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ἄγω?

Non-contract Verb; Transliteration: agō

Principal Part: ἄγω ἄξω ἤγαγον ἦχα ἦγμαι

Structure: ἄγ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: on the augment in the Doric form ἆγον, see Chantraine, MHG, 311.

Sense

  1. I lead
  2. I fetch, bring along (of people), take with
  3. I lead away, arrest, carry off
  4. I lead, guide, command
  5. I draw out
  6. I hold, celebrate, observe
  7. I weigh
  8. (middle) I take for myself

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἄγω ἄγεις ἄγει
Dual ἄγετον ἄγετον
Plural ἄγομεν ἄγετε ἄγουσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἄγω ἄγῃς ἄγῃ
Dual ἄγητον ἄγητον
Plural ἄγωμεν ἄγητε ἄγωσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἄγοιμι ἄγοις ἄγοι
Dual ἄγοιτον ἀγοίτην
Plural ἄγοιμεν ἄγοιτε ἄγοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἄγε ἀγέτω
Dual ἄγετον ἀγέτων
Plural ἄγετε ἀγόντων, ἀγέτωσαν
Infinitive ἄγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀγων ἀγοντος ἀγουσα ἀγουσης ἀγον ἀγοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἄγομαι ἄγει, ἄγῃ ἄγεται
Dual ἄγεσθον ἄγεσθον
Plural ἀγόμεθα ἄγεσθε ἄγονται
SubjunctiveSingular ἄγωμαι ἄγῃ ἄγηται
Dual ἄγησθον ἄγησθον
Plural ἀγώμεθα ἄγησθε ἄγωνται
OptativeSingular ἀγοίμην ἄγοιο ἄγοιτο
Dual ἄγοισθον ἀγοίσθην
Plural ἀγοίμεθα ἄγοισθε ἄγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἄγου ἀγέσθω
Dual ἄγεσθον ἀγέσθων
Plural ἄγεσθε ἀγέσθων, ἀγέσθωσαν
Infinitive ἄγεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀγομενος ἀγομενου ἀγομενη ἀγομενης ἀγομενον ἀγομενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἦγον ἦγες ἦγε(ν)
Dual ἤγετον ἠγέτην
Plural ἤγομεν ἤγετε ἦγον
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἠγόμην ἤγου ἤγετο
Dual ἤγεσθον ἠγέσθην
Plural ἠγόμεθα ἤγεσθε ἤγοντο

Aorist tense

Perfect tense

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

  • τροχὸς ἁμάξης σπλάγχνα μωροῦ, καὶ ὡς ἄξων στρεφόμενος ὁ διαλογισμὸς αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 33:5)
  • "εἰ δὲ μὴ ψεύδονται οἱ περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες, καὶ μοιχὸς ἑάλω ποτέ, ὡς ὁ ἄξων φησίν, ἄρθρα ἐν ἄρθροις ἔχων. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 10:2)
  • ἥκω δὲ τὴν τάλαιναν - οὐ γὰρ ἡδέως ὄνομα δάμαρτος ἥ ποτ ἦν ἐμὴ λέγω - ἄξων: (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode5)
  • πεπρωμένος γὰρ θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου δεῦρ ἦλθ Ὀρέστης, τόν τ Ἐρινύων χόλον φεύγων ἀδελφῆς τ Ἄργος ἐσπέμψων δέμας ἄγαλμά θ ἱερὸν εἰς ἐμὴν ἄξων χθόνα, τῶν νῦν παρόντων πημάτων ἀναψυχάς. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 9:4)
  • αὖθις ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐγέλασαν οἱ συμπόται, καὶ ὃς ἀγανακτήσας ἐπανίστατο δριμὺ καὶ παράφορον βλέπων καὶ δῆλος ἦν οὐκέτι εἰρήνην ἄξων. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 16:6)

Synonyms

  1. I lead

  2. I lead away

  3. I lead

  4. I draw out

  5. I hold

  6. I weigh

  7. I take for myself

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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