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ἀγωγός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγωγός ἀγωγός ἀγωγόν

Structure: ἀγωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gw

Sense

  1. leading, guiding
  2. (masculine substantive) guide, escort
  3. (with πρός ‎(prós) or ἐπί ‎(epí)) leading to
  4. drawing, attracting
  5. eliciting, evoking

Declension

First/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

  • ἀτὰρ ἠδὲ ἔγχυτον ἐκ τῶνδε ἐγχεῖν τῇ ὑστέρῃ· διαχρίειν δὲ καὶ τὴν ἕδρην φυσέων ἀγωγοῖσ · ἠδὲ ὑποκλύζειν μὴ δριμέσι , μαλθακοῖσι , γλίσχροισι , ὀλισθηροῖσι, ἐσ τὴν τῶν κοπρίων ἔξοδον μοῦνον, ὅκωσ ἡ χώρη τῆσ ὑστέρησ λαπαρὴ γίγνηται· ἀλθαίησ χυλῷ, ἢ τήλιοσ· μελίλωτον δὲ ἢ σάμψυχον ξὺν τῷ λίπαϊ ἑψείσθω · ἢν δὲ βίησ ἢ λαπάξιοσ ἡ ὑστέρη δέηται, χείρεσι μὲν πιέζειν τὸ ὑποχόνδριον γυναικὸσ εὐτόνου, ἢ ἀνδρὸσ εὐαφοῦσ, καὶ διαζῶσαι ταινίαισ σφίγγοντα, ὁκόταν διελάσῃ τὸν χῶρον, ὡσ μὴ αὖθισ ἄνω θέειν· πταρμοὺσ ποιέοντα ἐπιλαμβάνειν τὰσ Ῥῖνασ· τῷ γὰρ πταρμῷ καὶ τῇ ἐντάσι μετεξετέρῃσι ἡ ὑστέρη ἐσ χώρηνϊξε· ἐμφυσῆν δὲ ἐσ Ῥῖνασ οἱᾶ́ γε στρουθίου Ῥίζησ , ἢ πεπέρεοσ, ἢ τοῦ κάστοροσ· προσβάλλειν δὲ σικύασ κούφασ μηροῖσι, λαγόσι, ἰσχίοισι, βουβῶσι, ἕλκοντα τὴν ὑστέρην · προσβάλλειν δὲ καὶ πρὸσ Ῥάχιν, ἐσ τὸ μεσηγὺ τῶν ὠμοπλατέων, τῇ πνιγὶ ἀρήγοντα· ἢν δὲ ὲπὶ φλεγμονῇ πνίγηται, καὶ διασχάσαι τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ κτενὶ οἰχευμένην φλέβα καὶ ἀφαιρέειν συχνὸν αἷμα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 317)

Synonyms

  1. leading

  2. guide

  3. drawing

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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