διαλέγω

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   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., IG22.657, etc.: less freq. aor. 2 διελέγην Arist.Top.154a34, 159a5, Scymn.7, IG5(1).5.5 (Lacon.), GDI5163a2 (Crete), PPetr.3p.130 (iii B.C.), IG 22.1236; 3pl. διέλεγεν CIG3656.7 (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.VS2.21.3.    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.HA535b2.    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, OGI484.23 (Pergam.).