ἄγω

ἄγω [pron. full] [ᾰ], [tense] impf. ἦγον, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion.

A

ἄγεσκον Hdt.1.148

, A.R.1.849: [tense] fut.

ἄξω Il.1.139

, etc.: thematic [tense] aor. imper.

ἄξετε Il.3.105

, inf. ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν, Il.23.50, 111: [tense] aor. 2

ἤγαγον Il.6.291

, etc., opt.

ἀγαγοίην Sapph.159

: [tense] aor. 1 ἦξα rare,

ἦζε Tim.Pers.165

, part.

ἄξας Batr. 119

, inf.

ἄξαι Antipho 5.46

: [tense] pf.

ἦχα SIG1

(Abu Simbel, vii/ vi B. C.), Plb.3.111.3, ([etym.] προ-) D.19.18, ([etym.] συν-) X.Mem.4.2.8;

ἀγήγοχα OGI219.15

(Sigeum, iii B.C.), etc., [dialect] Dor.

συν-αγάγοχα Test.Epict.3.12

;

ἀγήοχα LXX To.12.3

, J.BJ1.30.1, Alex.Fig.1.11, etc. (also in compds., ([etym.] εἰσ-) Ps.-Philipp. ap. D.18.39, ([etym.] κατ-) Decr.ib.73);

ἀγείοχα PTeb.5.193

(ii B. C.), etc.; ἀγέωχα ([etym.] δι-) CIG4897d (Philae, i B. C.), PTeb.5.198 (ii B. C.), etc.: [tense] plpf.

ἀγηόχει Plb.30.4.17

:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut.

ἄξομαι Hom.

, Hdt., Trag.: them. [tense] aor. 1

ἄξοντο Il.8.545

, imper. ἄζεσθε ib.505: also ἀξάμην ([etym.] ἐσ-) Hdt.5.34, ([etym.] προεσ-) 1.190, 8.20: [tense] aor.2

ἠγαγόμην Hom.

, etc., [ per.] 2sg.

ἀγάγαο GDI5088.8

(Cret.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

ἀχθήσομαι Pl.Hp.Ma.292a

, ([etym.] προσ-) Th.4.87, etc.; ἄξομαι in pass. sense, A.Ag.1632, Pl.R.458d, ([etym.] προσ-) Th.4.115, etc.: [tense] aor. 1

ἤχθην X.An.6.3.10

, [dialect] Ion.

ἄχθην Hdt.6.30

, part.

ἀχθείς Hippon. 9

: [tense] pf. ἦγμαι Hdt 2.158, D.13.15; also in med. sense, v. infr. B.2.

I lead, carry, fetch, bring, of living creatures, φέρω being used of things,

δῶκε δ' ἄγειν ἑτάροισι . . γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα . . φέρειν Il.23.512

; βοῦν δ' ἀγέτην κεράων by the horns, Od.3.439; ἄ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον, poet. also c. acc. loci, νόστοι δ' ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους (sc. ἄνδρας)

. . ἆγον οἴκους A.Pers.863

(lyr.);

Ἅιδας . . ἄγει τὰν Ἀχέροντος ἀκτάν S.Ant.811

(lyr.);

ἄ. τινά τινι Od.14.386

;

ἵππους ὑφ' ἅρματ' ἄ. 3.476

, cf. A.Pr.465.

b part. ἄγων taking,

στῆσε δ' ἄγων Il.2.558

, cf. Od.1.130, S.OC1342, etc.

2 take with one,

ἑταίρους Od.10.405

, cf. S.OC832, etc.; τι Il.15.531, Hdt.1.70; of a wife, A.Pr.559 (lyr.) (more usu. [voice] Med., q.v.).

3 carry off as captives or booty, Il.1.367,9.594, A. Th.340, etc.;

ἄχθη ἀγόμενος παρὰ βασιλέα Hdt.6.30

; ἀγόμενος, i.e. δοῦλος, Archil.155, cf. E.Tr.140, Pl.Lg.914e; Δίκην ἄγειν to lead Justice forcibly away, Hes.Op.220;

ἡ ἐπιθυμία ἄγει Arist.EN1147a34

; of a fowler,

φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει S.Ant.343

: esp. in phrase ἄ. καὶ φέρειν harry, ravage a country, first in Il.5.484 οἷόν κ' ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν, cf. 23.512 sq.; freq. in Hdt. and [dialect] Att. Prose:—in [voice] Pass.,

ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα E.Tr.1310

, cf. Ar.Nu.241: more rarely reversed,

φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι Hdt. 1.88

;

ἔφερε καὶ ἦγε πάντας Id.3.39

: c. acc. loci,

φέρων καὶ ἄγων τὴν Βιθυνίδα X.HG3.2.2

;

ἦγον καὶ ἔκαον τὴν B.

ib.5; ἄ. alone, ravage, IG9(1).333 ([dialect] Locr., v B. C.): —but φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν sts. means simply bear and carry, bring together, Pl.Phdr.279c; τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν, i.e. bring it into the state, Id.Lg.817a, cf. X.Cyr.3.3.2.

4 ἄ. εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, freq. in [dialect] Att.,

πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄ. E.Fr.1049

;

ὑπ' ἐπίγνωσιν ἀχθῆναι PTeb.28.11

(ii B. C.); simply

ἄγειν Pl.Grg.527a

, etc.;

ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἄ. X.An.1.6.10

, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε Ev.Matt.10.18

, cf. PTeb.331.16 (ii A.D.);

φόνου ἄγεσθαι Plu.2.309e

.

b [voice] Pass., to be confiscated, τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια (to meet the rent) PTeb.27.75 (ii B. C.).

5 of ships, carry as cargo, import, [οἶνον]

νῆες ἄγουσι Il.9.72

, etc.; ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι (i.e. σύν οἱ) Od.14.296.

6 draw on, bring on,

πῆμα τόδ' ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες Il.24.547

;

Ἰλίω φθοράν A.Ag.406

(lyr.);

τερμίαν ἁμέραν S.Ant.1330

(lyr.);

ὕπνον Id.Ph.638

;

χαράν E.Fr.174

;

δάκρυ Id.Alc.1081

.

7 bear up,

φελλοὶ δ' ὥς. ἄγουσι δίκτυον A.Ch.506

.

8 carry far and wide, spread abroad,

κλέος Od.5.311

.

9 Medic., remove,

φλέγμα Hp. Nat.Hom.6

, cf. Aph.4.2;

ἕλμινθα Dsc.1.16

.

II lead towards a point, lead on,

τὸν δ' ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε Il.13.602

;

κῆρες ἄγον θανάτοιο 2.834

;

οἷ μ' ἀτιμίας ἄγεις S.El.1035

: also c. inf., ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, E.Hec.43: c. acc. cogn.,

ἄγομαι τάνδ' ἑτοίμαν ὁδόν S.Ant.877

(lyr.); ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, Heraclit.71, S.OT734, Tab.Heracl.1.16, etc.: metaph., tend,

ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον Pl.Lg. 701e

.

2 lead, guide, esp. in war,

λαόν Il.10.79

; ἄ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., Th.7.12, 8.59, etc., cf. X.An.4.8.12; henceabs., march,

θᾶσσον ὁ Νικίας ἦγε Th.7.81

, cf. X.HG4.2.19, etc.: simply, go,

ἄγωμεν Ev.Marc. 1.38

; of the gods, etc., guide, Pi., Hdt., etc.;

ἐπ' ἀρετήν E.Fr.672

;

διὰ πόνων ἄγειν τινά Id.IT988

.

3 manage,

νόῳ πλοῦτον Pi.P.6.47

;

πολιτείαν Th.1.127

; τὴν σοφίαν conduct philosophical inquiry, Pl.Tht. 172b; of reasoning,

ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους Arist.APr.47a21

; εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἄ. ib.27a15 (v.l. ἀπάγοντας):—[voice] Pass., to be led, guided,

λογισμῷ Pl.R.431c

;

ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν Isoc. 9.45

.

4 refer, attribute,

τι εἰς ἐθελοκάκησιν Plb. 27.15.13

;

τι ἐς Διόνυσον Luc.Syr.D.33

.

5 bring up, train, educate,

ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς Pl.Lg.782d

;

ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγήν Plu.Ages.1

; of animals, train, X.Mem.4.1.3.

6 reduce,

ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν Hp. VM1

;

ἐς τὸ ἥμισυ Id.Mul.1.78

; of propositions,

εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν Papp.1076.6

.

III draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄ. to draw a line of wall, Th.6.99;

μέλαθρον εἰς ὀρόφους AP9.649

(Maced.);

ὄγμον ἄ. Theoc.10.2

; ἄ. γραμμάς to draw lines, Arist.Top.101a16; ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι let perpendiculars be drawn, Mete.373a11; ἄ. ἐπίπεδον describe a plane, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.7, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ Hdt.2.158

, cf. Th.6.100; κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς, i.e. when the land forms a bight, Hdt.4.99.

IV hold, celebrate, Ἀπατούρια, ὁρτήν, Hdt. 1.147,183 (more usu. ἀνάγειν); freq. in [dialect] Att.,

ἄ. ἀγῶνα IG1.53.33

;

θυσίαν, θεωρίαν Isoc.19.10

;

κρεουργὸν ἦμαρ εὐθύμως ἄγειν A.Ag.1592

;

γάμους Men.Sam.336

, cf. LXX To.11.19 ([voice] Pass.);

ἐκκλησίαν Plu.Aem.30

:—[voice] Pass.,

ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται Act.Ap.19.38

.

2 keep, observe a date,

ἄ. τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον Th.5.54

, cf. Men.521;

κατὰ σελήνην τὰς ἡμέρας Ar.Nu.626

; reckon,

τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθ' ἥλιον Gem.8.6

.

3 keep, observe,

ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν Pi.P. 6.20

;

σπονδὰς ἄ. πρός τινας Th.6.7

;

εἰρήνην Pl.R.465b

, etc.: c. acc., as periphr. for a neut. Verb, σχολὴν ἄγειν, = σχολάζειν, E.Med.1238, Pl.R.376d; ἡσυχίαν ἄ., = ἡσυχάξειν, X.An.3.1.14;

ἄ. ἀπαστίαν Ar. Nu.621

; κρύψιν ἄ., of stars betw. setting and rising, Autol.2.9; keep up, sustain, maintain,

νεῖκος Pi.P.9.31

; γέλωτ' ἄγειν to keep laughing, S.Aj.382;

ἄ. κτύπον E.Or.182

(lyr.); with predicate, maintain,

ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα D.9.36

.

4 of Time, pass,

ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον Pi.O.8.87

; ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μ' ἄγειν; S.El.266;

ὁ βίος οὑμὸς ἑσπέραν ἄγει Alex.228

, cf. ὥραν ἄγειν to be ripe,

τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης Philostr.VA2.14

; ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου Chor.p.38B.;

τῆς ἡλικίας ἄγον τὸ ἄνθος Id.p.53

B.;

τέταρτον ἔτος ἄγων καὶ τριακοστόν Gal.Lib. Propr.1

.

5 of beliefs, hold,

αἵρεσιν Plb.27.15.14

.

V hold account, treat,

ἄ. ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς Pi.I.7(6).22

; ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν or ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄ., περὶ πλείστου ἄ., Hdt.1.134, 2.172, 9.7, etc.; θεοὺς ἄ. to believe in, A.Supp.924; διὰ τιμῆς ἄ. τινά, etc., Luc. Prom.Es4, etc.;

τὸ πρᾶγμ' ἄ . . . ὡς παρ' οὐδέν S.Ant.34

;

τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθ' ἄ. τοῦ Βακχίου E.Ba.225

;

τιμιώτερον ἄ. τινά Th.8.81

;

εὐεργεσίας εἰς ἀχαριστίαν καὶ προπηλακισμὸν ἄ. D.18.316

:—with Adverbs,

δυσφόρως τοὔνειδος ἦγον S.OT784

;

ἐντίμως ἄ. Pl.R.528c

, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,

ἠγόμην δ' ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος S.OT775

.

VI draw down in the scale, hence, weigh, ἄ. μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς, etc., weigh a mina, 300 darics, etc., D.22.76, 24.129, cf. Philippid.9.4, etc.;

ἄ. πλέον Arist.Pr.931b15

;

ἄ. σταθμόν Plu.2.96b

.

VII on ἄγε, ἄγετε, v.s. vocc.

B [voice] Med. ἄγομαι, carry away for oneself,

χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδ' ἄγεσθαι Od.10.35

; take with one, 6.58, E.Heracl.808, etc.; of a ship's cargo, D.35.20; take to oneself,

δῶρον Theoc.1.9

, cf. 11; take upon oneself,

ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας Hdt.1.126

, 4.79.

2 ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα take to oneself a wife, Od.14.211;

γυναῖκα ἄ. ἐς τὰ οἰκία Hdt.1.59

, etc.;

ἄγεσθαί τινα ἐς δῶμα Hes.Th.410

; simply ἄ. marry, Hdt.2.47, etc.: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. ἦγμαι is used in this med. sense, J.AJ14.12.1; of the father, bring home a wife for his son, Od.4.10, Hdt.1.34; of a brother, Od.15.238; of friends of the bridegroom and bride, Od.6.28, Hes.Sc.274: later in [voice] Pass. of the wife, PGnom.138 (ii A.D.).

3 like [voice] Act., bring; διὰ στόμα ἄγεσθαι μῦθον bring through the mouth, i.e. utter, Il.14.91.