ἀγωγός

See also: αγωγός

Ancient Greek

From ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “I lead”).

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

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓γωγός ăgōgós	ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón	ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγοί ăgōgoí	ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ ăgōgắ
Genitive	ᾰ̓γωγοῦ ăgōgoû	ᾰ̓γωγοῦ ăgōgoû	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγῶν ăgōgôn	ᾰ̓γωγῶν ăgōgôn
Dative	ᾰ̓γωγῷ ăgōgôi	ᾰ̓γωγῷ ăgōgôi	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγοῖν ăgōgoîn	ᾰ̓γωγοῖς ăgōgoîs	ᾰ̓γωγοῖς ăgōgoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón	ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón	ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγούς ăgōgoús	ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ ăgōgắ
Vocative	ᾰ̓γωγέ ăgōgé	ᾰ̓γωγόν ăgōgón	ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγώ ăgōgṓ	ᾰ̓γωγοί ăgōgoí	ᾰ̓γωγᾰ́ ăgōgắ
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓γωγῶς ăgōgôs		ᾰ̓γωγότερος ăgōgóteros		ᾰ̓γωγότᾰτος ăgōgótătos
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 (2006–2025)
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.