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διαλέγω

διαλέγω, to pick out one from another, to pick out

διαλέγω,
  • 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., IG 2(2).657, etc.: less freq. aor. 2 διελέγην Arist. Top. 154a34, 159a5, Scymn. 7, IG 5(1).5.5 (Lacon.), GDI 5163a2 (Crete), PPetr. 3 p.130 (iii B.C.), IG 2(2).1236; 3 pl. διέλεγεν CIG 3656.7 (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. VS 2.21.3.
      • 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. HA 535b2.
      • 5 in Att., euphem. for συνουσιάζω, have intercourse, Ar. Ec. 890, Pl. 1082, Hyp. Fr. 171, Plu. Sol. 20, Hierocl. p.64 A.
      • 6 have dealings with, OGI 484.23 (Pergam.).

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