A.“ἄγεσκον” Hdt.1.148, A.R.1.849: fut. “ἄξω” Il.1.139, etc.: thematic aor. imper. “ἄξετε” Il.3.105, inf. ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν, Il.23.50, 111: aor. 2 “ἤγαγον” Il.6.291, etc., opt. “ἀγαγοίην” Sapph.159: aor. 1 ἦξα rare, “ἦζε” Tim.Pers.165, part. “ἄξας” Batr. 119, inf. “ἄξαι” Antipho 5.46: pf. “ἦχα” SIG1 (Abu Simbel, vii/ vi B. C.), Plb.3.111.3, (προ-) D.19.18, (συν-) X.Mem.4.2.8; “ἀγήγοχα” OGI219.15 (Sigeum, iii B.C.), etc., Dor. “συν-αγάγοχα” Test.Epict.3.12; “ἀγήοχα” LXX To.12.3, J.BJ1.30.1, Alex.Fig.1.11, etc. (also in compds., (εἰσ-) Ps.-Philipp. ap. D.18.39, (κατ-) Decr.ib.73); “ἀγείοχα” PTeb.5.193 (ii B. C.), etc.; ἀγέωχα (δι-) CIG4897d (Philae, i B. C.), PTeb.5.198 (ii B. C.), etc.: plpf. “ἀγηόχει” Plb.30.4.17:—Med., fut. “ἄξομαι” Hom., Hdt., Trag.: them. aor. 1 “ἄξοντο” Il.8.545, imper. ἄζεσθε ib.505: also ἀξάμην (ἐσ-) Hdt.5.34, (προεσ-) 1.190, 8.20: aor.2 “ἠγαγόμην” Hom., etc., 2sg. “ἀγάγαο” GDI5088.8 (Cret.):—Pass., fut. “ἀχθήσομαι” Pl.Hp.Ma.292a, (προσ-) Th.4.87, etc.; ἄξομαι in pass. sense, A.Ag.1632, Pl.R.458d, (προσ-) Th.4.115, etc.: aor. 1 “ἤχθην” X.An.6.3.10, Ion. “ἄχθην” Hdt.6.30, part. “ἀχθείς” Hippon. 9: pf. ἦγμαι Hdt 2.158, D.13.15; also in med. sense, v. infr. B.2.
I. lead, carry, fetch, bring, of living creatures, φέρω being used of things, “δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν ἑτάροισι . . γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα . . φέρειν” Il.23.512; βοῦν δ᾽ ἀγέτην κεράων by the horns, Od.3.439; ἄ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον, poet. also c. acc. loci, νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους (sc. ἄνδρας)“ . . ἆγον οἴκους” A.Pers.863 (lyr.); “Ἅιδας . . ἄγει τὰν Ἀχέροντος ἀκτάν” S.Ant.811 (lyr.); “ἄ. τινά τινι” Od.14.386; “ἵππους ὑφ᾽ ἅρματ᾽ ἄ.” 3.476, cf. A.Pr.465.
2. take with one, “ἑταίρους” Od.10.405, cf. S.OC832, etc.; τι Il.15.531, Hdt.1.70; of a wife, A.Pr.559 (lyr.) (more usu. Med., q.v.).
3. carry off as captives or booty, Il.1.367,9.594, A. Th.340, etc.; “ἄχθη ἀγόμενος παρὰ βασιλέα” Hdt.6.30; ἀγόμενος, i.e. δοῦλος, Archil.155, cf. E.Tr.140, Pl.Lg.914e; Δίκην ἄγειν to lead Justice forcibly away, Hes.Op.220; “ἡ ἐπιθυμία ἄγει” Arist.EN1147a34; of a fowler, “φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει” S.Ant.343: esp. in phrase ἄ. καὶ φέρειν harry, ravage a country, first in Il.5.484 οἷόν κ᾽ ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν, cf. 23.512 sq.; freq. in Hdt. and Att. Prose:—in Pass., “ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα” E.Tr.1310, cf. Ar.Nu.241: more rarely reversed, “φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι” Hdt. 1.88; “ἔφερε καὶ ἦγε πάντας” Id.3.39: c. acc. loci, “φέρων καὶ ἄγων τὴν Βιθυνίδα” X.HG3.2.2; “ἦγον καὶ ἔκαον τὴν” B. ib.5; ἄ. alone, ravage, IG9(1).333 (Locr., v B. C.): —but φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν sts. means simply bear and carry, bring together, Pl.Phdr.279c; τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν, i.e. bring it into the state, Id.Lg.817a, cf. X.Cyr.3.3.2.
4. ἄ. εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, freq. in Att., “πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄ.” E.Fr.1049; “ὑπ᾽ ἐπίγνωσιν ἀχθῆναι” PTeb.28.11 (ii B. C.); simply “ἄγειν” Pl.Grg.527a, etc.; “ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἄ.” X.An.1.6.10, etc.:—Pass., “ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε” Ev.Matt.10.18, cf. PTeb.331.16 (ii A.D.); “φόνου ἄγεσθαι” Plu.2.309e.
b. Pass., to be confiscated, τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια (to meet the rent) PTeb.27.75 (ii B. C.).
5. of ships, carry as cargo, import, [οἶνον] “νῆες ἄγουσι” Il.9.72, etc.; ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι (i.e. σύν οἱ) Od.14.296.
6. draw on, bring on, “πῆμα τόδ᾽ ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες” Il.24.547; “Ἰλίω φθοράν” A.Ag.406 (lyr.); “τερμίαν ἁμέραν” S.Ant.1330 (lyr.); “ὕπνον” Id.Ph.638; “χαράν” E.Fr.174; “δάκρυ” Id.Alc.1081.
II. lead towards a point, lead on, “τὸν δ᾽ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε” Il.13.602; “κῆρες ἄγον θανάτοιο” 2.834; “οἷ μ᾽ ἀτιμίας ἄγεις” S.El.1035: also c. inf., ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, E.Hec.43: c. acc. cogn., “ἄγομαι τάνδ᾽ ἑτοίμαν ὁδόν” S.Ant.877 (lyr.); ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, Heraclit.71, S.OT734, Tab.Heracl.1.16, etc.: metaph., tend, “ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον” Pl.Lg. 701e.
2. lead, guide, esp. in war, “λαόν” Il.10.79; ἄ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., Th.7.12, 8.59, etc., cf. X.An.4.8.12; henceabs., march, “θᾶσσον ὁ Νικίας ἦγε” Th.7.81, cf. X.HG4.2.19, etc.: simply, go, “ἄγωμεν” Ev.Marc. 1.38; of the gods, etc., guide, Pi., Hdt., etc.; “ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν” E.Fr.672; “διὰ πόνων ἄγειν τινά” Id.IT988.
3. manage, “νόῳ πλοῦτον” Pi.P.6.47; “πολιτείαν” Th.1.127; τὴν σοφίαν conduct philosophical inquiry, Pl.Tht. 172b; of reasoning, “ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους” Arist.APr.47a21; εἰς τὸ ἀδύνατον ἄ. ib.27a15 (v.l. ἀπάγοντας):—Pass., to be led, guided, “λογισμῷ” Pl.R.431c; “ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν” Isoc. 9.45.
5. bring up, train, educate, “ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς” Pl.Lg.782d; “ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγήν” Plu.Ages.1; of animals, train, X.Mem.4.1.3.
6. reduce, “ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν” Hp. VM1; “ἐς τὸ ἥμισυ” Id.Mul.1.78; of propositions, “εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν” Papp.1076.6.
III. draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄ. to draw a line of wall, Th.6.99; “μέλαθρον εἰς ὀρόφους” AP9.649 (Maced.); “ὄγμον ἄ.” Theoc.10.2; ἄ. γραμμάς to draw lines, Arist.Top.101a16; ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι let perpendiculars be drawn, Mete.373a11; ἄ. ἐπίπεδον describe a plane, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.7, etc.:—Pass., “ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ” Hdt.2.158, cf. Th.6.100; κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς, i.e. when the land forms a bight, Hdt.4.99.
IV. hold, celebrate, Ἀπατούρια, ὁρτήν, Hdt. 1.147,183 (more usu. ἀνάγειν); freq. in Att., “ἄ. ἀγῶνα” IG1.53.33; “θυσίαν, θεωρίαν” Isoc.19.10; “κρεουργὸν ἦμαρ εὐθύμως ἄγειν” A.Ag.1592; “γάμους” Men.Sam.336, cf. LXX To.11.19 (Pass.); “ἐκκλησίαν” Plu.Aem.30:—Pass., “ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται” Act.Ap.19.38.
2. keep, observe a date, “ἄ. τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον” Th.5.54, cf. Men.521; “κατὰ σελήνην τὰς ἡμέρας” Ar.Nu.626; reckon, “τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθ᾽ ἥλιον” Gem.8.6.
3. keep, observe, “ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν” Pi.P. 6.20; “σπονδὰς ἄ. πρός τινας” Th.6.7; “εἰρήνην” Pl.R.465b, etc.: c. acc., as periphr. for a neut. Verb, σχολὴν ἄγειν, = σχολάζειν, E.Med.1238, Pl.R.376d; ἡσυχίαν ἄ., = ἡσυχάξειν, X.An.3.1.14; “ἄ. ἀπαστίαν” Ar. Nu.621; κρύψιν ἄ., of stars betw. setting and rising, Autol.2.9; keep up, sustain, maintain, “νεῖκος” Pi.P.9.31; γέλωτ᾽ ἄγειν to keep laughing, S.Aj.382; “ἄ. κτύπον” E.Or.182 (lyr.); with predicate, maintain, “ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα” D.9.36.
4. of Time, pass, “ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον” Pi.O.8.87; ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μ᾽ ἄγειν; S.El.266; “ὁ βίος οὑμὸς ἑσπέραν ἄγει” Alex.228, cf. ὥραν ἄγειν to be ripe, “τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης” Philostr.VA2.14; ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου Chor.p.38B.; “τῆς ἡλικίας ἄγον τὸ ἄνθος” Id.p.53 B.; “τέταρτον ἔτος ἄγων καὶ τριακοστόν” Gal.Lib. Propr.1.
5. of beliefs, hold, “αἵρεσιν” Plb.27.15.14.
V. hold account, treat, “ἄ. ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς” Pi.I.7(6).22; ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν or ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄ., περὶ πλείστου ἄ., Hdt.1.134, 2.172, 9.7, etc.; θεοὺς ἄ. to believe in, A.Supp.924; διὰ τιμῆς ἄ. τινά, etc., Luc. Prom.Es4, etc.; “τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἄ . . . ὡς παρ᾽ οὐδέν” S.Ant.34; “τὴν Ἀφροδίτην πρόσθ᾽ ἄ. τοῦ Βακχίου” E.Ba.225; “τιμιώτερον ἄ. τινά” Th.8.81; “εὐεργεσίας εἰς ἀχαριστίαν καὶ προπηλακισμὸν ἄ.” D.18.316:—with Adverbs, “δυσφόρως τοὔνειδος ἦγον” S.OT784; “ἐντίμως ἄ.” Pl.R.528c, etc.:—Pass., “ἠγόμην δ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος” S.OT775.
VI. draw down in the scale, hence, weigh, ἄ. μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς, etc., weigh a mina, 300 darics, etc., D.22.76, 24.129, cf. Philippid.9.4, etc.; “ἄ. πλέον” Arist.Pr.931b15; “ἄ. σταθμόν” Plu.2.96b.
B. Med. ἄγομαι, carry away for oneself, “χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδ᾽ ἄγεσθαι” Od.10.35; take with one, 6.58, E.Heracl.808, etc.; of a ship's cargo, D.35.20; take to oneself, “δῶρον” Theoc.1.9, cf. 11; take upon oneself, “ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας” Hdt.1.126, 4.79.
2. ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα take to oneself a wife, Od.14.211; “γυναῖκα ἄ. ἐς τὰ οἰκία” Hdt.1.59, etc.; “ἄγεσθαί τινα ἐς δῶμα” Hes.Th.410; simply ἄ. marry, Hdt.2.47, etc.: pf. Pass. ἦγμαι is used in this med. sense, J.AJ14.12.1; of the father, bring home a wife for his son, Od.4.10, Hdt.1.34; of a brother, Od.15.238; of friends of the bridegroom and bride, Od.6.28, Hes.Sc.274: later in Pass. of the wife, PGnom.138 (ii A.D.).