λαλέω (laleo): all forms
λαλέω means “talk, speak”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | λαλῶ | λαλῶ | λαλοίην | |
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| 2nd singular | λαλεῖς | λαλῇς | λαλοῖς · λαλοίης | λάλει |
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| 3rd singular | λαλεῖ | λαλῇ | λαλοίη | λαλείτω |
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| 1st plural | λαλοῦμεν | λαλῶμεν | λαλεῖμεν · λάλοιμεν · λαλοίημεν | |
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| 2nd plural | λαλεῖτε | λαλῆτε | λαλεῖτε · λάλοιτε · λαλοίητε | λαλεῖτε |
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| 3rd plural | λαλοῦσι(ν) | λαλῶσι(ν) | λαλεῖεν · λάλοιεν · λαλοίησαν | λαλείτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | λαλοῦμαι | λαλῶμαι | λαλοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | λαλεῖ · λαλῇ | λαλῇ | λαλοῖο | λαλοῦ |
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| 3rd singular | λαλεῖται | λαλῆται | λαλοῖτο | λαλείσθω |
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| 1st plural | λαλούμεθα | λαλώμεθα | λαλοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | λαλεῖσθε | λαλῆσθε | λαλοῖσθε | λαλεῖσθε |
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| 3rd plural | λαλοῦνται | λαλῶνται | λαλοῖντο | λαλείσθων |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐλάλουν |
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| 2nd singular | ἐλάλεις |
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| 3rd singular | ἐλάλει |
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| 1st plural | ἐλαλοῦμεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἐλαλεῖτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐλάλουν |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐλαλούμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἐλαλοῦ |
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| 3rd singular | ἐλαλεῖτο |
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| 1st plural | ἐλαλούμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐλαλεῖσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐλαλοῦντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | λαλεῖν | λαλεῖσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λαλῶν | λαλοῦσα | λαλοῦν |
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| Genitive | λαλοῦντος | λαλούσης | λαλοῦντος |
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| Dative | λαλοῦντι | λαλούσῃ | λαλοῦντι |
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| Accusative | λαλοῦντα | λαλοῦσαν | λαλοῦν |
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| Vocative | λαλοῦν | λαλοῦσα | λαλοῦν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λαλοῦντες | λαλοῦσαι | λαλοῦντα |
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| Genitive | λαλούντων | λαλουσῶν | λαλούντων |
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| Dative | λαλοῦσι(ν) | λαλούσαις | λαλοῦσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | λαλοῦντας | λαλούσας | λαλοῦντα |
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| Vocative | λαλοῦντες | λαλοῦσαι | λαλοῦντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λαλούμενος | λαλουμένη | λαλούμενον |
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| Genitive | λαλουμένου | λαλουμένης | λαλουμένου |
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| Dative | λαλουμένῳ | λαλουμένῃ | λαλουμένῳ |
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| Accusative | λαλούμενον | λαλουμένην | λαλούμενον |
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| Vocative | λαλούμενε | λαλουμένη | λαλούμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | λαλούμενοι | λαλούμεναι | λαλούμενα |
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| Genitive | λαλουμένων | λαλουμένων | λαλουμένων |
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| Dative | λαλουμένοις | λαλουμέναις | λαλουμένοις |
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| Accusative | λαλουμένους | λαλουμένας | λαλούμενα |
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| Vocative | λαλούμενοι | λαλούμεναι | λαλούμενα |
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Meaning and examples of λαλέω
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.