ὑπάγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, beneath) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, to lead).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ῠ̔πᾰ́γω • (hŭpắgō)

  1. (transitive)
    1. to lead or bring under
      1. to bring under one's power
    2. to bring a person before the judgment seat, to accuse, impeach
    3. to lead slowly on, to lead on by degrees, by deceit
    4. to take away from under, withdraw
      1. to draw off
      2. to purge the bowels
        • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Curatione Acutorum Morborum 1.10
  2. (intransitive)
    1. to go slowly away, draw off, withdraw, retire
    2. to go slowly forwards, draw on
    3. (medicine, of the bowels) to be open
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Τοῦ μεγάλου Ἱπποκράτους πάντων τῶν ἰατρῶν κορυφαίου τὰ εὑρισκόμενα. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis, opera omnia quæ extant. 396.27
    4. to sink down, squat

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: πάγω (págō), ὑπαγαίνω (hupagaínō)

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