ἀγωγός
See also: αγωγός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “I lead”).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡɔː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡoˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣoˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣoˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣoˈɣos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓γωγός • (ăgōgós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓γωγόν); second declension
- leading, guiding
- (masculine substantive) guide, escort
- (with πρός (prós) or ἐπί (epí)) leading to
- drawing, attracting
- eliciting, evoking
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓γωγός ăgōgós |
ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón |
ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ |
ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ |
ᾰ̓γωγοί ăgōgoí |
ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ ăgōgắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓γωγοῦ ăgōgoû |
ᾰ̓γωγοῦ ăgōgoû |
ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn |
ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn |
ᾰ̓γωγῶν ăgōgôn |
ᾰ̓γωγῶν ăgōgôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓γωγῷ ăgōgōî |
ᾰ̓γωγῷ ăgōgōî |
ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn |
ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn |
ᾰ̓γωγοῖς ăgōgoîs |
ᾰ̓γωγοῖς ăgōgoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón |
ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón |
ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ |
ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ |
ᾰ̓γωγούς ăgōgoús |
ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ ăgōgắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓γωγέ ăgōgé |
ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón |
ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ |
ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ |
ᾰ̓γωγοί ăgōgoí |
ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ ăgōgắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓γωγῶς ăgōgôs |
ᾰ̓γωγότερος ăgōgóteros |
ᾰ̓γωγότᾰτος ăgōgótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δημᾰγωγός (dēmăgōgós)
- λαρκαγωγός (larkagōgós)
- ὁπλῑτᾰγωγός (hoplītăgōgós)
- παιδᾰγωγός (paidăgōgós)
- προσαγωγός (prosagōgós)
- ὑπᾰγωγός (hupăgōgós)
Descendants
References
- “ἀγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀγωγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγωγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.