ἀγρέω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾰ̓γρῶ (ăgrô) — contracted
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́γρᾱ (ắgrā) + -έω (-éō). Doublet of ᾰ̓γρεύω (ăgreúō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡré.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈɡre.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɣre.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈɣre.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈɣre.o/
Verb
ᾰ̓γρέω • (ăgréō) (Epic, Lesbian, possibly Elean)
- to capture, seize
- Inscriptiones Graecae 12.12.2.6:
- [τόγ κε ἀπομόσσοισι οἰ] πόλιται, περὶ τούτων πάντων ὄσσα κε ὀμο-
[λογέωισι πρὸς ἀλλάλο]ις, οἰ ἀγρέθεντες ἄνδρες φέροντον ἐπὶ τ-
[ὸν δᾶμον, ὀ δὲ δᾶμος ἀκο]ύσαις, αἴ κε ἄγηται συμφέρην, βολλευέτω·- [tóg ke apomóssoisi oi] pólitai, perì toútōn pántōn óssa ke omo-
[logéōisi pròs allálo]is, oi agréthentes ándres phéronton epì t-
[òn dâmon, o dè dâmos ako]úsais, aí ke ágētai sumphérēn, bolleuétō;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- [tóg ke apomóssoisi oi] pólitai, perì toútōn pántōn óssa ke omo-
- [τόγ κε ἀπομόσσοισι οἰ] πόλιται, περὶ τούτων πάντων ὄσσα κε ὀμο-
- 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Fragments 31.14:
- κὰδ δέ μ᾿ ἴδρως κακχέεται, τρόμος δὲ παῖσαν ἄγρει, χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι
- kàd dé m’ ídrōs kakkhéetai, trómos dè paîsan ágrei, khlōrotéra dè poías émmi
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- κὰδ δέ μ᾿ ἴδρως κακχέεται, τρόμος δὲ παῖσαν ἄγρει, χλωροτέρα δὲ ποίας ἔμμι
- (Epic, imperative) come on!, let's go! etc.
Usage notes
- The only forms found in Homer are the second-person present active imperative forms ᾰ̓́γρει (ắgrei, singular) and ᾰ̓γρεῖτε (ăgreîte, plural), with the latter also occurring once as apocopic ᾰ̓γρεῖθ’ (ăgreîth’).
- The Elean forms ἐξαγρέοι (exagréoi) and ἐξαγρέων (exagréōn), from ἐξαγρέω (exagréō), suggest the presence of this term in Elean Greek.
Conjugation
Present: ᾰ̓γρέω (Epic, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾰ̓γρέω | ᾰ̓γρεῖς | ᾰ̓γρεῖ | ᾰ̓γρεῖτον | ᾰ̓γρεῖτον | ᾰ̓γρεῦμεν | ᾰ̓γρεῖτε | ᾰ̓γρεῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓γρέω, ᾰ̓γρέωμῐ |
ᾰ̓γρῇς, ᾰ̓γρῇσθᾰ |
ᾰ̓γρῇ, ᾰ̓γρῇσῐ |
ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρέωμεν | ᾰ̓γρῆτε | ᾰ̓γρέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓γρέοιμι | ᾰ̓γρέοις | ᾰ̓γρέοι | ᾰ̓γρέοιτον | ᾰ̓γρεοίτην | ᾰ̓γρέοιμεν | ᾰ̓γρέοιτε | ᾰ̓γρέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓́γρει | ᾰ̓γρείτω | ᾰ̓γρεῖτον | ᾰ̓γρείτων | ᾰ̓γρεῖτε | ᾰ̓γρεύντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓γρεῖν / ᾰ̓γρήμεναι / ᾰ̓γρῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓γρέων | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓γρεῦσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓γρεῦν | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Present: ᾰ̓γρέω (Lesbian, contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ᾰ̓γρέω | ᾰ̓γρεῖς | ᾰ̓γρεῖ | ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρέομεν | ᾰ̓γρῆτε | ᾰ̓γρέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ᾰ̓γρέω | ᾰ̓γρῇς | ᾰ̓γρῇ | ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρέωμεν | ᾰ̓γρῆτε | ᾰ̓γρέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ᾰ̓γρέοιμι | ᾰ̓γρέοις | ᾰ̓γρέοι | ᾰ̓γρέοιτον | ᾰ̓γρεοίτᾱν | ᾰ̓γρέοιμεν | ᾰ̓γρέοιτε | ᾰ̓γρέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ᾰ̓́γρη | ᾰ̓γρήτω | ᾰ̓γρῆτον | ᾰ̓γρήτων | ᾰ̓γρῆτε | ᾰ̓γρεόντον | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ᾰ̓γρῆν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ᾰ̓γρέων | |||||||||||
| f | ᾰ̓γρέωσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ᾰ̓γρέον | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ἀγρέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγρέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀγρέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἀγρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press