ἀπολέγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπό- (apó-, “from”) +‎ λέγω (légō, “to choose, to say”) (λέγω, sense: 'choose')..

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.lé.ɡɔː/ → /a.poˈle.ɣo/ → /a.poˈle.ɣo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.lé.ɡɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.poˈle.ɡo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈle.ɣo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.poˈle.ɣo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.poˈle.ɣo/

Verb

ᾰπολέγω • (apolégō)

1. to pick out from, to choose
2. (later sense) decline, refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ἀπολογή f (apologḗ, “selection”)

See also

Related to λέγω, sense: 'say'

• ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “speak in defence”)
• ἀπολογητέος (apologētéos, “one must defend”)
• ἀπολογία f (apología, “speech in defence”)

References

• “ἀπολέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press