ἄγω on the augment in the Doric form ἆγον, see Chantraine, MHG, 311.
I.to lead or carry, to convey, bring, with living creatures as the object, φέρω being used of things, δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν ἑτάροισι γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα φέρειν Il. (v. infr. 3); ἄγ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον; poet. also c. acc. loci, ἄγει Ἀχέροντος ἀκτάν Soph.
b.intr. of soldiers, to march, Xen., etc.; so, ἄγωμεν let us go, NTest.
c.part. ἄγων is used in sense, taking, στῆσε δ᾽ ἄγων, where we should use two Verbs, took and placed, Hom.
2.to take with one, ἑταίρους id=Hom.
3.to carry off as captives or booty, id=Hom., etc.; mostly in phrase ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν to sweep a country of all its plunder (where φέρειν refers to things, ἄγειν to men and cattle); then c. acc. loci, φέρων καὶ ἄγων τὴν Βιθυνίδα plundering all Bithynia, Xen.; in Pass., ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα Eur.
4.ἄγειν εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἄγ. ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, Lat. rapere in jus, attic; so, simply ἄγειν, Plat.
II.to lead towards a point, lead on, τὸν δ᾽ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε Il.; also, c. inf., ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, Eur.: —ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, εἰς or ἐπὶ τόπον Soph., Plat.
2.metaph. to lead, as a general, Il.; ἄγ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., Thuc.; ἄγ. τὴν πολιτείαν to conduct the government, id=Thuc.
3.to bring up, train, educate, Plat.
III.to draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄγειν to draw a line of wall, Lat. ducere, Thuc.:— Pass., ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ Hdt.; κόλπου ἀγομένου a bay being formed, id=Hdt.
3.also to hold, keep, observe, σπονδὰς ἄγ. πρός τινας Thuc.; εἰρήνην Plat.: often c. acc., as periphrasis for a Verb, σχολὴν ἄγειν ῀ σχολάζειν, Eur.; ἡσυχίαν ἄγ. ῀ ἡσυχάζειν, Xen.
V.like ἡγέομαι, Lat. ducere, to hold, account, reckon, ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ, περὶ πλείστου ἄγειν Hdt.; θεοὺς ἄγειν to believe in gods, Aesch.; τιμιώτερον ἀγ. τινά Thuc.: —so with Adverbs, δυσφόρως ἄγ. to think insufferable, Soph.; ἐντίμως ἄγειν Plat.
VI.to weigh so much, ἄγειν μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς to weigh a mina, 300 darics, Dem., where the acc. is the weight which the thing weighs or draws down: cf. ἕλκω.