ἀναγωγή

See also: αναγωγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ἀνάγω (anágō, “to lead up”).

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Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰγωγή • (ănăgōgḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰγωγῆς); first declension

1. leading up, lifting up
2. (philosophy) lifting up of the soul to God

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰγωγή; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰγωγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰγωγή hē ănăgōgḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰγωγᾱ́ tṑ ănăgōgā́	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰγωγαί hai ănăgōgaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰγωγῆς tês ănăgōgês	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰγωγαῖν toîn ănăgōgaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰγωγῶν tôn ănăgōgôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰγωγῇ têi ănăgōgêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰγωγαῖν toîn ănăgōgaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰγωγαῖς taîs ănăgōgaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰγωγήν tḕn ănăgōgḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰγωγᾱ́ tṑ ănăgōgā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰγωγᾱ́ς tā̀s ănăgōgā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰγωγή ănăgōgḗ	ᾰ̓νᾰγωγᾱ́ ănăgōgā́	ᾰ̓νᾰγωγαί ănăgōgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: anagoge
• Greek: αναγωγή (anagogí)

Further reading

• “ἀναγωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀναγωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀναγωγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀναγωγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναγωγή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀναγωγή”, 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.
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