λήγω
lego-2
stay, abate
Appears 25 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λήγω, Ep. aor. ἔλληξα 2.84:—A. stay, abate, Ἰδομενεὺς δʼ οὐ λῆγε μένος μέγα Il. 13.424, cf. 21.305; λ. γόον AP 7.549 ( , s.v.l.): c. gen., οὐδέ κεν ὣς ἔτι χεῖρας ἐμὰς λήξαιμι φόνοιο would stay my hands from slaughter, Od. 22.63. II. more freq. intr., leave off, cease, of speaking, etc., οὐ λήξω, πρὶν . . Il. 19.423; οὐδέ τʼ ἔληγε θεὸς μέγας 21.248; ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω, σέο δʼ ἄρξομαι 9.97, cf. Op. 368; λ. [ἡ ἀτραπὸς] κατὰ Ἀλπηνὸν πόλιν comes to an end at . . , 7.216, cf. 7.6; ἡ ἡμέρη ἔληγε 9.52, cf. An. 7.6.6; of heat, wind, rain, etc., λ. μένος ἠελίοιο Op. 414; λήξαντος οὔρου P. 4.292; ψακὰς λ., νότος λ., Ag. 1534 (lyr.), Aj. 258 (anap.); ἅμα τῷ τοῦ σώματος ἄνθει λήγοντι Smp. 183e. 2. c. gen., stop, cease from a thing, ἔριδος, χόλοιο, φόνοιο, ἀπατάων, πόνου, χοροῖο, Il. 1.319,224, 6.107, Od. 13.294, Il. 10.164, 3.394; ἀοιδῆς Th. 48 (dub. l.); κλαυμάτων Pers. 705 (troch.); θρήνων, γόων, El. 104 (anap.), 353; ὀδύνης Phdr. 255d; λ. τοῦ βίου, i.e. to die, Ap. 8; φύλλα πτόρθοιο λ. Op. 421; also λ. ἀπʼ ἔργων 4.928: c. dat., λ. τῇ αὐθαδίᾳ PTeb. 16.9 (ii B.C.). 3. c. part., ὁπότε λήξειεν ἀείδων Il. 9.191, cf. Od. 8.87; οὐ πρὶν λήξω . . ἐναρίζων Il. 21.224; εὖτʼ ἂν φλέγων . . ἥλιος χθόνα λήξῃ Pers. 365, cf. 831; τὸ σκέλος ῥίψαντες λήγομεν Pax 332; λήγει κινούμενον Phdr. 245c, etc. 4. with Preps., λ. ἔς τι 4.39, 3.2.2; ἐπὶ τῶν ὀνειδῶν Hisp. 75 (73). 5. Gramm., terminate, of a word, εἰς ε_ λ. Pron. 11.9, cf. 639.20; also λήγεσθαι c. dat., μακρᾷ, βραχείᾳ, An.Ox. 2. 313. 6. follow logically, in Ph. 115.5; τὸ λῆγον, opp. τὸ ἡγούμενον, the consequent, opp. antecedent, 2.70, P. 2.111, 112. 7. of months, = φθίνω, IG 12(3).325.20 (Thera); also περὶ λήγοντα τὸν ἐνιαυτόν 24.98; τοῦ χειμῶνος -οντος 5.81; so perh. εἰς τὸ λῆγον is to be read for εἰς τὸ λῆγος in Gp. 12.1.4.
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