Plato Greek Lexicon ἀγάλλω

ἀγάλλω

agallo

glorify, exalt

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγάλλω [ᾰ], Pi. O. 1.86b, Ar. Th. 128, etc.: fut. ἀγᾰλῶ Ar. Pax 399, Theopomp.Com. 47:aor. ἤγηλα D.C. 44.48, etc., subj. ἀγήλω Hermipp. 8, inf. ἀγῆλαι E. Med. 1027:—Pass., only pres. and impf. in early writers: aor. 1 inf. ἀγαλθῆναι D.C. 51.20:—A. glorify, exalt, Pi.l.c., N. 5.43: esp. pay honour to a god, ἄγαλλε Φοῖβον Ar. Th. 128, cf. Pl. Lg. 931a; ἀ. τινὰ θυσίαισι Ar. Paxl.c.; φέρε νῦν, ἀγήλω τοὺς θεούς Hermipp.l.c.; θεοὺς καρποῖς Xenocr. ap. Porph. Abst. 4.22:—adorn, γαμηλίους εὐνάς E.l.c.:—Med. in act. sense, εὔιον ἀγαλλόμεναι θεόν E. Ba. 157:—Pass., glory, exult in a thing, c. part., τεύχεα δʼ Ἕκτωρ . . ἔχων ὤμοισιν ἀγάλλεται Il. 17.473; νικῶν Archil. 66.4; ἣν ἕκαστος πατρίδα ἔχων . . ἀ. Th. 4.95; but mostly c. dat., ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν ἀγαλλόμενος Il. 12.114; πτερύγεσσι 2.462; νῆες . . ἀ. Διὸς οὔρῳ Od. 5.176; Μοῦσαι . . ἀ. ὀπὶ καλῇ Hes. Th. 68; ἀσπίδι Archil. 6; ἑορταῖς E. Tr. 452: in Prose, τῷ οὐνόματι ἠγάλλοντο Hdt. 1.143, cf. Th. 2.44, Pl. Tht. 176b; ἀλλοτρίοις πτεροῖς ἀ. strut in borrowed plumes, Luc. Apol. 4; ἐπί τινι Th. 3.82, X. Cyr. 8.4.11; διὰ τἆλλα καὶ ὅτι . . D.C. 66.2: c. acc., AP 7.378 (Apollonid.): abs., Hdt. 4.64, 9.109, Hp. Art. 35, E. Ba. 1197.
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