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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *alégō (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lé.ɡɔː/ → /aˈle.ɣo/ → /aˈle.ɣo/
Verb
ἀλέγω • (alégō)
- (intransitive, usually negated) to care
- to care for
Usage notes
ἀλεγίζω (alegízō) and ἀλέγω (alégō) are both Epic, have similar meanings, and are both normally negated and used with the genitive (ἀλεγίζω always so). Ἀλεγίζω exists only in the present and imperfect, ἀλέγω only in the present.
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References
- “ἀλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλέγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀλέγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀλέγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλέγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀλέγω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀλέγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter