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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

  • οὗ θᾶσσον οὕνεκ’, ἢ χάριν μονῆσ ἔχων, φροῦδοσ, μετ’ αὐτοῦ δ’ Ἀνδρομάχη, πολλῶν ἐμοὶ δακρύων ἀγωγόσ, ἡνίκ’ ἐξώρμα χθονόσ, πάτραν τ’ ἀναστένουσα καὶ τὸν Ἕκτοροσ τύμβον προσεννέπουσα. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 1:3)
  • "ἀλλ’ ἐκ τῆσ Στοᾶσ αὐτῆσ τελευτῶντεσ ὥσπερ Γοργόνα τὴν ἀπραξίαν ἐπάγοντεσ ἀπηγόρευσαν, ὡσ πάντα πειρῶσι καὶ στρέφουσιν αὐτοῖσ οὐχ ὑπήκουσεν ἡ ὁρμὴ γενέσθαι συγκατάθεσισ οὐδὲ τῆσ ῥοπῆσ ἀρχὴν ἐδέξατο τὴν αἴσθησιν, ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἑαυτῆσ ἀγωγὸσ ἐπὶ τὰσ πράξεισ ἐφάνη, μὴ δεομένη τοῦ προστίθεσθαι. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 266)
  • "ἀμφὶ δὲ οἱ δολόεντα φιλόφρονα χεῦεν ὄνειρα, πᾶν ἐνταῦθα πειθομένῃ τὸ καλὸν εἶναι καὶ τίμιον, ἂν μὴ τύχῃ θείου καὶ σώφρονοσ Ἔρωτοσ ἰατροῦ καὶ σωτῆροσ καὶ ἡγεμόνοσ ὃσ διὰ σωμάτων ἀφικόμενοσ ἀγωγὸσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐξ Αἵδου καί τὸ ἀληθείασ πεδίον, οὗ τὸ πολὺ καὶ καθαρὸν καὶ ἀψευδὲσ ἵδρυται κάλλοσ, ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ συγγενέσθαι διὰ χρόνου ποθοῦντασ ἐξαναφέρων καὶ ἀναπέμπων εὐμενὴσ οἱο͂ν ἐν τελετῇ παρέστη μυσταγωγόσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 19 3:16)
  • νομίζομεν ἡ γὰρ φύσισ ἀγωγόσ ἐστιν ἀφ’ ἑαυτῆσ πρὸσ τὸ καλόν· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 12 4:1)
  • ἡ γὰρ φύσισ ἀγωγόσ ἐστιν ἀφ’ ἑαυτῆσ πρὸσ τὸ καλόν· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 12 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. leading

  2. guide

  3. drawing

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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