διελεξάμην

διαλέγω

pick out: aor ind mid 1st sg

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.), GDI 5163a2 ([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.HA 535b2.

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.).

ζαελεξάμαν,= διελεξάμην, I

A discoursed with, τινι Sapph.87 (with vv.Il.; ζὰ δ' ἐλ. cj. Ahrens).

διαλέγομαι impf. διελεγόμην Ac 18:19 v.l.; 1 aor. διελεξάμην (s. λέγω; Hom.; Polyaenus 3, 9, 40; 7, 27, 2) Ac 17:2; 18:19; pf. 3 sg. διείλεκται (Tat. 21, 3). Pass.: fut. 3 sg. διαλεχθήσεται (Sir 14:20); aor. διελέχθην ([Att.] LXX; Just., D. 2, 4) Mk 9:34; Ac 18:19 v.l. (Hom.+).

① to engage in speech interchange, converse, discuss, argue (freq. in Attic wr., also PPetr III, 43 [3], 15 [240 B.C.]; BGU 1080, 11; Epict. 1, 17, 4; 2, 8, 12; TestAbr A 5 p. 82, 3 [Stone p. 12] τὰ διαλεγόμενα ὑμῶν; Tat. 21, 3), esp. of instructional discourse that frequently includes exchange of opinions Ac 18:4; 19:8f; 20:9. περί τινος (Ps.-Callisth. 3, 32, 2; Just., D. 100, 3; Ath. 9:1) 24:25. πρός τινα (X., Mem. 1, 6, 1; 2, 10, 1; Ex 6:27; Ps.-Callisth., loc. cit.; Jos., Ant. 7, 278; AssMos Fgm. a Denis p. 63=Tromp p. 272) Ac 24:12. τινί w. someone (for the syntax, s. 1 Esdr 8:45 ‘inform, tell’; 2 Macc 11:20; EpArist 40; Just., D. 2, 4: the three last ‘discuss, confer’) 17:2, 17; 18:19; 20:7; sim. converse MPol 7:2.—Of controversies πρός τινα with someone (Judg 8:1 B) Mk 9:34. περί τινος about someth. (cp. Pla., Ap., 19d; Plut., Pomp. 620 [4, 4]; PSI 330, 8 [258 B.C.] περὶ διαφόρου οὐ διαλ.; PFlor 132, 3; Just., A II, 3, 3) Jd 9.

② to instruct about someth., inform, instruct (Isocr. 5 [Phil.] 109; Epict.; PSI 401, 4 [III B.C.]; 1 Esdr 8:45; Philo; Joseph.; EHicks, ClR 1, 1887, 45) δ. may have this mng. in many of the above pass. (e.g. Ac 18:4), clearly so Hb 12:5 (δ. of a Scripture pass. also Philo, Leg. All. 3, 118).—GKilpatrick, JTS 11, ’60, 338–40.—Frisk s.v. λέγω. M-M. TW. Sv.