ἀγός

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See also: -αγός, ἄγος, and άγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s (literally “driver”); compare Sanskrit अज (ajá, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀγός • (agós) m (genitive ἀγοῦ); second declension

  1. (Epic, Lyric) leader

Declension

Second declension of ἀγός; ἀγοῦ (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀγός
agós 		ἀγώ
agṓ 		ἀγοί
agoí
Genitive ἀγοῦ / ἀγοῖο / ἀγόο
agoû / agoîo / agóo 		ἀγοῖῐν
agoîĭn 		ἀγῶν
agôn
Dative ἀγῷ
agôi 		ἀγοῖῐν
agoîĭn 		ἀγοῖσῐ / ἀγοῖσῐν / ἀγοῖς
agoîsĭ(n) / agoîs
Accusative ἀγόν
agón 		ἀγώ
agṓ 		ἀγούς
agoús
Vocative ἀγέ
agé 		ἀγώ
agṓ 		ἀγοί
agoí
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

  • “ἀγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἀγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ἀγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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