ἀγωγός

See also: αγωγός

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓́γω (ágō, “I lead”).

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ᾰ̓γωγός • (agōgós) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓γωγόν); second declension

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓γωγός agōgós	ᾰ̓γωγόν agōgón	ᾰ̓γωγώ agōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγώ agōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγοί agōgoí	ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ agōgá
Genitive	ᾰ̓γωγοῦ agōgoû	ᾰ̓γωγοῦ agōgoû	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν agōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν agōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγῶν agōgôn	ᾰ̓γωγῶν agōgôn
Dative	ᾰ̓γωγῷ agōgôi	ᾰ̓γωγῷ agōgôi	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν agōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν agōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγοῖς agōgoîs	ᾰ̓γωγοῖς agōgoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓γωγόν agōgón	ᾰ̓γωγόν agōgón	ᾰ̓γωγώ agōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγώ agōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγούς agōgoús	ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ agōgá
Vocative	ᾰ̓γωγέ agōgé	ᾰ̓γωγόν agōgón	ᾰ̓γωγώ agōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγώ agōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγοί agōgoí	ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ agōgá
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓γωγῶς agōgôs		ᾰ̓γωγότερος agōgóteros		ᾰ̓γωγότᾰτος agōgótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀγωγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀγωγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- escort idem, page 282.
- guide idem, page 378.
- leader idem, page 482.