ἐπιλέγω

English (LSJ)

   A say in connexion with an action, etc., Hdt.2.35,64, etc.; ποιεῖν τι καὶ ἐπιλέγειν say while or after doing it, Id.4.65; παίζουσιν ἐπιλέγοντες Id.5.4; ἐ. λόγον τόνδε, ὡς . . Id.2.156, 8.49; ἐξηπάτων . . ἐπιλέγων τοιαυτί Ar.Eq.418; ἐ. τεκμήρια τὴν ἄλλην αὐτοῦ . . παρανομίαν citing it as proof, Th.6.28, cf. Alciphr.3.56.    2. say besides, ἑκάστῳ "σοὶ μέν κτλ." X.Cyr..1.3.7, cf. Arist.Rh.1395a27, Ph.1.512; τὴν αἰτίαν ἐ. Arist.Rh.1417a28:—Med., repeat, D.H.Rh..11.5:—Pass., [τὰ] ἐπιλεγόμενα Arist.Rh..1394a13.    3. call by name, Hdt.5.70; ἐπέλεγον δὲ κιθαρῳδικούς (sc. νόμους) Pl.Lg.700b:—Med., A.Supp.49 (lyr.):— Pass., to be surnamed, J.AJ13.10.4.    4. utter, pronounce a spell (cf.ἐπεῖπον), ῥῆσιν μυστικήν Ath.11.496b; ῥῆσίν τινα μακράν Luc.Nec. 7; τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐπιλέγειν τῷ λοιμῷ φεῦγ' ἐς κόρακας Arist.Fr. 496, cf.Pr.926b23, EN1109b11.    5. attribute, τινὶ τὸ καλόν, τὸ χρήσιμον, Id.Pol.1323b12; ἐ. τοῖς εὖ ἔχουσιν ἔργοις, ὅτι . . Id.EN1106b10.    6. say against one, App.BC3.18.    II. pick out, select, Hdt. 3.44, 81; ἔκ τινων πεζούς Wilcken Chr.11 A 35 (ii B.C.):—freq. in Med., τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ἐπελέξατο he chose him certain of the Babylonians, Hdt.3.157, cf.6.73, Th.7.19, Arist.Fr.151, Wilcken Chr.11 A 49 (ii B.C.), D.S.3.74:—Pass., ἐπιλελεγμένοι or ἐπειλεγμένοι chosen men, X.Cyr.3.3.41, Isoc.4.146, POxy.1210.4 (i B.C.), etc.; οἱ ἐπιλεγέντες SIG577.72 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.).    III. Med., think upon, think over, ταῦτα Hdt.1.78, 2.120, al., cf.Ant.Lib.5.4; μὴ ἐ. not to care, Hdt. 7.236, al.; οὐδαμὰ ἐ. μή κοτε . . to have no fear lest... Id.3.65, cf. 7.149: c.inf., πᾶν ἐπιλεγόμενος πείσεσθαι expecting . ., Id.7.49, cf. 52: rare in Trag., μηδ' ἐπιλεχθῇς Ἀγαμεμνονίαν εἶναί μ' ἄλοχον deem me not to be... A.Ag.1498 (anap.).    2. in Hdt. also, con over, read, τὸ βυβλίον, τὰ γράμματα, 1.124,125,2.125, al., cf. Paus.1.12.3, al., Hld.4.8: so in Act., Them.Or.11.153a.    3. recount, in speaking, τὴν αἰσχύνην καὶ τὸν κίνδυνον D.H.9.57.