ὑπάγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “beneath”) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pá.ɡɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpa.ɡo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpa.ɣo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpa.ɣo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpa.ɣo/

Verb

ῠ̔πᾰ́γω • (hupágō)

(transitive)
1. to lead or bring under
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.148
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.261
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.73
  - 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 353
  1. to bring under one's power
    - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.106
    - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, pro Merc. Cond. 3
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.46
    - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 18.1
2. to bring a person before the judgment seat, to accuse, impeach
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.93
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.82
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.28
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.70
  - 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 105.4
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.33
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.12
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.24
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.136
  - 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1155
  - 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Runaways 11
3. to lead slowly on, to lead on by degrees, by deceit
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 5.15
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.94
  - 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 505
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.37
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.2.8
  - 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 14C
  - 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 826
  - 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 105.4
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.8.6
  - 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 428
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 100D
  - 341 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Chersonese 62
  - 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 906
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.1.18
  - 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 82B
  - 346 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Peace 10
  - 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 25.23
  - 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 188
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Conon 19
4. to take away from under, withdraw
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.163
  - 450 BCE – 350 BCE, Archippus, Hercules Getting Married 3
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.76
  1. to draw off
    - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.127
  2. to purge the bowels
    - 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Curatione Acutorum Morborum 1.10
(intransitive)
1. to go slowly away, draw off, withdraw, retire
  - 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 921
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.120–122
  - 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1017
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.126
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.44.3
2. to go slowly forwards, draw on
  - 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 53
  - 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1298
  - 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 174
  - 446 BCE – 411 BCE, Eupolis, Dippers 2
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.48
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.16
3. (medicine, of the bowels) to be open
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Collected Works 396.27
4. to sink down, squat
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.2.6

Inflection

Present: ὑπᾰ́γω, ὑπᾰ́γομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὑπᾰ́γω	ὑπᾰ́γεις	ὑπᾰ́γει	ὑπᾰ́γετον	ὑπᾰ́γετον	ὑπᾰ́γομεν	ὑπᾰ́γετε	ὑπᾰ́γουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ὑπᾰ́γω	ὑπᾰ́γῃς	ὑπᾰ́γῃ	ὑπᾰ́γητον	ὑπᾰ́γητον	ὑπᾰ́γωμεν	ὑπᾰ́γητε	ὑπᾰ́γωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὑπᾰ́γοιμῐ	ὑπᾰ́γοις	ὑπᾰ́γοι	ὑπᾰ́γοιτον	ὑπᾰγοίτην	ὑπᾰ́γοιμεν	ὑπᾰ́γοιτε	ὑπᾰ́γοιεν
	imperative		ὕπᾰγε	ὑπᾰγέτω	ὑπᾰ́γετον	ὑπᾰγέτων		ὑπᾰ́γετε	ὑπᾰγόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ὑπᾰ́γομαι	ὑπᾰ́γῃ, ὑπᾰ́γει	ὑπᾰ́γεται	ὑπᾰ́γεσθον	ὑπᾰ́γεσθον	ὑπᾰγόμεθᾰ	ὑπᾰ́γεσθε	ὑπᾰ́γονται
	subjunctive	ὑπᾰ́γωμαι	ὑπᾰ́γῃ	ὑπᾰ́γηται	ὑπᾰ́γησθον	ὑπᾰ́γησθον	ὑπᾰγώμεθᾰ	ὑπᾰ́γησθε	ὑπᾰ́γωνται
	optative	ὑπᾰγοίμην	ὑπᾰ́γοιο	ὑπᾰ́γοιτο	ὑπᾰ́γοισθον	ὑπᾰγοίσθην	ὑπᾰγοίμεθᾰ	ὑπᾰ́γοισθε	ὑπᾰ́γοιντο
	imperative		ὑπᾰ́γου	ὑπᾰγέσθω	ὑπᾰ́γεσθον	ὑπᾰγέσθων		ὑπᾰ́γεσθε	ὑπᾰγέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ὑπᾰ́γειν				ὑπᾰ́γεσθαι
participle	m	ὑπᾰ́γων				ὑπᾰγόμενος
	f	ὑπᾰ́γουσᾰ				ὑπᾰγομένη
	n	ὑπᾰ́γον				ὑπᾰγόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: ὑπάξω, ὑπάξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὑπάξω	ὑπάξεις	ὑπάξει	ὑπάξετον	ὑπάξετον	ὑπάξομεν	ὑπάξετε	ὑπάξουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ὑπάξοιμῐ	ὑπάξοις	ὑπάξοι	ὑπάξοιτον	ὑπαξοίτην	ὑπάξοιμεν	ὑπάξοιτε	ὑπάξοιεν
middle	indicative	ὑπάξομαι	ὑπάξῃ, ὑπάξει	ὑπάξεται	ὑπάξεσθον	ὑπάξεσθον	ὑπαξόμεθᾰ	ὑπάξεσθε	ὑπάξονται
middle	optative	ὑπαξοίμην	ὑπάξοιο	ὑπάξοιτο	ὑπάξοισθον	ὑπαξοίσθην	ὑπαξοίμεθᾰ	ὑπάξοισθε	ὑπάξοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ὑπάξειν			ὑπάξεσθαι
participle	m	ὑπάξων			ὑπαξόμενος
	f	ὑπάξουσᾰ			ὑπαξομένη
	n	ὑπᾶξον			ὑπαξόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ὑπήγᾰγον, ὑπηγᾰγόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὑπήγᾰγον	ὑπήγᾰγες	ὑπήγᾰγε(ν)	ὑπηγᾰ́γετον	ὑπηγᾰγέτην	ὑπηγᾰ́γομεν	ὑπηγᾰ́γετε	ὑπήγᾰγον
	subjunctive	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γω	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γῃς	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γῃ	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γητον	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γητον	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γωμεν	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γητε	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιμῐ	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοις	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοι	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιτον	ὑπᾰγᾰγοίτην	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιμεν	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιτε	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιεν
	imperative		ὑπᾰ́γᾰγε	ὑπᾰγᾰγέτω	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γετον	ὑπᾰγᾰγέτων		ὑπᾰγᾰ́γετε	ὑπᾰγᾰγόντων
middle	indicative	ὑπηγᾰγόμην	ὑπηγᾰ́γου	ὑπηγᾰ́γετο	ὑπηγᾰ́γεσθον	ὑπηγᾰγέσθην	ὑπηγᾰγόμεθᾰ	ὑπηγᾰ́γεσθε	ὑπηγᾰ́γοντο
	subjunctive	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γωμαι	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γῃ	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γηται	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γησθον	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γησθον	ὑπᾰγᾰγώμεθᾰ	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γησθε	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γωνται
	optative	ὑπᾰγᾰγοίμην	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιο	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιτο	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοισθον	ὑπᾰγᾰγοίσθην	ὑπᾰγᾰγοίμεθᾰ	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοισθε	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γοιντο
	imperative		ὑπᾰγᾰγοῦ	ὑπᾰγᾰγέσθω	ὑπᾰγᾰ́γεσθον	ὑπᾰγᾰγέσθων		ὑπᾰγᾰ́γεσθε	ὑπᾰγᾰγέσθων
		active			middle
infinitive		ὑπᾰγᾰγεῖν			ὑπᾰγᾰγέσθαι
participle	m	ὑπᾰγᾰγών			ὑπᾰγᾰγόμενος
	f	ὑπᾰγᾰγοῦσᾰ			ὑπᾰγᾰγομένη
	n	ὑπᾰγᾰγόν			ὑπᾰγᾰγόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

ὕπᾰξῐς (húpaxis)

Descendants

Byzantine Greek: πάγω (págō), ὑπαγαίνω (hupagaínō)
- Greek: πάω (páo), πηγαίνω (pigaíno)

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading