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Strong G71ἄγω

to bring

Transliteration
agō
Pronunciation
ag'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

A primary verb; properly to lead; by implication to bring drive (reflexively) go (specifically) pass (time) or (figuratively) induce: - be bring (forth) carry (let) go keep lead away be open.

Detailed definition

ἄγω,
[in LXX for בּוא hi., לקח, נהג, etc.;]

1. to lead, bring, carry: with ace, before ἐπί, εἰς, ἕως, πρός and simple dative; metaphorically, to lead, guide, impel: Jhn.10:16 Rom.2:4, Heb.2:10, 2Ti.3:6, al.

2. to spend or keep a day: Luk.24:21, Act.19:38

3. Intrans., to go: subjunc., ἄγωμεν, Mat.2:46, al. (Cramer, 61; MM, VGT, see word).
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G71 appears in 72 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bring45
  • lead11
  • go9
  • be3
  • carry2
  • have1
  • hither1
  • keep1
  • leadeth1
  • let1
  • out1
  • will1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:18
    And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
  2. Matthew 14:6
    But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
  3. Matthew 21:2
    Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
  4. Matthew 21:7
    And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
  5. Matthew 26:46
    Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
  6. Mark 1:38
    And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
  7. Mark 11:2
    And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
  8. Mark 11:7
    And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
  9. Mark 13:11
    But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
  10. Mark 14:42
    Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
  11. Luke 4:1
    And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
  12. Luke 4:9
    And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
  13. Luke 4:29
    And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
  14. Luke 4:40
    Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
  15. Luke 10:34
    And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
  16. Luke 18:40
    And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
  17. Luke 19:27
    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
  18. Luke 19:30
    Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
  19. Luke 19:35
    And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
  20. Luke 21:12
    But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
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ἄγω [ᾰ],
imperfect ἦγον, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἄγεσκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.148, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.849)]: future ἄξω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.139, etc.)]: thematic aorist imperative ἄξετε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.105,)]infinitive ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.50, 111)]: aorist 2 ἤγαγον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.291, etc., _optative_ ἀγαγοίην 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 159:)]aorist 1 ἦξα rare, ἦζε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 165)], participle ἄξας[Refs (Batrachomyomachia 119)], infinitive ἄξαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.46)]: perfect ἦχα[Refs 7th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1 (Abu Simbel, 7th-6th c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.111.3)], (προ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.18)], (συν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.8; ἀγήγοχα “OGI” 219.15 (Sigeum, 3rd c.BC))], etc., Doric dialect συν-αγάγοχα[LXX+1st c.AD+ (“Test.Epict.” 3.12; ἀγήοχα LXX.Tob.12.3, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.30.1, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor “De Figuris” 1.11, etc.)] (also in compounds, (εἰσ-) Ps.-Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.39)], (κατ-) Canon Laws texts[Refs ([prev. work]73))]; ἀγείοχα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 5.193 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; ἀγέωχα (δι-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4897d (Philae, 1st c.BC), “PTeb.” 5.198 (2nd c.BC))], etc.: pluperfect ἀγηόχει[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.17)]:—middle, future ἄξομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)], Trag.: them. aorist 1 ἄξοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.545, _imperative_ ἄζεσθε [prev. work] 505: also ἀξάμην)] (ἐσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.34)], (προεσ-) [Refs (1.190, 8.20:)]aorist 2 ἠγαγόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)], 2nd pers.singular ἀγάγαο[Refs (“GDI” 5088.8 (Cretan dialect))]:—passive, future ἀχθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 292a)], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.87, etc.)]; ἄξομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1632, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 458d)], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.115, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἤχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.10)], Ionic dialect ἄχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.30)], participle ἀχθείς[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 9:)]perfect ἦγμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Hdt 2.158, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.15)]; also in middle sense, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 2.)]
I lead, carry, fetch, bring, of living creatures, φέρω being used of things, δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν ἑτάροισι.. γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα.. φέρειν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.512)]; βοῦν δ᾽ ἀγέτην κεράων by the horns, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.439)]; ἄ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον, poetry also with accusative loci, νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους (i.e. ἄνδρας).. ἆγον οἴκους[Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 863 (Lyric poetry); Ἅιδας.. ἄγει τὰν Ἀχέροντος ἀκτάν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 811 (Lyric poetry); ἄ. τινά τινι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.386; ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματ᾽ ἄ. 3.476, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 465.)]
I.b participle ἄγων taking, στῆσε δ᾽ ἄγων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.558, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.130, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1342, etc.)]
I.2 take with one, ἑταίρους[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.405, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 832, etc.)]; τι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.531, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70)]; of a wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 559 (Lyric poetry) (more usually _middle_, which see).)]
I.3 carry off as captives or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.367, 9.594, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 340, etc.; ἄχθη ἀγόμενος παρὰ βασιλέα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.30)]; ἀγόμενος, i.e. δοῦλος, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 155, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 140, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 914e)]; Δίκην ἄγειν to lead Justice forcibly away, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 220; ἡ ἐπιθυμία ἄγει 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1147a34)]; of a fowler, φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 343: especially in phrase ἄ. καὶ φέρειν)] harry, ravage a country, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.484 οἷόν κ᾽ ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν, compare 23.512f)]; frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] and Attic dialect Prose:—in passive, ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1310, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 241)]: more rarely reversed, φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88; ἔφερε καὶ ἦγε πάντας [prev. author] 3.39: with _accusative_ loci, φέρων καὶ ἄγων τὴν Βιθυνίδα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.2; ἦγον καὶ ἔκαον τὴν 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [prev. work]5)]; ἄ. alone, ravage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).333 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC):)] —but φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν sometimes means simply bear and carry, bring together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 279c)]; τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν, i.e. bring it into the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 817a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.2.)]
I.4 ἄ. εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, frequently in Attic dialect, πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1049; ὑπ᾽ ἐπίγνωσιν ἀχθῆναι “PTeb.” 28.11 (2nd c.BC))]; simply ἄγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 527a, etc.; ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.10, etc.)]:—passive, ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε[NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.10.18, compare “PTeb.” 331.16 (2nd c.AD))]; φόνου ἄγεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.309e.)]
I.4.b passive, to be confiscated, τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια (to meet the rent) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 27.75 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.5 of ships, carry as cargo, import, [οἶνον] νῆες ἄγουσι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.72, etc.)]; ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι (i.e. σύν οἱ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.296.)]
I.6 draw on, bring on, πῆμα τόδ᾽ ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.547; Ἰλίω φθοράν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 406 (Lyric poetry); τερμίαν ἁμέραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1330 (Lyric poetry); ὕπνον [prev. author] “Ph.” 638; χαράν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 174; δάκρυ [prev. author] Alcaeus1081.)]
I.7 bear up, φελλοὶ δ᾽ ὥς. ἄγουσι δίκτυον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 506.)]
I.8 carry far and wide, spread abroad, κλέος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.311.)]
I.9 in Medicine texts, remove, φλέγμα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος ἀνθρώπου” 6, compare “Aph.” 4.2; ἕλμινθα 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.16.)]
II lead towards a point, lead on, τὸν δ᾽ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.602; κῆρες ἄγον θανάτοιο 2.834; οἷ μ᾽ ἀτιμίας ἄγεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1035: also with)]infinitive, ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 43: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἄγομαι τάνδ᾽ ἑτοίμαν ὁδόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 877 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 71, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 734, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.16, etc.)]: metaphorically, tend, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 701e.)]
II.2 lead, guide, especially in war, λαόν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.79)]; ἄ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.12, 8.59, etc., compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.12)]; hence absolutely, march, θᾶσσον ὁ Νικίας ἦγε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.2.19, etc.)]: simply, go, ἄγωμεν[NT (NT.Mark.1.38)]; of the gods, etc., guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.; ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 672; διὰ πόνων ἄγειν τινά [prev. author] “IT” 988.)]
II.3 manage, νόῳ πλοῦτον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.47; πολιτείαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127)]; τὴν σοφίαν conduct philosophical inquiry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 172b)]; of reasoning, ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 47a21; εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἄ. [prev. work] 27a15 (variant{ἀπάγοντας}))]:—passive, to be led, guided, λογισμῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c; ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.45.)]
II.4 refer, attribute, τι εἰς ἐθελοκάκησιν[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.15.13; τι ἐς Διόνυσον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 33.)]
II.5 bring up, train, educate, ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 782d; ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 1)]; of animals, train, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.3.)]
II.6 reduce, ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 1; ἐς τὸ ἥμισυ [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.78)]; of propositions, εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 1076.6.)]
III draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄ. to draw a line of wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.99; μέλαθρον εἰς ὀρόφους “Anthologia Graeca” 9.649 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus); ὄγμον ἄ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.2)]; ἄ. γραμμάς to draw lines, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 101a16)]; ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι let perpendiculars be drawn, Mete.[Refs (373a11)]; ἄ. ἐπίπεδον describe a plane, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ σφαίρας καὶ κυλίνδρου” 1.7, etc.)]:—passive, ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.158, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.100)]; κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς, i.e. when the land forms a bight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.99.)]
IV hold, celebrate, Ἀπατούρια, ὁρτήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.147, 183 (more usually ἀνάγειν))]; frequently in Attic dialect, ἄ. ἀγῶνα[LXX+5th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.53.33; θυσίαν, θεωρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.10; κρεουργὸν ἦμαρ εὐθύμως ἄγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1592; γάμους 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 336, cf. LXX.Tob.11.19 (_passive_))]; ἐκκλησίαν[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 30)]:—passive, ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται[NT (NT.Act.19.38.)]
IV.2 keep, observe a date, ἄ. τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.54, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 521; κατὰ σελήνην τὰς ἡμέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 626)]; reckon, τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθ᾽ ἥλιον[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.6.)]
IV.3 keep, observe, ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.20; σπονδὰς ἄ. πρός τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.7; εἰρήνην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465b, etc.: with _accusative_, as periphrastic for a _neuter_ Verb, σχολὴν ἄγειν, ={σχολάζειν}, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1238, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 376d)]; ἡσυχίαν ἄ., ={ἡσυχάξειν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.14; ἄ. ἀπαστίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 621)]; κρύψιν ἄ., of stars between setting and rising, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 2.9)]; keep up, sustain, maintain, νεῖκος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.31)]; γέλωτ᾽ ἄγειν to keep laughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 382; ἄ. κτύπον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 182 (Lyric poetry))]; with predicate, maintain, ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.36.)]
IV.4 of Time, pass, ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.87)]; ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μ᾽ ἄγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 266; ὁ βίος οὑμὸς ἑσπέραν ἄγει 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 228, compare ὥραν ἄγειν)] to be ripe, τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.14)]; ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Chor. p.38B.; τῆς ἡλικίας ἄγον τὸ ἄνθος [prev. author] p.53 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus; τέταρτον ἔτος ἄγων καὶ τριακοστόν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Lib. Propr.” 1.)]
IV.5 of beliefs, hold, αἵρεσιν[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.15.14.)]
V hold account, treat, ἄ. ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).22)]; ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν or ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄ., περὶ πλείστου ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, 2.172, 9.7, etc.)]; θεοὺς ἄ. to believe in, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 924)]; διὰ τιμῆς ἄ. τινά, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.Es” 4, etc.; τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἄ... ὡς παρ᾽ οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 34; τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθ᾽ ἄ. τοῦ Βακχίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 225; τιμιώτερον ἄ. τινά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81; εὐεργεσίας εἰς ἀχαριστίαν καὶ προπηλακισμὸν ἄ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.316:—with Adverbs, δυσφόρως τοὔνειδος ἦγον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 784; ἐντίμως ἄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528c, etc.)]:—passive, ἠγόμην δ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 775.)]
VI draw down in the scale, hence, weigh, ἄ. μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς, etc., weigh a mina, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (300 darics, etc., 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.76, 24.129, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 9.4, etc.; ἄ. πλέον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 931b15; ἄ. σταθμόν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.96b.)]
VII on ἄγε, ἄγετε, see.s. voccative
B middle ἄγομαι, carry away for oneself, χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδ᾽ ἄγεσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.35)]; take with one,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (6.58, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 808, etc.)]; of a ship's cargo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.20)]; take to oneself, δῶρον[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.9, compare 11)]; take upon oneself, ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 4.79.)]
B.2 ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα take to oneself a wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.211; γυναῖκα ἄ. ἐς τὰ οἰκία 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, etc.; ἄγεσθαί τινα ἐς δῶμα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 410)]; simply ἄ. marry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.47, etc.:)]perfect passive ἦγμαι is used in this middle sense, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.12.1)]; of the father, bring home a wife for his son, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.10, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.34)]; of a brother, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.238)]; of friends of the bridegroom and bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.28, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 274)]: later in passive of the wife, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGnom.” 138 (2nd c.AD).)]
B.3 like active, bring; διὰ στόμα ἄγεσθαι μῦθον bring through the mouth, i.e. utter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.91.)]