ἐπιλέγω

epilego

say in connexion with

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 4
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Book II 3
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18

1394a13
1394a15

Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20

1395a28
Book III 1
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20

1417a29
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27

1106b10

Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26

1109b11
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

619a18
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 88 837a30–837b7

837b4
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1323a14–1324a4

1323b12
Topics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 155b3–157a17

156b20

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιλέγω, A. say in connexion with an action, etc., Hdt. 2.35,64, etc.; ποιεῖν τι καὶ ἐπιλέγειν say while or after doing it, Id. 4.65; παίζουσιν ἐπιλέγοντες Id. 5.4; ἐ. λόγον τόνδε, ὡς . . Id. 2.156, 8.49; ἐξηπάτων . . ἐπιλέγων τοιαυτί Ar. Eq. 418; ἐ. τεκμήρια τὴν ἄλλην αὐτοῦ . . παρανομίαν citing it as proof, Th. 6.28, cf. Alciphr. 3.56. 2. say besides, ἑκάστῳ "σοὶ μέν κτλ." X. Cyr. 1.3.7, cf. Arist. Rh. 1395a27, Ph. 1.512; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐ. Arist. Rh. 1417a28:—Med., repeat, D.H. Rh. 11.5:—Pass., [τὰ] ἐπιλεγόμενα Arist.Rh..1394a13. 3. call by name, Hdt. 5.70; ἐπέλεγον δὲ κιθαρῳδικούς (sc. νόμους) Pl. Lg. 700b:—Med., A. Supp. 49 (lyr.):— Pass., to be surnamed, J. AJ 13.10.4. 4. utter, pronounce a spell (cf.ἐπεῖπον ) , ῥῆσιν μυστικήν Ath. 11.496b; ῥῆσίν τινα μακράν Luc. Nec. 7; τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐπιλέγειν τῷ λοιμῷ φεῦγʼ ἐς κόρακας Arist. Fr. 496, cf.Pr. 926b23, EN 1109b11. 5. attribute, τινὶ τὸ καλόν, τὸ χρήσιμον, Id. Pol. 1323b12; ἐ. τοῖς εὖ ἔχουσιν ἔργοις, ὅτι . . Id. EN 1106b10. 6. say against one, App. BC 3.18. II. pick out, select, Hdt. 3.44, 81; ἔκ τινων πεζούς Wilcken Chr. 11 A 35 (ii B.C.):—freq. in Med., τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ἐπελέξατο he chose him certain of the Babylonians, Hdt. 3.157, cf.6.73, Th. 7.19, Arist. Fr. 151, Wilcken Chr. 11 A 49 (ii B.C.), D.S. 3.74:—Pass., ἐπιλελεγμένοι or ἐπειλεγμένοι chosen men, X. Cyr. 3.3.41, Isoc. 4.146, POxy. 1210.4 (i B.C.), etc.; οἱ ἐπιλεγέντες SIG 577.72 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.). III. Med., think upon, think over, ταῦτα Hdt. 1.78, 2.120, al., cf.Ant.Lib. 5.4; μὴ ἐ. not to care, Hdt. 7.236, al.; οὐδαμὰ ἐ. μή κοτε . . to have no fear lest . ., Id. 3.65, cf. 7.149: c.inf., πᾶν ἐπιλεγόμενος πείσεσθαι expecting . . , Id. 7.49, cf. 52: rare in Trag., μηδʼ ἐπιλεχθῇς Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μʼ ἄλοχον deem me not to be . ., A. Ag. 1498 (anap.). 2. in Hdt. also, con over, read, τὸ βυβλίον, τὰ γράμματα, 1.124,125,2.125, al., cf. Paus. 1.12.3, al., Hld. 4.8: so in Act., Them. Or. 11.153a. 3. recount, in speaking, τὴν αἰσχύνην καὶ τὸν κίνδυνον D.H. 9.57.

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