ἀγρέω

agreo

take, seize

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 2
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142a1
143a9
Hipparchus 1
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228d2
Laws 1
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Book VI 1
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761b4
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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372c6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγρέω, A. = αἱρέω, take, seize, freq. in Aeolic Inscrr. as IG 12(2).6.33 (Pass., Lesbos); ἄγρει δʼ οἶνον ἐρυθρόν Archil. 4.3; τρόμος παῖσαν ἄγρει Sapph. 2.14, cf. Thgn. 294; ἀγρεῖ πόλιν captures, A. Ag. 126 (lyr.); of fishing, AP 6.304 (Phanias); in prescriptions, ἄγρει, take! Nic. Th. 534, al. II. Hom. only in imper. ἄγρει, prop take it!, hence, comeon! ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναίην Il. 5.765, cf. A.R. 1.487; pl., ἀγρεῖτε (ἄγρειτε An. Ox. 1.71) Od. 20.149. Cf. ἄργειτε.

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