διαλέγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[pick out]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.107</span>, <span class="bibl">113</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.9</span>, etc.; [[πτῶμα]] [[glean]] fallen olives, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>102.20</span>; cf. <b class="b3">διαλέγειν· ἀνακαθαίρειν</b>, Hsch.; [[select]], [[separate]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>735b</span>; [[examine]], [[check]] documents, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>11.26</span> (ii B.C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">διαλέγων τὴν ὀπήν</b> [[picking open]] the hole, to escape, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>720</span>; cf. <b class="b3">διαλέξαι· διορύξαι</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> as Dep., [[διαλέγομαι]]: fut. διαλέξομαι <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.5</span> and 112; also -λεχθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Id.9.34</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.252</span>; -λεγήσομαι <span class="title">Inscr.Perg.</span>5 (iii B.C.): aor. διελεξάμην Hom., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>343</span>; Aeol. imper. ζάλεξαι <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 16.3</span>; also διελέχθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.51</span>, and always in Att. Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.657, etc.: less freq. aor. 2 διελέγην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>154a34</span>, <span class="bibl">159a5</span>, <span class="bibl">Scymn.7</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).5.5 (Lacon.), <span class="title">GDI</span>5163a2 (Crete), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.130</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span> 22.1236; 3pl. διέλεγεν <span class="title">CIG</span>3656.7 (Cyzic.): pf. διείλεγμαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 158c</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.81</span>: plpf. διείλεκτο <span class="bibl">D.21.119</span>, but in pass. sense, <span class="bibl">Lys.9.5</span>:—[[hold converse with]], c. dat. pers., μοι ταῦτα φίλος διελέξατο θυμός <span class="bibl">Il.11.407</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Archil.80</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.50</span>,<span class="bibl">51</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>425</span>, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>272c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. τί τινι</b> or <b class="b3">πρός τινα</b>, [[discuss]] a question with another, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.10.1</span>, <span class="bibl">1.6.1</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ὅρους</b> [[talk in]] definitions, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span> 92b32</span>; δ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.252</span>; ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Th.8.93</span>; <b class="b3">δ. τινὶ μὴ ποιεῖν</b> [[argue with]] one against doing, <span class="bibl">Id.5.59</span>; εἰ τουτὶ τὸ ῥῆμα, ἀλλὰ μὴ τουτὶ διελέχθην ἐγώ <span class="bibl">D.18.232</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ νόμοι οὐδὲν τούτῳ δ</b>. [[have]] nothing [[to say]] to him, [[concern]] him not, <span class="bibl">Id.43.59</span>; ὁ νομοθέτης οὔπω τινὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.17</span>; δ. πρός τι <b class="b2">to argue on .</b>., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>159a7</span>; or <b class="b2">against .</b>., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>185a6</span>: abs., [[to discourse]], [[reason]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.5.12</span>; δ. περί τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.109</span>, etc., freq. in <span class="bibl">Pl., <span class="title">Ap.</span>33a</span>, al.; γλῶσσα εὔτροχος ἐν τῷ δ. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>7</span>; [[reason]], [[calculate]], = [[διαλογίζομαι]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Marc.</span>18</span>:—the Act. in med. sense, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.40</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ διαλεγόμενοι</b>, of logicians, Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.6</span> W., al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Philosophy, <b class="b2">practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion</b>, οὐκ ἐρίζειν ἀλλὰ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>454a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">511c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>167e</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> later, [[discourse]], [[lecture]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.21.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[use a dialect]] or [[language]], κατὰ ταὐτά τισι δ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.142</span>; Φοινικιστί <span class="bibl">Plb.1.80.6</span>; [[write in prose]], opp.[[ποιεῖν]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[speak articulately]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>535b2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in Att., euphem. for [[συνουσιάζω]], [[have intercourse]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>890</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>1082</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>171</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sol.</span> 20</span>, Hierocl.<span class="bibl">p.64A.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[have dealings with]], <span class="title">OGI</span>484.23 (Pergam.).</span>