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διαλέγω
to choose /ðʝaˈleɣo/
verbB2#2525 most common
Also: to pick, to select
Example sentences
Διαλέγω ένα βιβλίο.
I choose a book.
Τι χρώμα διαλέγεις;
What color are you choosing?
Χθες διάλεξα ένα δώρο για τη μητέρα μου.
Yesterday I chose a gift for my mother.
Πρέπει να διαλέξουμε προσεκτικά τις λέξεις μας.
We must choose our words carefully.
Αν διάλεγα διαφορετικό δρόμο, ίσως τα πράγματα να ήταν αλλιώς.
If I had chosen a different path, maybe things would be different.
Η επιτροπή διάλεξε τον υποψήφιο που πληρούσε όλα τα κριτήρια, παρά τις αντιρρήσεις κάποιων μελών.
The committee chose the candidate who met all the criteria, despite the objections of some members.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | διαλέγω | διάλεξα | θα διαλέξω |
| 2sg | διαλέγεις | διάλεξες | θα διαλέξεις |
| 3sg | διαλέγει | διάλεξε | θα διαλέξει |
| 1pl | διαλέγουμε | διαλέξαμε | θα διαλέξουμε |
| 2pl | διαλέγετε | διαλέξατε | θα διαλέξετε |
| 3pl | διαλέγουν | διάλεξαν | θα διαλέξουν |
Word family
Etymology
The word combines the prefix δια- (through, apart) with λέγω, an old verb that originally meant to gather or pick out before it came to mean to say. In Ancient Greek, διαλέγω kept this older sense: to sort through and pick out. Modern Greek preserves that meaning in the active voice, while the related middle form διαλέγομαι drifted toward to converse, the root of words like dialogue and dialectic.
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