ἀγρέω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ᾰ̓γρῶ (ăgrô)contracted

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́γρᾱ (ắgrā) +‎ -έω (-éō). Doublet of ᾰ̓γρεύω (ăgreúō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ᾰ̓γρέω • (ăgréō) (Epic, Lesbian, possibly Elean)

  1. 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)
    • 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)
  2. (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

Derived terms

  • δῠσᾰγρέω (dŭsăgréō), δῠσᾰγρῶ (dŭsăgrô)
  • ἐξᾰγρέω (exăgréō), ἐξᾰγρῶ (exăgrô)
  • εὐᾰγρέω (euăgréō), εὐᾰγρῶ (euăgrô)
  • ζωγρέω (zōgréō), ζωγρῶ (zōgrô)
  • κᾰτᾰγρέω (kătăgréō), κᾰτᾰγρῶ (kătăgrô)

Further reading