ἄγω

ἄγω [ᾰ], impf. ἦγον, Ep. and Ion. ἄγεσκον Hdt. 1.148, A.R. 1.849: fut. ἄξω Il. 1.139, etc.: thematic aor. imper. ἄξετε Il. 3.105, inf. ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν, Il. 23.50, 111: 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-) X. 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., Hdt., Trag.: them. aor. 1 ἄξοντο Il. 8.545, imper. ἄζεσθε ib.505: also ἀξάμην (ἐσ-) 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 Hdt. 6.30, part. ἀχθείς Hippon. 9: pf. ἦγμαι Hdt. 2.158, D. 13.15; also in med. sense, v. infr. B.2. I. lead, carry, fetch, bring, of living creatures, φέρω being used of things, δῶκε δʼ ἄγειν ἑτάροισι . . γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα . . φέρειν Il. 23.512; βοῦν δʼ ἀγέτην κεράων by the horns, Od. 3.439; ἄ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον, poet. also c. acc. loci, νόστοι δʼ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους (sc. ἄνδρας) . . ἆγον οἴκους A. Pers. 863 (lyr.); Ἅιδας . . ἄγει τὰν Ἀχέροντος ἀκτάν S. Ant. 811 (lyr.); ἄ. τινά τινι Od. 14.386; ἵππους ὑφʼ ἅρματʼ ἄ. 3.476, cf. A. Pr. 465. b. part. ἄγων taking, στῆσε δʼ ἄγων Il. 2.558, cf. Od. 1.130, S. OC 1342, etc. 2. take with one, ἑταίρους Od. 10.405, cf. S. OC 832, etc.; τι Il. 15.531, Hdt. 1.70; of a wife, A. Pr. 559 (lyr.) (more usu. Med., q.v.). 3. carry off as captives or booty, Il. 1.367,9.594, A. Th. 340, etc.; ἄχθη ἀγόμενος παρὰ βασιλέα Hdt. 6.30; ἀγόμενος, i.e. δοῦλος, Archil. 155, cf. E. Tr. 140, Pl. Lg. 914e; Δίκην ἄγειν to lead Justice forcibly away, Hes. Op. 220; ἡ ἐπιθυμία ἄγει Arist. EN 1147a34; of a fowler, φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει S. Ant. 343: esp. in phrase ἄ. καὶ φέρειν harry, ravage a country, first in Il. 5.484 οἷόν κʼ ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν, cf. 23.512 sq.; freq. in Hdt. and Att. Prose:—in Pass., ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα E. Tr. 1310, cf. Ar. Nu. 241: more rarely reversed, φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι 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; ἄ. alone, ravage, IG 9(1).333 (Locr., v B. C.): —but φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν sts. means simply bear and carry, bring together, Pl. Phdr. 279c; τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν, i.e. bring it into the state, Id. Lg. 817a, cf. X. Cyr. 3.3.2. 4. ἄ. εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, freq. in Att., πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄ. E. Fr. 1049; ὑπʼ ἐπίγνωσιν ἀχθῆναι PTeb. 28.11 (ii B. C.); simply ἄγειν Pl. Grg. 527a, etc.; ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἄ. 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. b. Pass., to be confiscated, τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια (to meet the rent) PTeb. 27.75 (ii B. C.). 5. of ships, carry as cargo, import, [οἶνον] νῆες ἄγουσι Il. 9.72, etc.; ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι (i.e. σύν οἱ) Od. 14.296. 6. draw on, bring on, πῆμα τόδʼ 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. 7. bear up, φελλοὶ δʼ ὥς. ἄγουσι δίκτυον A. Ch. 506. 8. carry far and wide, spread abroad, κλέος Od. 5.311. 9. Medic., remove, φλέγμα Hp. Nat.Hom. 6, cf. Aph. 4.2; ἕλμινθα Dsc. 1.16. II. lead towards a point, lead on, τὸν δʼ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε Il. 13.602; κῆρες ἄγον θανάτοιο 2.834; οἷ μʼ ἀτιμίας ἄγεις S. El. 1035: also c. inf., ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, E. Hec. 43: c. acc. cogn., ἄγομαι τάνδʼ ἑτοίμαν ὁδόν S. Ant. 877 (lyr.); ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, Heraclit. 71, S. OT 734, Tab.Heracl. 1.16, etc.: metaph., tend, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον Pl. Lg. 701e. 2. lead, guide, esp. in war, λαόν Il. 10.79; ἄ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., Th. 7.12, 8.59, etc., cf. X. An. 4.8.12; hence abs., 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., Hdt., etc.; ἐπʼ ἀρετήν E. Fr. 672; διὰ πόνων ἄγειν τινά Id. IT 988. 3. manage, νόῳ πλοῦτον Pi. P. 6.47; πολιτείαν Th. 1.127; τὴν σοφίαν conduct philosophical inquiry, Pl. Tht. 172b; of reasoning, ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους Arist. APr. 47a21; εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἄ. ib.27a15 (v.l. ἀπάγοντας):—Pass., to be led, guided, λογισμῷ Pl. R. 431c; ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπʼ αὐτῶν Isoc. 9.45. 4. refer, attribute, τι εἰς ἐθελοκάκησιν Plb. 27.15.13; τι ἐς Διόνυσον Luc. Syr.D. 33. 5. bring up, train, educate, ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς Pl. Lg. 782d; ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγήν Plu. Ages. 1; of animals, train, X. Mem. 4.1.3. 6. reduce, ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν Hp. VM 1; ἐς τὸ ἥμισυ Id. Mul. 1.78; of propositions, εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν Papp. 1076.6. III. draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄ. to draw a line of wall, Th. 6.99; μέλαθρον εἰς ὀρόφους AP 9.649 (Maced.); ὄγμον ἄ. Theoc. 10.2; ἄ. γραμμάς to draw lines, Arist. Top. 101a16; ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι let perpendiculars be drawn, Mete.373a11; ἄ. ἐπίπεδον describe a plane, Archim. Sph.Cyl. 1.7, etc.:—Pass., ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ Hdt. 2.158, cf. Th. 6.100; κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς, i.e. when the land forms a bight, Hdt. 4.99. IV. hold, celebrate, Ἀπατούρια, ὁρτήν, Hdt. 1.147,183 (more usu. ἀνάγειν); freq. in Att., ἄ. 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. 2. keep, observe a date, ἄ. τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον Th. 5.54, cf. Men. 521; κατὰ σελήνην τὰς ἡμέρας Ar. Nu. 626; reckon, τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθʼ ἥλιον Gem. 8.6. 3. keep, observe, ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν Pi. P. 6.20; σπονδὰς ἄ. πρός τινας Th. 6.7; εἰρήνην Pl. R. 465b, etc.: c. acc., as periphr. for a neut. Verb, σχολὴν ἄγειν, = σχολάζειν, E. Med. 1238, Pl. R. 376d; ἡσυχίαν ἄ., = ἡσυχάξειν, X. An. 3.1.14; ἄ. ἀπαστίαν Ar. Nu. 621; κρύψιν ἄ., of stars betw. setting and rising, Autol. 2.9; keep up, sustain, maintain, νεῖκος Pi. P. 9.31; γέλωτʼ ἄγειν to keep laughing, S. Aj. 382; ἄ. κτύπον E. Or. 182 (lyr.); with predicate, maintain, ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα D. 9.36. 4. of Time, pass, ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον Pi. O. 8.87; ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μʼ ἄγειν; S. El. 266; ὁ βίος οὑμὸς ἑσπέραν ἄγει Alex. 228, cf. ὥραν ἄγειν to be ripe, τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης Philostr. VA 2.14; ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου Chor.p.38B.; τῆς ἡλικίας ἄγον τὸ ἄνθος Id.p.53 B.; τέταρτον ἔτος ἄγων καὶ τριακοστόν Gal. Lib. Propr. 1. 5. of beliefs, hold, αἵρεσιν Plb. 27.15.14. V. hold account, treat, ἄ. ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς Pi. I. 7(6).22; ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν or ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄ., περὶ πλείστου ἄ., Hdt. 1.134, 2.172, 9.7, etc.; θεοὺς ἄ. to believe in, A. Supp. 924; διὰ τιμῆς ἄ. τινά, etc., Luc. Prom.Es 4, etc.; τὸ πρᾶγμʼ ἄ . . . ὡς παρʼ οὐδέν S. Ant. 34; τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθʼ ἄ. τοῦ Βακχίου E. Ba. 225; τιμιώτερον ἄ. τινά Th. 8.81; εὐεργεσίας εἰς ἀχαριστίαν καὶ προπηλακισμὸν ἄ. D. 18.316:—with Adverbs, δυσφόρως τοὔνειδος ἦγον S. OT 784; ἐντίμως ἄ. Pl. R. 528c, etc.:—Pass., ἠγόμην δʼ ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος S. OT 775. VI. draw down in the scale, hence, weigh, ἄ. μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς, etc., weigh a mina, 300 darics, etc., D. 22.76, 24.129, cf. Philippid. 9.4, etc.; ἄ. πλέον Arist. Pr. 931b15; ἄ. σταθμόν Plu. 2.96b. VII. on ἄγε, ἄγετε, v.s. vocc. B. Med. ἄγομαι, carry away for oneself, χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδʼ ἄγεσθαι Od. 10.35; take with one, 6.58, E. Heracl. 808, etc.; of a shipʼs cargo, D. 35.20; take to oneself, δῶρον Theoc. 1.9, cf. II; take upon oneself, ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας Hdt. 1.126, 4.79. 2. ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα take to oneself a wife, Od. 14.211; γυναῖκα ἄ. ἐς τὰ οἰκία Hdt. 1.59, etc.; ἄγεσθαί τινα ἐς δῶμα Hes. Th. 410; simply ἄ. marry, 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, 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.). 3. like Act., bring; διὰ στόμα ἄγεσθαι μῦθον bring through the mouth, i.e. utter, Il. 14.91.