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ἄνωγα

anoga

command, order

Appears 146 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄνωγα, old Ep. pf. with pres. sense: ἄνωγα, -ας, -ε, without augm., Il. and Trag., Hdt. 3.81; 1pl. ἄνωγμεν h.Ap. 528: imper. ἄνώγε E. Or. 119, more freq. ἄνωχθι Il. 23.158, A. Ch. 772, E. Alc. 1044; 3sg. ἀνωγέτω Od. 2.195, ἀνώχθω Il. 11.189; 2pl. ἀνώγετε Od. 23.132, ἄνωχθε 22.437, E. Rh. 987; subj. ἀνώγῃ Il. 7.74, Hdt. 7.104, ἀνώγωμεν Herod. 3.31; inf. ἀνωγέμεν Il. 13.56; part. ἀνώγουσα Herod. 7.101: plpf. withimpf. sense, 3sg. ἠνώγει Il. 6.170, S. OC 1598; without augm. ἀνώγει Od. 2.385; Ion. ἠνώγεα ib.9.44, 17.55:—but ἀνώγει in Il. 6.439, 19.102, Od. 5.139,357, Hes. Th. 549, Hdt. 7.104 is pres, in sense, and must be referred to pres. ἀνώγω (unless corrected to ἄνωγεν); also 2dual ἀνώγετον Il. 4.287, and (later) 2sg. ἀνώγεις Q.S. 13.238:— from this pres. are formed impf. ἤνωγον Il. 9.578, Od. 14.237, or ἄνωγον Il. 5.805, Od. 3.35, etc.; ἤνωγες Maiist. 17; ἤνωγε h.Cer. 297, Hes. Op. 68; 3pl. ἄνωγον Inscr.Cypr. 135 H.: fut. ἀνώξω Od. 16.404: aor. ἤνωξα Hes. Sc. 479; subj. ἀνώξομεν, Ep. for -ωμεν, Il. 15.295; inf. ἀνῶξαι Od. 10.531. Il. 7.394, the impf. ἠνώγεον implies pres. ἀνωγέω:—Pass., ἄνωκται· κελεύεται, Hsch.:—Α. poet. and Ion. Verb, also in Cypr., Inscr.Cypr. l.c., command, order, esp. of kings and masters, Il. 5.899, etc.; also of equals and inferiors, advise, urge, 16.8, Od. 2.195, etc.: constr. c. acc. pers. et inf., σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει bade the people keep silence, Il. 2.280, cf. 4.287, etc.; πατὴρ ἄνωγέ σʼ . . αὐδᾶν A. Pr. 947, cf. 1037, etc.; πράσσειν ἄνωγας οὖν με . . τάδε; S. Tr. 1247; σιγᾶν ἄνωγα (sc. σε) Id. El. 1458: in Hom. also c. dat. pers., Od. 10.531, 20.139 sq., cf. A.R. 1.693: c. acc. pers. only, θυμὸς ἄνωγέ με my spirit bids, prompts me, freq. in Hom.: abs., ἐποτρύνει καὶ ἀνώγει Il. 15.43; κέλομαι καὶ ἄνωγα Od. 3.317.
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