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|Definition=[ᾰ], impf. [[ἦγον]], Ep. and Ion.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἄγεσκον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.148, A.R.1.849: fut. ἄξω Il.1.139, etc.: thematic aor. imper. ἄξετε Il.3.105, inf. <b class="b3">ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν</b>, Il.23.50, ''III'': aor. 2 ἤγαγον Il.6.291, etc., opt. ἀγαγοίην Sapph.159: aor. 1 [[ἦξα]] rare, ἦζε Tim.''Pers.''165, part. ἄξας Batr. 119, inf. ἄξαι Antipho 5.46: pf. ἦχα ''SIG''1 (Abu Simbel, vii/ vi B. C.), Plb.3.111.3, (προ-) D.19.18, (συν-) [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.8; ἀγήγοχα ''OGI''219.15 (Sigeum, iii B.C.), etc., Dor. συν-αγάγοχα ''Test.Epict.''3.12; ἀγήοχα [[LXX]] ''To.''12.3, J.''BJ''1.30.1, Alex.''Fig.''1.11, etc. (also in compds., (εἰσ-) Ps.-Philipp. ap. D.18.39, (κατ-) Decr.ib.73); ἀγείοχα ''PTeb.''5.193 (ii B. C.), etc.; [[ἀγέωχα]] (δι-) ''CIG''4897d (Philae, i B. C.), ''PTeb.''5.198 (ii B. C.), etc.: plpf. ἀγηόχει Plb.30.4.17:—Med., fut. ἄξομαι Hom., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], Trag.: them. aor. 1 ἄξοντο Il.8.545, imper. [[ἄζεσθε]] ib.505: also [[ἀξάμην]] (ἐσ-) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.34, (προεσ-) 1.190, 8.20: aor.2 ἠγαγόμην Hom., etc., 2sg. ἀγάγαο ''GDI''5088.8 (Cret.):—Pass., fut. ἀχθήσομαι Pl.''Hp.Ma.''292a, (προσ-) Th.4.87, etc.; [[ἄξομαι]] in pass. sense, A.''Ag.''1632, Pl.''R.''458d, (προσ-) Th.4.115, etc.: aor. 1 ἤχθην X.''An.''6.3.10, Ion. [[ἄχθην]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.30, part. ἀχθείς Hippon. 9: pf. [[ἦγμαι]] Hdt 2.158, D.13.15; also in med. sense, v. infr. B.2.<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[lead]], [[carry]], [[fetch]], [[bring]], of living creatures, [[φέρω]] being used of things, δῶκε δ' ἄγειν ἑτάροισι . . γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα . . φέρειν Il.23.512; <b class="b3">βοῦν δ' ἀγέτην κεράων</b> by the horns, Od.3.439; <b class="b3">ἄγω εἰς</b> or <b class="b3">πρὸς τόπον</b>, ''poet.'' also c. acc. loci, <b class="b3">νόστοι δ' ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἄνδρας]]) . . ἆγον οἴκους A.''Pers.''863 (lyr.); Ἅιδας . . ἄγει τὰν Ἀχέροντος ἀκτάν S.''Ant.''811 (lyr.); ἄγω τινά τινι Od.14.386; ἵππους ὑφ' ἅρματ' ἄγω 3.476, cf. A.''Pr.''465.<br><span class="bld">b</span> part. [[ἄγων]] [[taking]], στῆσε δ' ἄγων Il.2.558, cf. Od.1.130, S.''OC''1342, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[take with one]], ἑταίρους Od.10.405, cf. S.''OC''832, etc.; τι Il.15.531, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.70; of a [[wife]], A.''Pr.''559 (lyr.) (more usually Med., [[quod vide|q.v.]]).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[carry off]] as captives or booty, Il.1.367,9.594, A. ''Th.''340, etc.; ἄχθη ἀγόμενος παρὰ βασιλέα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.30; [[ἀγόμενος]], i.e. [[δοῦλος]], Archil.155, cf. E.''Tr.''140, Pl.''Lg.''914e; <b class="b3">Δίκην ἄγειν</b> to [[lead]] Justice [[forcibly]] [[away]], Hes.''Op.''220; ἡ [[ἐπιθυμία]] ἄγει [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1147a34; of a fowler, φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει S.''Ant.''343: especially in phrase [[ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν]] = [[harry]], [[ravage]] a [[country]], first in Il.5.484 <b class="b3">οἷόν κ' ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν</b>, cf. 23.512 sq.; freq. in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] and Att. Prose:—in Pass., ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα E.''Tr.''1310, cf. Ar.''Nu.''241: more rarely reversed, φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.88; ἔφερε καὶ ἦγε πάντας Id.3.39: c. acc. loci, φέρων καὶ ἄγων τὴν Βιθυνίδα X.''HG''3.2.2; ἦγον καὶ ἔκαον τὴν B. ib.5; [[ἄγω]] alone, [[ravage]], IG9(1).333 (Locr., v B. C.): —but [[φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν]] sometimes means simply [[bear and carry]], [[bring together]], Pl.''Phdr.''279c; <b class="b3">τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν</b>, i.e. [[bring]] it [[into]] the [[state]], Id.''Lg.''817a, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἄγω εἰς δίκην</b> or <b class="b3">ἄγω εἰς δικαστήριον, ἄγω ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς</b> to [[carry]] one before a [[court of justice]], freq. in Att., πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄγω E.''Fr.''1049; ὑπ' ἐπίγνωσιν ἀχθῆναι ''PTeb.''28.11 (ii B. C.); simply ἄγειν Pl.''Grg.''527a, etc.; ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἄγω X.''An.''1.6.10, etc.:—Pass., ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε ''Ev.Matt.''10.18, cf. ''PTeb.''331.16 (ii A.D.); φόνου ἄγεσθαι Plu.2.309e.<br><span class="bld">b</span> Pass., to [[be confiscated]], <b class="b3">τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια</b> (to meet the rent) ''PTeb.''27.75 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> of ships, [[carry]] as [[cargo]], [[import]], ([[οἶνον]]) νῆες ἄγουσι Il.9.72, etc.; <b class="b3">ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι</b> (i.e. <b class="b3">σύν οἱ</b>) Od.14.296.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[draw on]], [[bring on]], [[πῆμα]] τόδ' ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες Il.24.547; Ἰλίω φθοράν A.''Ag.''406 (lyr.); τερμίαν ἁμέραν S.''Ant.''1330 (lyr.); ὕπνον Id.''Ph.''638; χαράν E.''Fr.''174; δάκρυ Id.''Alc.''1081.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[bear up]], φελλοὶ δ' ὥς. ἄγουσι δίκτυον A.''Ch.''506.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[carry far and wide]], [[spread abroad]], κλέος Od.5.311.<br><span class="bld">9</span> Medic., [[remove]], [[φλέγμα]] Hp. ''Nat.Hom.''6, cf. ''Aph.''4.2; ἕλμινθα Dsc.1.16.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[lead towards]] a point, [[lead on]], τὸν δ' ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε Il.13.602; κῆρες ἄγον θανάτοιο 2.834; οἷ μ' ἀτιμίας ἄγεις S.''El.''1035: also c. inf., <b class="b3">ἄγει θανεῖν</b> [[lead]]s to [[death]], E.''Hec.''43: c. acc. cogn., ἄγομαι τάνδ' ἑτοίμαν ὁδόν S.''Ant.''877 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὁδὸς ἄγει</b> the road [[lead]]s, Heraclit.71, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''734, ''Tab.Heracl.''1.16, etc.: metaph., [[tend]], ἐπὶ τὸ [[ἄκρον]] Pl.''Lg.'' 701e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lead]], [[guide]], especially in war, λαόν Il.10.79; <b class="b3">ἄγω στρατιάν, ἄγω ναῦς</b>, etc., Th.7.12, 8.59, etc., cf. X.''An.''4.8.12; henceabs., [[march]], θᾶσσον ὁ Νικίας ἦγε Th.7.81, cf. X.''HG''4.2.19, etc.: simply, [[go]], ἄγωμεν ''Ev.Marc.'' 1.38; of the gods, etc., [[guide]], Pi., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], etc.; ἐπ' ἀρετήν E.''Fr.''672; διὰ πόνων ἄγειν τινά Id.''IT''988.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[manage]], νόῳ πλοῦτον Pi.''P.''6.47; [[πολιτεία]]ν Th.1.127; <b class="b3">τὴν σοφίαν</b> [[conduct]] philosophical inquiry, Pl.''Tht.'' 172b; of reasoning, ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους Arist.''APr.''47a21; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἄγω</b> ib.27a15 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἀπάγοντας]]):—Pass., to [[be led]], [[be guided]], λογισμῷ Pl.''R.''431c; ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν Isoc. 9.45.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[refer]], [[attribute]], τι εἰς ἐθελοκάκησιν Plb. 27.15.13; τι ἐς Διόνυσον Luc.''Syr.D.''33.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[bring up]], [[train]], [[educate]], ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς Pl.''Lg.''782d; ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγήν Plu.''Ages.''1; of animals, [[train]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.1.3.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[reduce]], ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν Hp. ''VM''1; ἐς τὸ ἥμισυ Id.''Mul.''1.78; of propositions, εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν Papp.1076.6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[draw out]] in [[length]], <b class="b3">τεῖχος ἄγειν</b> to [[draw]] a [[line]] of [[wall]], Th.6.99; μέλαθρον εἰς ὀρόφους ''AP''9.649 (Maced.); ὄγμον ἄγω Theoc.10.2; <b class="b3">ἄγω γραμμάς</b> to [[draw]] [[line]]s, Arist.''Top.''101a16; <b class="b3">ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι</b> [[let]] [[perpendiculars]] be [[draw]]n, Mete.373a11; <b class="b3">ἄγω ἐπίπεδον</b> [[describe]] a [[plane]], Archim.''Sph.Cyl.''1.7, etc.:—Pass., ἦκται ἡ [[διῶρυξ]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.158, cf. Th.6.100; <b class="b3">κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς</b>, i.e. when the land forms a bight, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.99.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[hold]], [[celebrate]], [[Ἀπατούρια]], [[ὁρτήν]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.147,183 (more usually [[ἀνάγειν]]); freq. in Att., ἄγω ἀγῶνα ''IG''1.53.33; θυσίαν, θεωρίαν Isoc.19.10; κρεουργὸν ἦμαρ εὐθύμως ἄγειν A.''Ag.''1592; γάμους Men.''Sam.''336, cf. [[LXX]] ''To.''11.19 (Pass.); ἐκκλησίαν Plu.''Aem.''30:—Pass., ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται ''Act.Ap.''19.38.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[keep]], [[observe]] a date, ἄγω τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον Th.5.54, cf. Men.521; κατὰ σελήνην τὰς ἡμέρας Ar.''Nu.''626; [[reckon]], τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθ' ἥλιον Gem.8.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[keep]], [[observe]], ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν Pi.''P.'' 6.20; σπονδὰς ἄγω πρός τινας Th.6.7; εἰρήνην Pl.''R.''465b, etc.: c. acc., as [[periphrasis]] for a neut. Verb, <b class="b3">σχολὴν ἄγειν</b>, = [[σχολάζειν]], E.''Med.''1238, Pl.''R.''376d; <b class="b3">ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν</b> = [[ἡσυχάζειν]], X.''An.''3.1.14; ἄγω ἀπαστίαν Ar. ''Nu.''621; <b class="b3">κρύψιν ἄγειν</b>, of stars between setting and rising, Autol.2.9; [[keep up]], [[sustain]], [[maintain]], νεῖκος Pi.''P.''9.31; <b class="b3">γέλωτ' ἄγειν</b> to [[keep]] [[laughing]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''382; ἄγω κτύπον E.''Or.''182 (lyr.); with predicate, [[maintain]], ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα D.9.36.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of [[time]], [[pass]], ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον Pi.''O.''8.87; <b class="b3">ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μ' ἄγειν</b>; S.''El.''266; ὁ βίος οὑμὸς ἑσπέραν ἄγει Alex.228, cf. <b class="b3">ὥραν ἄγειν</b> to [[be ripe]], τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης Philostr.''VA''2.14; <b class="b3">ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου</b> Chor.p.38B.; τῆς ἡλικίας ἄγον τὸ ἄνθος Id.p.53 B.; τέταρτον ἔτος ἄγων καὶ τριακοστόν Gal.''Lib. Propr.''1.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of [[belief]]s, [[hold]], αἵρεσιν Plb.27.15.14.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[hold account]], [[treat]], ἄγω ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς Pi.''I.''7(6).22; <b class="b3">ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν</b> or <b class="b3">ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄγω, περὶ πλείστου ἄ.</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.134, 2.172, 9.7, etc.; <b class="b3">θεοὺς ἄγειν</b> to [[believe]] in, A.''Supp.''924; <b class="b3">διὰ τιμῆς ἄγω τινά</b>, etc., Luc. ''Prom.Es''4, etc.; τὸ πρᾶγμ' ἄ… ὡς παρ' οὐδέν S.''Ant.''34; τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθ' ἄγω τοῦ Βακχίου E.''Ba.''225; τιμιώτερον ἄγω τινά Th.8.81; εὐεργεσίας εἰς ἀχαριστίαν καὶ προπηλακισμὸν ἄγω D.18.316:—with Adverbs, [[δυσφόρως]] τοὔνειδος ἦγον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''784; ἐντίμως ἄγω Pl.''R.''528c, etc.:—Pass., ἠγόμην δ' ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''775.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[draw]] down in the [[scale]], hence, [[weigh]], <b class="b3">ἄγω μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς</b>, etc., [[weigh]] a mina, 300 darics, etc., D.22.76, 24.129, cf. Philippid.9.4, etc.; ἄγω πλέον Arist.''Pr.''931b15; ἄγω σταθμόν Plu.2.96b.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> on [[ἄγε]], [[ἄγετε]], [[vide supra|v.s.]] vocc.<br><span class="bld">B</span> Med. [[ἄγομαι]], [[carry away]] for oneself, χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδ' ἄγεσθαι Od.10.35; [[take]] with one, 6.58, E.''Heracl.''808, etc.; of a [[ship]]'s [[cargo]], D.35.20; [[take]] to oneself, δῶρον Theoc.1.9, cf. ''ΙΙ''; [[take upon oneself]], ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.126, 4.79.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα</b> [[take]] to oneself a [[wife]], Od.14.211; γυναῖκα ἄγω ἐς τὰ οἰκία [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.59, etc.; ἄγεσθαί τινα ἐς δῶμα Hes.''Th.''410; simply [[ἄ]]. [[marry]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.47, etc.: pf. Pass. [[ἦγμαι]] is used in this med. sense, J.''AJ''14.12.1; of the father, [[bring home]] a [[wife]] for his [[son]], Od.4.10, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.34; of a brother, Od.15.238; of friends of the [[bridegroom]] and [[bride]], Od.6.28, Hes.''Sc.''274: later in Pass. of the wife, ''PGnom.''138 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> like Act., [[bring]]; <b class="b3">διὰ στόμα ἄγεσθαι μῦθον</b> [[bring through the mouth]], i.e. [[utter]], Il.14.91.