ἀγός

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

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡós/ → /aˈɣos/ → /aˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣos/

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 agoîin	ἀγῶν agôn
Dative	ἀγῷ agôi	ἀγοῖῐν agoîin	ἀγοῖσῐ / ἀγοῖσῐν / ἀγοῖς agoîsi(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.

Related terms

• -αγός (-agós) compounds and see -ηγός (-ēgós)

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