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ἀγός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγός

Structure: ἀγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gw

Sense

  1. a leader, chief

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "εἰ δέ μοι τὴν γυναῖκα ἄγοισ, ἀντὶ πολλῶν ἂν γένοιο. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 51:4)
  • ἐνενόεισ γοῦν τι μεταξὺ προϊὼν καὶ τὰ χείλη διεσάλευεσ ἠρέμα ὑποτονθορύζων καὶ τὴν χεῖρα ὧδε κἀκεῖσε μετέφερεσ ὥσπερ τινὰ ῥῆσιν ἐπὶ ἑαυτοῦ διατιθέμενοσ, ἐρώτημα δή τι τῶν ἀγκύλων συντιθεὶσ ἢ σκέμμα σοφιστικὸν ἀναφροντίζων, ὡσ μηδὲ ὁδῷ βαδίζων σχολὴν ἄγοισ, ἀλλ̓ ἐνεργὸσ εἰήσ ἀεὶ σπουδαῖόν τι πράττων καὶ ὃ πρὸ ὁδοῦ σοι γένοιτ̓ ἂν ἐσ τὰ μαθήματα. (Lucian, 2:2)
  • ταύτασ δ’ ἑκούσασ μὲν κατ’ εὔνοιαν φρενῶν ἄγοισ ἄν, εἴπερ εὐσεβὴσ πίθοι λόγοσ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 1:7)
  • τί δ’ εἰ ἐν νηὶ̈ πλέοισ, ἆρα δοξάζοισ ἂν πότερον χρὴ τὸν οἰάκα εἴσω ἄγειν ἢ ἔξω, καὶ ἅτε οὐκ εἰδὼσ πλανῷο ἄν, ἢ τῷ κυβερνήτῃ ἐπιτρέψασ ἂν ἡσυχίαν ἄγοισ; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 87:8)
  • σὺ δὲ Κρήθωνοσ ἄρουραν πᾶν ἔτοσ εὔκριθον καὶ πολύπυρον ἄγοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 258 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a leader

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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