ἀγαπάζω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.páz.dɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈpa.zo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈpa.zo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈpa.zo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈpa.zo/

Verb

ἀγαπάζω • (agapázō)

Epic form of ἀγαπάω (agapáō)
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1290-1292:
  οἱ δ᾽ ἐλεεινὰ χεροῖν σφέας ἀμφιβαλόντες δακρυόειν ἀγάπαζον, ἵν᾽ ἄνδιχα δῆθεν ἕκαστος θυμὸν ἀποφθίσειαν ἐνὶ ψαμάθοισι πεσόντες.
  hoi d’ eleeinà kheroîn sphéas amphibalóntes dakruóein agápazon, hín’ ándikha dêthen hékastos thumòn apophthíseian enì psamáthoisi pesóntes.
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Illiad 462-464:
  ἀλλʼ ἤτοι μὲν ἐγὼ πάλιν εἴσομαι, οὐδʼ Ἀχιλῆος ὀφθαλμοὺς εἴσειμι· νεμεσσητὸν δέ κεν εἴη ἀθάνατον θεὸν ὧδε βροτοὺς ἀγαπαζέμεν ἄντην·
  all ḗtoi mèn egṑ pálin eísomai, oud Akhilêos ophthalmoùs eíseimi; nemessētòn dé ken eíē athánaton theòn hôde brotoùs agapazémen ántēn;
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Odes 240-241:
  ὤρεγον χεῖρας, στεφάνοισί τέ νιν ποίας ἔρεπτον, μειλιχίοις τε λόγοις ἀγαπάζοντʼ.
  ṓregon kheîras, stephánoisí té nin poías érepton, meilikhíois te lógois agapázont.
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Odes 51-54:
  ἀλλʼ ὅμως καύχημα κατάβρεχε σιγᾷ· Ζεὺς τά τε καὶ τὰ νέμει, Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κύριος. ἐν δʼ ἐρατεινῷ μέλιτι καὶ τοιαίδε τιμαὶ καλλίνικον χάρμʼ ἀγαπάζοντι.
  all hómōs kaúkhēma katábrekhe sigâi; Zeùs tá te kaì tà némei, Zeùs ho pántōn kúrios. en d erateinôi méliti kaì toiaíde timaì kallínikon khárm agapázonti.

Conjugation

Present: ἀγαπάζω, ἀγαπάζομαι (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀγαπάζω	ἀγαπάζεις	ἀγαπάζει	ἀγαπάζετον	ἀγαπάζετον	ἀγαπάζομεν	ἀγαπάζετε	ἀγαπάζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀγαπάζω	ἀγαπάζῃς	ἀγαπάζῃ	ἀγαπάζητον	ἀγαπάζητον	ἀγαπάζωμεν	ἀγαπάζητε	ἀγαπάζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀγαπάζοιμῐ	ἀγαπάζοις	ἀγαπάζοι	ἀγαπάζοιτον	ἀγαπαζοίτην	ἀγαπάζοιμεν	ἀγαπάζοιτε	ἀγαπάζοιεν
	imperative		ἀγάπαζε	ἀγαπαζέτω	ἀγαπάζετον	ἀγαπαζέτων		ἀγαπάζετε	ἀγαπαζόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀγαπάζομαι	ἀγαπάζεαι	ἀγαπάζεται	ἀγαπάζεσθον	ἀγαπάζεσθον	ἀγαπαζόμεθᾰ	ἀγαπάζεσθε	ἀγαπάζονται
	subjunctive	ἀγαπάζωμαι	ἀγαπάζηαι	ἀγαπάζηται	ἀγαπάζησθον	ἀγαπάζησθον	ἀγαπαζώμεθᾰ	ἀγαπάζησθε	ἀγαπάζωνται
	optative	ἀγαπαζοίμην	ἀγαπάζοιο	ἀγαπάζοιτο	ἀγαπάζοισθον	ἀγαπαζοίσθην	ἀγαπαζοίμεθᾰ	ἀγαπάζοισθε	ἀγαπάζοιντο
	imperative		ἀγαπάζεο	ἀγαπαζέσθω	ἀγαπάζεσθον	ἀγαπαζέσθων		ἀγαπάζεσθε	ἀγαπαζέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀγαπάζειν				ἀγαπάζεσθαι
participle	m	ἀγαπάζων				ἀγαπαζόμενος
	f	ἀγαπάζουσᾰ				ἀγαπαζομένη
	n	ἀγαπᾶζον				ἀγαπαζόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἀγάπαζον, ἀγαπαζόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀγάπαζον	ἀγάπαζες	ἀγάπαζε(ν)	ἀγαπάζετον	ἀγαπαζέτην	ἀγαπάζομεν	ἀγαπάζετε	ἀγάπαζον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀγαπαζόμην	ἀγαπάζου	ἀγαπάζετο	ἀγαπάζεσθον	ἀγαπαζέσθην	ἀγαπαζόμεθᾰ	ἀγαπάζεσθε	ἀγαπάζοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Usage notes

Only found in the present and the imperfect with the exception of the aorist form ἀγαπάξαι (agapáxai). Two Doric forms are also attested in Pindar: the present 3rd person plural ἀγαπάζοντι (agapázonti) and the imperfect 3rd person plural ἀγαπάζοντʼ (agapázont).

References

“ἀγαπάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀγαπάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀγαπάζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“ἀγαπάζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
“ἀγαπάζω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
ἀγαπάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀγαπάζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
ἀγαπάζω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011