ἀγή
τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν → what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful
English (LSJ)
(A), Dor. ἀγά [ᾱγ], ἡ, (ἄγνυμι)
A breakage: 1 fragment, splinter, ἀγαῖσι κωπῶν A.Pers.425; πρὸς ἁρμάτων τ' ἀγαῖσι E.Supp. 693. 2 κύματος ἀγή place where the wave breaks, beach, A.R.1.554, Numen. ap. Ath.7.305a. 3 curve, bending, ὄφιος, ποταμον =, Arat.668,729 (v.l.):—hence Böckh cj. ἀγάν (for ἄγαν) Pi.P.2.82, in the sense of crooked arts, deceit. 4 wound, Hsch.
ἀγή (B), ἡ, (ἄγω)
A = ἀγωγή, ξύλων Michel1359.17 (Chios).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγή: Δωρ. ἀγὰ [ᾱγ], ἡ, (ἴδε ἐν λ. ἄγνυμι), διάρρηξις· 1) τεθλασμένον τεμάχιον, σύντριμμα, ἀγαῑσι κωπῶν, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 425, πρὸς ἁρμάτων τ’ ἀγαῖσι, Εὐρ. Ἱκ. 693. 2) κύματος ἀγή, = κυματωγή, τὸ μέρος ἔνθα τὸ κῦμα συντρίβεται, ἡ ἀκτή, Ἀπολλ. Ῥοδ. 1, 554, 4, 941. ἀγή, ἢ ἄγη, ἡ. Κεῖται ὡς φαίνεται ἡ λέξις καὶ ἐν τῇ σημασίᾳ ἀγωγῆς, φορᾱς, κομιδῆς ξύλων. ἐν Ἐπιγρ. Χίου Bul. de cor.
