ἀγωγή

See also: αγωγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A reduplicative nominal formation, likely Attic, of the root of ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /a.ɣoˈʝi/ → /a.ɣoˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈʝi/

Noun

ᾰ̓γωγή • (ăgōgḗ) f (genitive ἀγωγῆς); first declension

1. transportation
2. (figuratively) tendency
3. the act of taking away
4. burden, load
5. guidance, lead
6. moral conduct
7. a cure (for an illness)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀγωγή; τῆς ἀγωγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγωγή hē agōgḗ	τὼ ἀγωγᾱ́ tṑ agōgā́	αἱ ἀγωγαί hai agōgaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀγωγῆς tês agōgês	τοῖν ἀγωγαῖν toîn agōgaîn	τῶν ἀγωγῶν tôn agōgôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγωγῇ têi agōgêi	τοῖν ἀγωγαῖν toîn agōgaîn	ταῖς ἀγωγαῖς taîs agōgaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀγωγήν tḕn agōgḗn	τὼ ἀγωγᾱ́ tṑ agōgā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀγωγᾱ́ς tā̀s agōgā́s
Vocative	ἀγωγή agōgḗ	ἀγωγᾱ́ agōgā́	ἀγωγαί agōgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγωγαῖος (agōgaîos)
• ἀγώγιμος (agṓgimos)
• ἀγώγιον (agṓgion)
• ἀγωγός (agōgós)

Descendants

• → English: agoge
• Greek: αγωγή (agogí)

Further reading

• “ἀγωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγωγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγωγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγωγή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀγωγή”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abduction idem, page 1.
  • bringing idem, page 100.
  • carriage idem, page 115.
  • carrying idem, page 115.
  • conveyance idem, page 173.
  • influence idem, page 439.
  • march idem, page 513.
  • rape idem, page 672.
  • transmission idem, page 889.
  • transport idem, page 889.
• “ἀγωγή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011