Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ágō

This Proto-Hellenic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”).^[1]

Verb

*ágō^[2]

to lead, to guide

Inflection

Present forms of *ágō

Active

infinitive			*ágehen
participle			*ágonts
	singular			dual			plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
indicative	*ágō	*ágehi	*ágei	ágowos, ágowes, *ágowen	ágetes, ágetos, *ágeton	ágetes, ágetos, *ágeton	ágomes, ágomen	*ágete	*ágonti
subjunctive	*ágō	*ágēhi	*ágēi	ágōwos, ágōwes, *ágōwen	ágētes, ágētos, *ágēton	ágētes, ágētos, *ágēton	ágōmes, ágōmen	*ágēte	*ágōnti
optative	*ágoyə	*ágois	*ágoi	*ágoiwen	*ágoiton	*agóitān	*ágoimen	*ágoite	*ágoyen
imperative	-	*áge	*agétō	-	*ágeton	*agétōn	-	*ágete	*agóntōn
Middle/Passive

infinitive			*ágestʰai
participle			*agómenos
	singular			dual			plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
indicative	*ágomai	*ágehai	*ágetai	*ágestʰa	*ágestʰon	*ágestʰon	*agómestʰa	*ágestʰe	*ágontai
subjunctive	*ágōmai	*ágēhai	*ágētai	*ágēstʰa	*ágēstʰon	*ágēstʰon	*agṓmestʰa	*ágēstʰe	*ágōntai
optative	*agóimān	*ágoyyo	*ágoito	*agóiwetʰa	*ágoistʰon	*agóistʰān	*agóimetʰa	*ágoistʰe	*ágointo
imperative	-	*ágeho	*agéstʰō	-	*ágestʰon	*agéstʰōn	-	*ágestʰe	*agéstʰōn

Imperfect forms of *ágō

Active

	singular			dual			plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
indicative	*éagon	*éages	*éage	*eágowe	*eágeton	*eagétān	eágomes, eágomen	*eágete	*éagon
Middle/Passive

	singular			dual			plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
indicative	*eagómān	*eágeho	*eágeto	*eágetʰa	*eágestʰon	*eagéstʰān	*eagómetʰa	*eágestʰe	*eágonto

Descendants

Ancient Greek: ἄγω (ágō)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 18-9
^ Andrew L. Sihler (1995) “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, 1st edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1995, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 18-9

[2] Andrew L. Sihler (1995) “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, 1st edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1995, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514

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