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διαλέγω

dialego

pick out; gather, pick up

Appears 231 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διαλέγω, A. pick out, Hdt. 8.107, 113, X. Oec. 8.9, etc.; πτῶμα glean fallen olives, PFay. 102.20; cf. διαλέγειν· ἀνακαθαίρειν, Hsch.; select, separate, Pl. Lg. 735b; examine, check documents, PFay. 11.26 (ii B.C.), etc. II. διαλέγων τὴν ὀπήν picking open the hole, to escape, Ar. Lys. 720; cf. διαλέξαι· διορύξαι, Hsch. B. as Dep., διαλέγομαι: fut. διαλέξομαι Isoc. 12.5 and 112; also -λεχθήσομαι Id. 9.34, D. 18.252; -λεγήσομαι Inscr.Perg. 5 (iii B.C.): aor. διελεξάμην Hom., Ar. Fr. 343; Aeol. imper. ζάλεξαι Sapph. Supp. 16.3; also διελέχθην Hdt. 3.51, and always in Att. Inscrr., IG 22.657, etc.: less freq. aor. 2 διελέγην Arist. Top. 154a34, 159a5, Scymn. 7, IG 5(1).5.5 (Lacon.), GDI 5163a2 (Crete), PPetr. 3p.130 (iii B.C.), IG 22.1236; 3pl. διέλεγεν CIG 3656.7 (Cyzic.): pf. διείλεγμαι Pl. Tht. 158c, Isoc. 5.81: plpf. διείλεκτο D. 21.119, but in pass. sense, Lys. 9.5:—hold converse with, c. dat. pers., μοι ταῦτα φίλος διελέξατο θυμός Il. 11.407, cf. Archil. 80, Hdt. 3.50,51, Ar. Nu. 425, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. Plt. 272c, etc.; δ. τί τινι or πρός τινα, discuss a question with another, X. Mem. 2.10.1, 1.6.1; δ. ὅρους talk in definitions, Arist. APo. 92b32; δ. περί τινος Isoc. 3.8, D. 18.252; ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὶ δ. Th. 8.93; δ. τινὶ μὴ ποιεῖν argue with one against doing, Id. 5.59; εἰ τουτὶ τὸ ῥῆμα, ἀλλὰ μὴ τουτὶ διελέχθην ἐγώ D. 18.232; οἱ νόμοι οὐδὲν τούτῳ δ. have nothing to say to him, concern him not, Id. 43.59; ὁ νομοθέτης οὔπω τινὶ δ. Aeschin. 1.17; δ. πρός τι to argue on . ., Arist. Top. 159a7; or against . ., Id. Ph. 185a6: abs., to discourse, reason, X. Mem. 4.5.12; δ. περί τινος Isoc. 5.109, etc., freq. in Pl., Ap. 33a, al.; γλῶσσα εὔτροχος ἐν τῷ δ. Plu. Per. 7; reason, calculate, = διαλογίζομαι, Id. Marc. 18:—the Act. in med. sense, Hermipp. 40; οἱ διαλεγόμενοι, of logicians, Polystr.p.6 W., al. 2. in Philosophy, practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion, οὐκ ἐρίζειν ἀλλὰ δ. Pl. R. 454a, cf. 511c, Tht. 167e, etc. 3. later, discourse, lecture, Philostr. VS 2.21.3. 4. use a dialect or language, κατὰ ταὐτά τισι δ. Hdt. 1.142; Φοινικιστί Plb. 1.80.6; write in prose, opp.ποιεῖν, D.H. Comp. 20. b. speak articulately, Arist. HA 535b2. 5. in Att., euphem. for συνουσιάζω, have intercourse, Ar. Ec. 890, Pl. 1082, Hyp. Fr. 171, Plu. Sol. 20, Hierocl.p.64A. 6. have dealings with, OGI 484.23 (Pergam.).
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