λέγω
lego
say, speak; call, mean
Appears 4,631 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 4,017× · before him 1,962 · contemporaries 7,500
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Metaphysics 969 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 98 ▸
Chapter 8 988b22–990a32Chapter 9 990a33–993a10Book α 7 ▸
Book Β 44 ▸
Chapter 4 999a24–1001b25Chapter 5 1001b26–1002b11Book Γ 104 ▸
Chapter 1 1003a21–32Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2Book Δ 225 ▸
Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19Chapter 6 1015b16–1017a6Chapter 9 1017b27–1018a19Chapter 12 1019a15–1020a6Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11Chapter 19 1022b1–3Chapter 27 1024a11–28Book Ε 12 ▸
Book Ζ 123 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 4 1029b1–1030b13Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23Chapter 9 1034a9–1034b19Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Book Η 23 ▸
Book Θ 46 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35Chapter 4 1047b3–30Chapter 5 1047b31–1048a24Book Ι 59 ▸
Chapter 1 1052a15–1053b8Chapter 3 1054a20–1055a2Book Κ 65 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16Book Λ 31 ▸
Chapter 1 1069a18–1069b6Chapter 3 1069b35–1070a30Book Μ 81 ▸
Chapter 9 1085a3–1086b13Book Ν 51 ▸
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Topics 346 ▸
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Physics 318 ▸
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Rhetoric 296 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 287 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 56 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14Chapter 11 1101a22–1101b9Book II 28 ▸
Chapter 2 1103b26–1104b2Chapter 3 1104b3–1105a16Chapter 8 1108b11–1109a19Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26Book III 31 ▸
Chapter 7 1115b7–1116a14Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18Book IV 37 ▸
Chapter 9 1128b10–35Book V 25 ▸
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17Chapter 8 1135a15–1136a9Chapter 10 1137a31–1138a3Chapter 11 1138a4–1138b14Book VI 22 ▸
Chapter 1 1138b18–34Chapter 6 1140b31–1141a8Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17Book VII 40 ▸
Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28Chapter 10 1152a6–36Chapter 13 1153b1–1154a7Book VIII 9 ▸
Book IX 10 ▸
Book X 29 ▸
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Categories 259 ▸
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Politics 229 ▸
Open Politics ›Showing 0 of 229 (list capped).
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On the Heavens 186 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 60 ▸
Book II 52 ▸
Chapter 10 291a29–291b10Chapter 13 293a15–296a23Book III 42 ▸
Chapter 6 304b23–305a32Book IV 32 ▸
Chapter 5 312a22–313a15Chapter 6 313a16–313b23 -
De Anima 159 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 66 ▸
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30Book II 51 ▸
Chapter 3 414a29–415a13Chapter 10 422a8–422b16Chapter 11 422b17–424a16Chapter 12 424a17–424b18Book III 42 ▸
Chapter 2 425b12–427a16Chapter 7 431a1–431b19Chapter 11 433b31–434a21Chapter 13 435a11–435b25 -
Generation of Animals 150 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 25 ▸
Book II 41 ▸
Chapter 3 736a24–737b7Book III 19 ▸
Book IV 38 ▸
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26Chapter 3 767a36–769b29Chapter 10 777a32–778a12Book V 27 ▸
Chapter 2 781a14–781b29Chapter 3 781b30–784a22Chapter 5 785a7–785b15 -
Eudemian Ethics 142 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 23 ▸
Book II 40 ▸
Chapter 5 1222a6–1222b14Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16Book III 30 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33Chapter 6 1233a31–1233b15Book VII 43 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 135 ▸
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History of Animals 127 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 11 ▸
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 12 ▸
Book V 14 ▸
Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 6 541b1–18Chapter 8 541b34–542b16Chapter 11 543b6–31Chapter 30 556a14–556b20Chapter 32 557b1–31Book VI 28 ▸
Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 24 577b19–578a5Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 36 580b1–9Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 10 587a9–587b18Book VIII 22 ▸
Chapter 5 594a25–595a6Chapter 13 597b31–599a19Chapter 16 600a10–26Chapter 19 601b9–602b19Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 29 607a9–34Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 20 ▸
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 6 611b32–612b17Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 17 616b19–32Chapter 37 620b10–622b18Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 47 630b31–631a7 -
On Generation and Corruption 122 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 83 ▸
Chapter 1 314a1–315a25Chapter 3 317a32–319b5Chapter 8 324b25–326b28Book II 39 ▸
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Meteorology 120 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 46 ▸
Chapter 1 338a20–339a10Book II 29 ▸
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9Book III 6 ▸
Book IV 39 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 119 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 88 ▸
Chapter 1 71a1–71b8Chapter 5 74a4–74b4Chapter 7 75a38–75b20Chapter 15 79a33–79b22Chapter 18 81a38–81b9Chapter 27 87a31–37Chapter 29 87b5–18Chapter 31 87b28–88a17Book II 31 ▸
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Prior Analytics 108 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 80 ▸
Chapter 12 32a6–14Chapter 17 36b26–37b18Chapter 24 41b6–35Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 31 46a31–46b39Chapter 33 47b15–39Chapter 35 48a29–39Chapter 39 49b3–9Book II 28 ▸
Chapter 1 52b38–53b3Chapter 4 56b4–57b17Chapter 8 59b1–60a14Chapter 9 60a15–60b5Chapter 16 64b28–65a37Chapter 19 66a25–66b3Chapter 25 69a20–36 -
Parts of Animals 105 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 88 ▸
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Poetics 65 ▸
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De Mundo 48 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 43 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 2 975a18–977a13Chapter 4 977b21–979a11 -
De Interpretatione 38 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 35 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 3 468b16–469a26Chapter 6 470a19–470b5Chapter 12 473a3–14Chapter 16 475b15–476a15Chapter 18 476b13–477a10Chapter 23 478b22–479a28Chapter 27 480a16–480b30 -
Sense and Sensibilia 35 ▸
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Progression of Animals 15 ▸
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Oeconomica 12 ▸
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On Sleep 10 ▸
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Physiognomonics 6 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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On Colours 1 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of
λέγω — with the passages
he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated,
interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide.
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