ἀγγέλλω

aggello

bear a message

Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Letters 3
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315b4
339b3
350b7
Phaedo 3
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116d1
57b1
58a3
Phaedrus 3
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259d5
264d6
242b6
Laws 2
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758c2
Book XI 1
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913d4
Menexenus 2
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241d3
248d2
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432d4
Book X 1
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619b2
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153b9
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310b5
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175a7
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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγγέλλω, (ἄγγελος): impf. ἀγγέλλεσκον Hsch.: Ep. and Ion. fut. ἀγγελέω Il. 9.617, Hdt., Att. ἀγγελῶ, Dor. -ίω (ἀν-) Tab.Heracl. 1.118: aor. 1 ἤγγειλα Hom., Att.: pf. ἤγγελκα Plb. 35.4.2, (κατ-) Lys. 25.30, (εἰσ-) Lycurg. 1, (περι-) D. 21.4:—Med. (v. infra): aor. ἠγγείλαμην (ἐπ-) Hdt. 6.35, Pl. Grg. 458d:—Pass., fut. ἀγγελθήσομαι (ἀπ-) D. 19.324, later ἀγγελήσομαι (ἀν-) LXX Ps. 21(22).30: aor. ἠγγέλθην Hdt., Att.: pf. ἤγγελμαι A. Ch. 774, Th. 8.97: plpf. ἄγγελτο v.l. in Hdt. 7.37:—aor. 2 Pass. ἠγγέλην is found IG 1.27b (ἐπ-), E. IT 932, and became usual in Hellenistic Gk., cf. LXX Jo. 2.2 (ἀπ-), Plu. Ant. 68, Hdn. 3.7.1, etc.: aor. 2 Act. ἤγγελον is rare even in late writers, as (παρ-) App. BC 1.121 without impf. as v.l., though in AP 7.614 (Agath.) ἀγγελέτην is required by the metre:—A. bear a message, ὦρτο δὲἾρις . . ἀγγελέουσα Il. 8.409; τινί Od. 4.24, 15.458: c. inf., οἵ κε . . κείνοις ἀγγείλωσι . . οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι may bring them word to return home, 16.350, cf. EM 6.52: c. acc. inf., κήρυκες δʼ . . ἀγγελλόντων . . γέροντας λέξασθαι Il. 8.517. 2. c. acc. rei, announce, report, ἐσθλά Il. 10.448; φάος ἠοῦς Od. 13.94; Ποσειδάωνι πάντα τάδε Il. 15.159:—in Prose, μή τι νεώτερον ἀγγέλλεις ; Pl. Prt. 310b; prov., οὐ πόλεμον ἀγγέλλεις ‘thatʼs good news’, Id. Phdr. 242b; ἀγγέλλωμεν ἐς πόλιν τάδε ; E. Or. 1539; πρὸς τίνʼ ἀγγεῖλαί με χρὴ λόγους ; Id. Supp. 399. 3. c. acc. pers., bring news of . . , εἴ κέ μιν ἀγγείλαιμι Od. 14.120; later, ἀ. περί τινος S. El. 1111:—dependent clauses are added with a Conj., ἤγγειλʼ ὅττι ῥά οἱ πόσις ἔκτοθι μίμνε Il. 22.439; ἀ. ὡς . . E. IT 704, D. 18.169; ὁθούνεκα . . S. El. 47:—also in part., ἦ καὶ θανόντʼ ἤγγειλαν; ib.1452; Κῦρον ἐπιστρατεύοντα . . ἤγγειλεν X. An. 2.3.19, cf. Cyr. 6.2.15; with ὡς, πατέρα τὸν σὸν ἀγγελῶν ὡς οὐκέτʼ ὄντα S. OT 955; ἤγγειλας ὡς τεθνηκότα Id. El. 1341. II. Med., only pres., Τεύκρῳ ἀγγέλλομαι εἶναι φίλος I announce myself to him as a friend, Id. Aj. 1376. III. Pass., to be reported of, ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον Th. 6.34: c. part., ζῶν ἢ θανὼν ἀγγέλλεται S. Tr. 73, cf. E. Hec. 591, Th. 3.16, X. HG 4.3.13: c. inf., ἤγγελται ἡ μάχη ἰσχυρὰ γεγονέναι Pl. Chrm. 153b, cf. X. Cyr. 5.3.30:—ἠγγέλθη τοῖς στρατηγοῖς, ὅτι φεύγοιεν that . . , Id. HG 1.1.27:—ἐπὶ τοῖς ἠγγελμένοις Th. 8.97. (ἀπ-αγγέλλω is more common in Oratt.)

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