Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/légō
Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti, from *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”).
Verb
*légō
- to gather
Inflection
Present forms of *légō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | *légehen | ||||||||||
| participle | *légonts | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *légō | *légehi | *légei | *légowos, *légowes, *légowen | *légetes, *légetos, *légeton | *légetes, *légetos, *légeton | *légomes, *légomen | *légete | *légonti | ||
| subjunctive | *légō | *légēhi | *légēi | *légōwos, *légōwes, *légōwen | *légētes, *légētos, *légēton | *légētes, *légētos, *légēton | *légōmes, *légōmen | *légēte | *légōnti | ||
| optative | *légoyə | *légois | *légoi | *légoiwen | *légoiton | *legóitān | *légoimen | *légoite | *légoyen | ||
| imperative | - | *lége | *legétō | - | *légeton | *legétōn | - | *légete | *legóntōn | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | *légestʰai | ||||||||||
| participle | *legómenos | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *légomai | *légehai | *légetai | *légestʰa | *légestʰon | *légestʰon | *legómestʰa | *légestʰe | *légontai | ||
| subjunctive | *légōmai | *légēhai | *légētai | *légēstʰa | *légēstʰon | *légēstʰon | *legṓmestʰa | *légēstʰe | *légōntai | ||
| optative | *legóimān | *légoyyo | *légoito | *legóiwetʰa | *légoistʰon | *legóistʰān | *legóimetʰa | *légoistʰe | *légointo | ||
| imperative | - | *légeho | *legéstʰō | - | *légestʰon | *legéstʰōn | - | *légestʰe | *legéstʰōn | ||
Imperfect forms of *légō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *élegon | *éleges | *élege | *elégowe | *elégeton | *elegétān | *elégomes, *elégomen | *elégete | *élegon | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *elegómān | *elégeho | *elégeto | *elégetʰa | *elégestʰon | *elegéstʰān | *elegómetʰa | *elégestʰe | *elégonto | ||
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō)
- Greek: -λέγω (-légo) (in compounds, sense: choose)