Verbs beginning with λ

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λα-γ-χ-άνω (λαχ-, ληχ-) obtain by lot: λήξομαι (806), 2 aor. ἔλαχον, 2 perf. εἴληχα (445), εἴληγμαι, ἐλήχθην, ληκτέος. Ion. fut. λάξομαι, Ion. 2 perf. λέλογχα (also poetic). Hom. 2 aor. ἔλλαχον (redupl. λέλαχον made partaker). (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

λάζομαι and λάζυμαι (Epic and Ion.) = λαμβάνω. (Attic) LSJ

λα-μ-β-άνω (λαβ-, ληβ-) take: λήψομαι (806), 2 aor. ἔλαβον, εἴληφα (445), εἴλημμαι, ἐλήφθην, ληφθήσομαι, ληπτός, -τέος. Fut. λάμψομαι (better λάψομαι) Ion., λᾱψοῦμαι Doric; 2 aor. inf. λελαβέσθαι Hom.; perf. λελάβηκα (λαβε-) Ion. and Doric; perf. mid. λέλημμαι poetic, λέλαμμαι Ion.; aor. pass. ἐλάμφθην Ion., ἐλά̄φθην Doric; v. a. κατα-λαμπτέος Hdt. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

λάμπω shine: λάμψω, ἔλαμψα, 2 perf. λέλαμπα poetic. (Attic) LSJ

λα-ν-θ-άνω (λαθ-, ληθ-) escape the notice of, lie hid: λήσω, 2 aor. ἔλαθον, 2 perf. λέληθα as pres., v. a. ἄ-λαστος poetic. Mid. in prose usu. ἐπι-λανθάνομαι forget (λανθάνομαι poetic, rare in prose; λήθομαι poetic): ἐπι-λήσομαι, 2 aor ἐπ-ελαθόμην, perf. mid. ἐπι-λέλησμαι. Hom. has 2 aor. λέλαθον caused to forget and λελαθόμην forgot (448 D.), perf. mid. λέλασμαι. λελήσομαι is poetic. By-forms are λήθω, -ομαι, chiefly poetic: ἔλησα poetic; and ληθάνω cause to forget Epic, poetic. (IV.) (Attic) LSJ

λάπ-τω (λαβ- or λαφ-) lap, lick: pres. late: ἐκ-λάψομαι Aristoph., ἐξ-έλαψα Aristoph., λέλαφα Aristoph. Fut. λάψω Hom. (II.) (Attic) LSJ

λάσκω, for λακ-σκω, 526 d (λακ-, λακε-) speak: λακήσομαι (806), 2 aor. ἔλακον (ἐλάκησα rare), 2 perf. as pres. λέληκα Epic = λέλᾱκα Tragic (part. λελᾰκυῖα Epic), 2 aor. mid. λελακόμην Epic. Poetic verb. By-forms ἐπι-ληκέω Epic, λακάζω Tragic. (V.) LSJ

λάω see: only part. λάων and imperf. λάε. Epic. LSJ

*λάω (λῶ) wish (λα-, λη-): contr. λῇς, λῇ, inf. λῆν. Doric verb. Also λείω. Cp. 394. LSJ

λέγω say: λέξω, ἔλεξα, perf. εἴρηκα (see under εἴρω), λέλεγμαι, ἐλέχθην, fut. pass. λεχθήσομαι, fut. perf. λελέξομαι, λεκτέος, -τός poetic. Fut. mid. λέξομαι as pass. is poetic (809). δια-λέγομαι discuss: δια-λέξομαι and δια-λεχθήσομαι (812), δι-είλεγμαι, δι-ελέχθην (δι-ελέγην Aristotle), δια-λεκτέος. (Attic) LSJ

λέγω collect, count, usu. in comp. W. ἐξ or σύν: -λέξω, -έλεξα, 2 perf. -είλοχα (445), -είλεγμαι and -λέλεγμαι, 2 aor. pass. -ελέγην (-ελέχθην rare in Att.), fut. perf. -λεγήσομαι, -λεκτέος, λεκτός poetic. 2 aor. mid. ἐλέγμην ι 335. (Attic) LSJ

λείπω (λειπ-, λοιπ-, λιπ-, 477 a) leave, often in comp. W. ἀπό, κατά, ὑπό, etc.: λείψω, 2 aor. ἔλιπον, 2 perf. λέλοιπα have left, have failed. λείπομαι mid. remain, pass. am left, am inferior: λέλειμμαι, ἐλείφθην, fut. pass. λειφθήσομαι, fut. perf. λελείψομαι, λειπτέος. Fut. mid. λείψομαι is rarely pass. (809). 2 aor. mid. ἐλιμόμην in prose only in comp. (as pass. Λ 693). By-form κατα-λιμπάνω. On the inflection of the 2 aor. see 384. (Attic) LSJ

λεπτύ̄νω (λεπτυν-) thin: ἐλέπτῡνα, λελέπτυσμαι (489 h), ἐλεπτύνθην. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

λέπω (λεπ-, λαπ-) peel, usu. comp. W. ἀπό, ἐκ: -λέψω, -έλεψα, λέλαμμαι (inscr.), -ελάπην. (Attic) LSJ

λεύω stone to death, usu. comp. W. κατά in prose: -λεύσω, -έλευσα, -ελεύσθην (489 e), -λευσθήσομαι. (Attic) LSJ

λεχ- lay to rest (cp. λέχ-ος bed): λέξομαι, ἔλεξα (ἐλεξάμην went to rest, imper. λέξεο, 542 D.), 2 aor. athematic forms (688) ἔλεκτο went to rest, imper. λέξο for λεχ-σο, inf. κατα-λέχθαι for -λεχσθαι, part. κατα-λέγμενος. Epic. LSJ

λήθω: see λανθάνω. (Attic) LSJ

λι-λαίομαι (λα- for λασ-, 624 a) desire eagerly only pres. and imperf.; with perf. λελίημαι (λια-). Epic. Cp. λάω. (III.) LSJ

λίσσομαι rarely λίτομαι (λιτ-) supplicate: ἐλλισάμην Epic, 2 aor. ἐλιτόμην Epic, πολύ-λλιστος. Poetic, rare in prose. (III.) LSJ

λιχμάω (and λιχμάζω) lick: perf. part. λελιχμότες Hesiod. Usually poetic. LSJ

λοέω (= λοϝεω) wash: λοέσσομαι, ἐλόε(σ)σα, -άμην. Epic. See λούω. (Attic) LSJ

λούω wash loses υ before a short vowel and then contracts (398 a): λούω, λούεις, λούει, λοῦμεν, λοῦτε, λοῦσι, ἔλουν, λούσομαι (λούσω late), ἔλουσα, λέλουμαι, ἄ-λουτος. Hom. has λόω, λοέω: λοέσσομαι, λοῦσα ζ 217, λόεσσα (-ατο), Hippocr. ἐλούθην. (Attic) LSJ

λῡμαίνω (λῡμαν-) abuse: usu. λῡμαίνομαι as act.: λῡμανοῦμαι, ἐλῡμηνάμην, λελύ̄μασμαι (usu. mid. 489 h), ἐλῡμάνθην Tragic. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

λύ̄ω (λυ-, λῡ-) loose. λύ̄σω, ἔλῡσα, λέλυκα, λέλυμαι, ἐλύθην, λυθήσομαι, λελύ̄σομαι, λυτός, -τέος. Inflection p. 114. On 2 aor. mid. Epic ἐλύμην as pass., see 688. On perf. opt. λελῦτο, see 711 D. (Attic) LSJ