 'πες"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "see you, bye; We say them",
      "roman": "ta léme",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "τα λέμε"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "I might as well be talking to the wall",
      "roman": "ta léo ston toícho",
      "word": "τα λέω στον τοίχο"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λέγω",
        "4": "",
        "5": "say"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “say”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "εἶπον"
      },
      "expansion": "εἶπον (eîpon)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "εἶπα"
      },
      "expansion": "εἶπα (eîpa)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, with suppletive inflections such as the simple past deriving from the aorist εἶπον (eîpon), εἶπα (eîpa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπα",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγομαι",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-conjug-'λέω'\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγομαι",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθώ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθώ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεις",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πεις",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεσαι",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθείς",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθείς",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεται",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθεί",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθεί",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγομε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πούμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόμαστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθούμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθούμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πείτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσαστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεσθε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθείτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθείτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λένε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγουν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγουνε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πουν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "πούνε",
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      "tags": [
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        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγονται",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθούν",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθούν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθούνε",
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        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "έλεγα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπα",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπώθηκα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέχθηκα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "[{ελέχθην}]",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "έλεγες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσουν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσουνα",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπώθηκες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέχθηκες",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "[{ελέχθης}]",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "έλεγε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόταν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγότανε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγαμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπαμε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "λεγόμασταν",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ειπωθήκαμε",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "λεχθήκαμε",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "[{ελέχθημεν}]",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λέγατε",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπατε",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσασταν",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
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        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθήκατε",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "[{ελέχθητε}]",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "έλεγαν",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγαν",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λέγανε",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπανε",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγονταν",
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      "tags": [
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "λεγόντουσαν",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπώθηκαν",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθήκανε",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέχθηκαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθήκανε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ελέχθησαν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα λέω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "progressive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα λέγω",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "progressive",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα πω",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "θα ειπωθώ",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "θα λεχθώ",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Formed using present",
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        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "progressive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dependent (for simple past)",
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        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "progressive",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας).",
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      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "progressive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγε",
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        "active",
        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πες",
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        "active",
        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγετε",
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        "active",
        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέτε",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πείτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πέστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθείτε",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθείτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγοντας",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόμενος",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑η",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑ο",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
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      "form": "λεγάμενος, ‑η, ‑ο",
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        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
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      "form": "έχοντας πει",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωμένος",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "‑η",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "‑ο",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγμένος",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "πει",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive-aorist"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθεί",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive-aorist",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθεί",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive-aorist",
        "passive"
      ]
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          "english": "The child said his first word.",
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          "text": "Tο παιδί είπε την πρώτη του λέξη.",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "The director told me that we should finish.",
          "roman": "O diefthyntís mou eípe óti prépei na teleiónoume.",
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          "english": "It's been a while since we talked.",
          "roman": "Kairó échoume na ta poúme.",
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          "roman": "To paidáki eípe éna tragoúdi.",
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          "type": "example"
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          "english": "Shall we sing them? (phrase used by Greek children carolling door to door around the New Year)",
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          "roman": "apangélo",
          "sense": "recite",
          "word": "απαγγέλω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "tragoudó",
          "sense": "sing",
          "word": "τραγουδώ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We're supposing now, if there were a war.",
          "roman": "Léme tóra, an ginótan pólemos.",
          "text": "Λέμε τώρα, αν γινόταν πόλεμος.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let's say something happened. What would you do?",
          "roman": "Pes pos káti ginótan. Ti tha ékanes?",
          "text": "Πες πως κάτι γινόταν. Τι θα έκανες;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suppose, imagine (a hypothetical scenario)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-na0cHj2n",
      "links": [
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ],
        [
          "imagine",
          "imagine"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often in imperative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often in imperative) to suppose, imagine (a hypothetical scenario)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 8 10 59 5 1 2 1 3 0 2 4 6",
          "roman": "fantázomai",
          "sense": "imagine",
          "word": "φαντάζομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 8 10 59 5 1 2 1 3 0 2 4 6",
          "roman": "skéftomai",
          "sense": "imagine",
          "word": "σκέφτομαι"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you talking about your friend now?",
          "roman": "Les gia ton fílo sou tóra?",
          "text": "Λες για τον φίλο σου τώρα;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with για (gia)) refer to, talk about",
        "refer to, talk about"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-yvb92-xY",
      "links": [
        [
          "για",
          "για#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with για (gia)) refer to, talk about"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with για (gia)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 15 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "miló",
          "sense": "talk",
          "word": "μιλώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 6 4 4 69 1 2 1 5 0 1 5 2",
          "roman": "anaféromai",
          "sense": "refer to",
          "word": "αναφέρομαι"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I mean that things aren't that simple.",
          "roman": "Thélo na po óti den eínai tóso aplá ta prágmata.",
          "text": "Θέλω να πω ότι δεν είναι τόσο απλά τα πράγματα.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Τι θα πει, «ξέχασα τις ασκήσεις μου»; ― Ti tha pei, «xéchasa tis askíseis mou»? ― What do you mean, “I forgot my homework”?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mean, say (to clarify etc)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-i4OEUsoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to mean, say (to clarify etc)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "30 0 2 0 0 51 17 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "roman": "ennoó",
          "sense": "mean, say",
          "word": "εννοώ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That name means nothing to me.",
          "roman": "Aftó to ónoma de mou léei típota.",
          "text": "Αυτό το όνομα δε μου λέει τίποτα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to remind of, mean something to"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-EQIB-Ick",
      "links": [
        [
          "remind",
          "remind"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) to remind of, mean something to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 4 4 9 1 64 2 5 0 2 2 3",
          "roman": "thymízo",
          "sense": "remind of",
          "word": "θυμίζω"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is this computer any good?",
          "roman": "Léei típota aftó to kompioúter?",
          "text": "Λέει τίποτα αυτό το κομπιούτερ;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be any good, be worth anything"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-N4ReaZvw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) to be any good, be worth anything"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 1 1 2 0 0 90 1 0 3 1 1",
          "roman": "axízo",
          "sense": "be any good, be worth anything",
          "word": "αξίζω"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I say that we should go for a walk.",
          "roman": "Léo na páme mia vólta.",
          "text": "Λέω να πάμε μια βόλτα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suggest, advise"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-MhEzYb3a",
      "links": [
        [
          "suggest",
          "suggest"
        ],
        [
          "advise",
          "advise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to suggest, advise"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 85 0 1 1 1",
          "roman": "proteíno",
          "sense": "suggest, advise",
          "word": "προτείνω"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am called Giorgos.",
          "roman": "Me léne Giórgo.",
          "text": "Με λένε Γιώργο.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I called him a fool.",
          "roman": "Ton eípa vláka.",
          "text": "Τον είπα βλάκα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call (name someone or something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-bBNEbISc",
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to call (name someone or something)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0",
          "roman": "apokaló",
          "sense": "call",
          "word": "αποκαλώ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 7 7 8 2 2 14 3 2 33 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This day doesn't want to end.",
          "roman": "Aftí i méra den léei na teleiósei.",
          "text": "Αυτή η μέρα δεν λέει να τελειώσει.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with δεν (den), indicates something is slow to come:",
        "used with δεν (den), indicates something is slow to come"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-Ue-vEj0j",
      "links": [
        [
          "δεν",
          "δεν#Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "used with δεν (den), indicates something is slow to come:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you think he'll betray us?",
          "roman": "Les na mas prodósei?",
          "text": "Λες να μας προδώσει;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with να (na)) think (something will happen)",
        "think (something will happen)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-A4531naE",
      "links": [
        [
          "να",
          "να#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with να (na)) think (something will happen)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with να (na)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0",
          "roman": "nomízo",
          "sense": "think",
          "word": "νομίζω"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to read, explain (fortell using cards etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-λέω-el-verb-5Z-cnL32",
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "explain",
          "explain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, colloquial) to read, explain (fortell using cards etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "onomázo",
      "tags": [
        "name"
      ],
      "word": "ονομάζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "légo",
      "word": "λέγω"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λέω"
}

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    "Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Greek irregular contracted verbs",
    "Greek irregular verbs",
    "Greek lemmas",
    "Greek suppletive verbs",
    "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek",
    "Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Greek verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "say for the first time",
      "roman": "protoléo",
      "word": "πρωτολέω"
    },
    {
      "word": "and see Derivatives of λέγω"
    },
    {
      "english": "I might as well be talking to the wall; I say it, I hear it",
      "roman": "egó ta léo, egó ta akoúo",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "εγώ τα λέω, εγώ τα ακούω"
    },
    {
      "alt": "για; (gia",
      "english": "speaking honestly",
      "word": "να λέμε και του στραβού το δίκιο na léme kai tou stravoú to díkio, )"
    },
    {
      "english": "beginning of a phrase showing admission or confession",
      "roman": "edó pou ta léme",
      "word": "εδώ που τα λέμε"
    },
    {
      "english": "the pot calling the kettle black; The donkey called the rooster 'big head'",
      "roman": "eípe o gáidaros ton peteinó kefála",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "είπε ο γάιδαρος τον πετεινό κεφάλα"
    },
    {
      "word": "εμένα μου λες"
    },
    {
      "roman": "échoume kai léme",
      "word": "έχουμε και λέμε"
    },
    {
      "english": "I mean",
      "roman": "thélo na po",
      "word": "θέλω να πω"
    },
    {
      "english": "you will do it anyway",
      "roman": "kai tha peis ki éna tragoúdi",
      "word": "και θα πεις κι ένα τραγούδι"
    },
    {
      "alt": "τώρα; káti mas eípes (tóra)!",
      "english": "on being told a well-known fact",
      "word": "κάτι μας είπες!"
    },
    {
      "english": "so-called",
      "roman": "legómenos",
      "word": "λεγόμενος"
    },
    {
      "english": "as if; say and",
      "roman": "les kai",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "λες και"
    },
    {
      "alt": "synonym: λέω τα πράγματα με το όνομά τους",
      "english": "call a spade a spade; calling figs figs, and a trough a trough",
      "roman": "léo ta sýka sýka kai ti skáfi skáfi",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "λέω τα σύκα σύκα και τη σκάφη σκάφη"
    },
    {
      "english": "this and that; evasive",
      "roman": "sou 'pa, mou 'pes",
      "word": "σου 'πα, μου 'πες"
    },
    {
      "english": "see you, bye; We say them",
      "roman": "ta léme",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "τα λέμε"
    },
    {
      "english": "I might as well be talking to the wall",
      "roman": "ta léo ston toícho",
      "word": "τα λέω στον τοίχο"
    }
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λέγω",
        "4": "",
        "5": "say"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “say”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      },
      "expansion": "εἶπον (eîpon)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      "expansion": "εἶπα (eîpa)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λέγω (légō, “say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, with suppletive inflections such as the simple past deriving from the aorist εἶπον (eîpon), εἶπα (eîpa).",
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      "form": "léo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "είπα",
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      ]
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      "form": "λέγομαι",
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        "passive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "el-conjug-'λέω'\n",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "λέω",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "singular"
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      "form": "πω",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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      "form": "λέγομαι",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "ειπωθώ",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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      "form": "λεχθώ",
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        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "λες",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "present",
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      "form": "πεις",
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        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "λέγεσαι",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ειπωθείς",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "λεχθείς",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέει",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγει",
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        "present",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "πει",
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        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεται",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθεί",
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        "indicative",
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        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "λεχθεί",
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        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "λέμε",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "λέγομε",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "rare"
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    {
      "form": "πούμε",
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        "dependent",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "λεγόμαστε",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "ειπωθούμε",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "λεχθούμε",
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      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λέτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λέγετε",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πείτε",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "λέγεστε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσαστε",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγεσθε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθείτε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθείτε",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λένε",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεν",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγουνε",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "rare",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πουν",
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        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πούνε",
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        "active",
        "dependent",
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγονται",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπωθούν",
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        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθούν",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεχθούνε",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ειπώθηκα",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέχθηκα",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "έλεγες",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπες",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσουν",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγόσουνα",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ειπώθηκες",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέχθηκες",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "[{ελέχθης}]",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "έλεγε",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "είπε",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "λεγόταν",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λεγότανε",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέγαμε",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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        "passive",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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        "perfective",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "second-person"
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        "second-person"
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        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "έλεγαν",
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "λέγονταν",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
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        "passive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "informal",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "λέχθηκαν",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "progressive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "progressive",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "first-person",
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        "indicative",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "progressive",
        "subjunctive"
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        "perfective",
        "progressive",
        "subjunctive"
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        "imperfective",
        "perfective",
        "progressive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "λέγε",
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        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "πες",
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        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "passive",
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "imperative",
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "πείτε",
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        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "πέστε",
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        "imperative",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
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        "imperfective",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "ειπωθείτε",
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        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
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        "present"
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        "present"
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        "present"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "passive",
        "past"
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        "past"
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        "passive",
        "past"
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        "passive",
        "past"
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        "infinitive-aorist"
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      "form": "ειπωθεί",
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        "passive"
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      "form": "λεχθεί",
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          "english": "The child said his first word.",
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          "text": "Tο παιδί είπε την πρώτη του λέξη.",
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        },
        {
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        "Greek transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They are discussing.",
          "roman": "Ta léne metaxý tous.",
          "text": "Τα λένε μεταξύ τους.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's been a while since we talked.",
          "roman": "Kairó échoume na ta poúme.",
          "text": "Καιρό έχουμε να τα πούμε.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to discuss, converse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discuss",
          "discuss"
        ],
        [
          "converse",
          "converse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to discuss, converse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The child sang a song.",
          "roman": "To paidáki eípe éna tragoúdi.",
          "text": "Το παιδάκι είπε ένα τραγούδι.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Shall we sing them? (phrase used by Greek children carolling door to door around the New Year)",
          "roman": "Na ta poúme;",
          "text": "Να τα πούμε;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite, tell, recount, sing (a poem, song, etc)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "recount",
          "recount"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We're supposing now, if there were a war.",
          "roman": "Léme tóra, an ginótan pólemos.",
          "text": "Λέμε τώρα, αν γινόταν πόλεμος.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let's say something happened. What would you do?",
          "roman": "Pes pos káti ginótan. Ti tha ékanes?",
          "text": "Πες πως κάτι γινόταν. Τι θα έκανες;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suppose, imagine (a hypothetical scenario)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suppose",
          "suppose"
        ],
        [
          "imagine",
          "imagine"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often in imperative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often in imperative) to suppose, imagine (a hypothetical scenario)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek intransitive verbs",
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Are you talking about your friend now?",
          "roman": "Les gia ton fílo sou tóra?",
          "text": "Λες για τον φίλο σου τώρα;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with για (gia)) refer to, talk about",
        "refer to, talk about"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "για",
          "για#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with για (gia)) refer to, talk about"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with για (gia)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Greek transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I mean that things aren't that simple.",
          "roman": "Thélo na po óti den eínai tóso aplá ta prágmata.",
          "text": "Θέλω να πω ότι δεν είναι τόσο απλά τα πράγματα.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Τι θα πει, «ξέχασα τις ασκήσεις μου»; ― Ti tha pei, «xéchasa tis askíseis mou»? ― What do you mean, “I forgot my homework”?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mean, say (to clarify etc)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to mean, say (to clarify etc)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek intransitive verbs",
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That name means nothing to me.",
          "roman": "Aftó to ónoma de mou léei típota.",
          "text": "Αυτό το όνομα δε μου λέει τίποτα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to remind of, mean something to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remind",
          "remind"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) to remind of, mean something to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek intransitive verbs",
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Is this computer any good?",
          "roman": "Léei típota aftó to kompioúter?",
          "text": "Λέει τίποτα αυτό το κομπιούτερ;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be any good, be worth anything"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figuratively) to be any good, be worth anything"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek intransitive verbs",
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I say that we should go for a walk.",
          "roman": "Léo na páme mia vólta.",
          "text": "Λέω να πάμε μια βόλτα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suggest, advise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suggest",
          "suggest"
        ],
        [
          "advise",
          "advise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to suggest, advise"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Greek transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am called Giorgos.",
          "roman": "Me léne Giórgo.",
          "text": "Με λένε Γιώργο.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I called him a fool.",
          "roman": "Ton eípa vláka.",
          "text": "Τον είπα βλάκα.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call (name someone or something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "call",
          "call"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to call (name someone or something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This day doesn't want to end.",
          "roman": "Aftí i méra den léei na teleiósei.",
          "text": "Αυτή η μέρα δεν λέει να τελειώσει.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used with δεν (den), indicates something is slow to come:",
        "used with δεν (den), indicates something is slow to come"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "δεν",
          "δεν#Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "used with δεν (den), indicates something is slow to come:"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek intransitive verbs",
        "Greek terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you think he'll betray us?",
          "roman": "Les na mas prodósei?",
          "text": "Λες να μας προδώσει;",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with να (na)) think (something will happen)",
        "think (something will happen)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "να",
          "να#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with να (na)) think (something will happen)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with να (na)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greek colloquialisms",
        "Greek transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to read, explain (fortell using cards etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "read",
          "read"
        ],
        [
          "explain",
          "explain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, colloquial) to read, explain (fortell using cards etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "miló",
      "sense": "talk",
      "word": "μιλώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "syzitó",
      "sense": "converse",
      "word": "συζητώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kouventiázo",
      "sense": "converse",
      "word": "κουβεντιάζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apangélo",
      "sense": "recite",
      "word": "απαγγέλω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tragoudó",
      "sense": "sing",
      "word": "τραγουδώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fantázomai",
      "sense": "imagine",
      "word": "φαντάζομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skéftomai",
      "sense": "imagine",
      "word": "σκέφτομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "anaféromai",
      "sense": "refer to",
      "word": "αναφέρομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ennoó",
      "sense": "mean, say",
      "word": "εννοώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "thymízo",
      "sense": "remind of",
      "word": "θυμίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "axízo",
      "sense": "be any good, be worth anything",
      "word": "αξίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "proteíno",
      "sense": "suggest, advise",
      "word": "προτείνω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "onomázo",
      "tags": [
        "name"
      ],
      "word": "ονομάζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apokaló",
      "sense": "call",
      "word": "αποκαλώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nomízo",
      "sense": "think",
      "word": "νομίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "légo",
      "word": "λέγω"
    }
  ],
  "word": "λέω"
}

"λέω" meaning in Greek

Verb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms