31 Λέγω Melding in the Septuagint and New Testament in translation. For example, five of the thirteen verbs that express direct discourse have a majority of their occurrences with omitted third com- plements precisely in the context of λέγω melding: ἀποκρίνομαι (301 of 332); διαλογίζομαι (6 of 8); ἐπερωτάω (32 of 41); ἐρωτάω (28 of 34); and ὁρκίζω (9 of 14).20 Such a preponderance of occurrences within the context of λέγω melding has the potential to obscure their requirement that third complements be definite when null. Given the previously noted differences in English and Greek style, translation of these occurrences without careful attention to the third complement of the final linked verb has the potential to introduce into the English translation ambiguities not present in the Greek text. Third, eight of the verbs that participate in λέγω melding are restricted to the expression of indirect discourse outside of this context. Inclusion of a note about λέγω melding into the lexicon entries for these verbs would clarify that these verbs in fact are reserved to the expression of indirect discourse and that the occurrences with V+finite third complements are a function of an intruding grammatical construction and not a function of the verbs themselves. These considerations indicate that attention to the phenomenon of λέγω melding has implications both for translation and the grammatical description of Greek verbs of communication. Paul DANOVE Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies Villanova University 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085-1699 (USA) The remaining verbs have half or fewer of their intransitive occurrences in the context 20 of λέγω melding: ἀναγγέλλω (11 of 70); ἀπαγγέλλω (20 of 83); δέομαι (1 of 3); ἐντέλλομαι (62 of 156); κηρύσσω (9 of 26); [a second] λέγω (119 of +7000); παραγγέλλω (1 of 2); and παρακαλέω (11 of 23).