διαλέγω

διαλέγω,

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: [tense] fut.

διαλέξομαι Isoc.12.5

and 112; also

-λεχθήσομαι Id.9.34

, D.18.252;

-λεγήσομαι Inscr.Perg.5

(iii B.C.): [tense] aor.

διελεξάμην Hom.

, Ar.Fr.343; [dialect] Aeol. imper.

ζάλεξαι Sapph.Supp. 16.3

; also

διελέχθην Hdt.3.51

, and always in [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG22.657, etc.: less freq. [tense] aor. 2

διελέγην Arist.Top.154a34

, 159a5, Scymn.7, IG5(1).5.5 ([dialect] Lacon.), GDI5163a2 ([place name] Crete), PPetr.3p.130 (iii B.C.), IG 22.1236; [ per.] 3pl.

διέλεγεν CIG3656.7

(Cyzic.): [tense] pf.

διείλεγμαι Pl.Tht. 158c

, Isoc.5.81: [tense] 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 [voice] 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 [dialect] 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.).