# ἄγω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ἀγνέω (agnéō) — Doric

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *ágō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), from the root *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Cognate with Latin agō (“I act; I do; I drive”), Sanskrit अजति (ájati, “he drives”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /á.ɡɔː/ → /ˈa.ɣo/ → /ˈa.ɣo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /á.ɡɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈa.ɡo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈa.ɣo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈa.ɣo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈa.ɣo/

### Verb

ᾰ̓́γω • (ắgō)
* (transitive) to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with
* (transitive) to carry off as captives or booty
* (transitive) to guide, command (an army, a ship); to march in war
* (transitive) to draw out (a line, wall, and so on)
* (geometry) to draw (a line) or describe (a plane)
* (transitive) to hold (an event); to celebrate or observe (festival)
* (transitive) to weigh down a scale by a certain amount, to have a certain weight
* (middle voice) to take for oneself

#### Coordinate terms

* (bring a living creature): φέρω (phérō, “to bring an inanimate thing”)

#### Derived terms

* Ἀγασικλῆς (Agasiklês)
* ἄγε (áge)
* Ἀγέλᾱος (Agélāos)
* ἄγετε (ágete)
* ἀγή (agḗ)
* Ἀγήσανδρος (Agḗsandros)
* Ἀγησίλαος (Agēsílaos)
* Ἀγησίλοχος (Agēsílokhos)
* Ἀγησίμβροτος (Agēsímbrotos)
* Ἀγησίπολις (Agēsípolis)
* ἀγός (agós)
* ἄγω καὶ φέρω (ágō kaì phérō)
* ἀγωγή (agōgḗ)
* ἀγωγός (agōgós)
* ἀγών (agṓn)
* ἄκτωρ (áktōr)
* ἀνάγω (anágō)
* ἀντανάγω (antanágō)
* ἀπάγω (apágō)
* διάγω (diágō)
* εἰσάγω (eiságō)
* ἐνάγω (enágō)
* ἐξάγω (exágō)
* ἐπάγω (epágō)
* κατάγω (katágō)
* μετάγω (metágō)
* παράγω (parágō)
* περιάγω (periágō)
* προάγω (proágō)
* προσάγω (proságō)
* συνάγω (sunágō)
* ὑπάγω (hupágō)
* ὑπεράγω (huperágō)

#### Related terms

* ἄγρα (ágra)
* ἀγρός (agrós)
* ἀγωνία (agōnía)
* ἄξιος (áxios)

#### Descendants

* Greek: άγω (ágo)

#### References

* “ἄγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἄγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ἄγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἄγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* ἄγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* ἄγω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “ἄγω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G71 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. bear idem, page 66.believe idem, page 72.bring idem, page 99.carry idem, page 115.celebrate idem, page 120.clap idem, page 135.conduct idem, page 157.consider idem, page 163.count idem, page 177.deem idem, page 202.direct idem, page 226.draw idem, page 250.escort idem, page 282.espouse idem, page 282.esteem idem, page 283.fetch idem, page 317.get idem, page 358.guide idem, page 378.hold idem, page 402.keep idem, page 467.lead idem, page 481.look idem, page 498.marry idem, page 515.marshal idem, page 515.observe idem, page 567.pass idem, page 595.regard idem, page 686.rule idem, page 725.run idem, page 726.solemnise idem, page 792.spend idem, page 801.sweep idem, page 847.take idem, page 852.think idem, page 867.train idem, page 886.value idem, page 943.wed idem, page 971.
* ἄγω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011