ἀγρέω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡré.ɔː/ → /aˈɣre.o/ → /aˈɣre.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡré.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡre.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣre.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣre.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣre.o/

Verb

ἀγρέω • (agréō) (Lesbian, Elean, Epic)

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 2.14:

     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 imperative singular ἄγρει (ágrei) and plural ἀγρεῖτε (agreîte) are the only forms attested in Homer.
• The Elean form ἐξαγρέων (exagréōn), presumably from ἐξαγρέω (exagréō), indirectly attests for the presence of this term in Elean Greek.

Conjugation

   Present: ἀγρέω (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀγρέω	ἀγρέεις	ἀγρέει	ἀγρέετον	ἀγρέετον	ἀγρέομεν	ἀγρέετε	ἀγρέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀγρέω	ἀγρέῃς	ἀγρέῃ	ἀγρέητον	ἀγρέητον	ἀγρέωμεν	ἀγρέητε	ἀγρέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀγρέοιμῐ	ἀγρέοις	ἀγρέοι	ἀγρέοιτον	ἀγρεοίτην	ἀγρέοιμεν	ἀγρέοιτε	ἀγρέοιεν
	imperative		ἄγρεε	ἀγρεέτω	ἀγρέετον	ἀγρεέτων		ἀγρέετε	ἀγρεόντων
		active
infinitive		ἀγρέειν
participle	m	ἀγρέων
	f	ἀγρέουσᾰ
	n	ἀγρέον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ἀγρῶ (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀγρῶ	ἀγρεῖς	ἀγρεῖ	ἀγρεῖτον	ἀγρεῖτον	ἀγροῦμεν	ἀγρεῖτε	ἀγροῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀγρῶ	ἀγρῇς	ἀγρῇ	ἀγρῆτον	ἀγρῆτον	ἀγρῶμεν	ἀγρῆτε	ἀγρῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀγροίην, ἀγροῖμῐ	ἀγροίης, ἀγροῖς	ἀγροίη, ἀγροῖ	ἀγροῖτον, ἀγροίητον	ἀγροίτην, ἀγροιήτην	ἀγροῖμεν, ἀγροίημεν	ἀγροῖτε, ἀγροίητε	ἀγροῖεν, ἀγροίησᾰν
	imperative		ἄγρει	ἀγρείτω	ἀγρεῖτον	ἀγρείτων		ἀγρεῖτε	ἀγρούντων
		active
infinitive		ἀγρεῖν
participle	m	ἀγρῶν
	f	ἀγροῦσᾰ
	n	ἀγροῦν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἄγρεον, ἀγρεόμην (Homeric, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἄγρεον	ἄγρεις	ἄγρει	ἀγρεῖτον	ἀγρείτην	ἀγρέομεν	ἀγρεῖτε	ἄγρεον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀγρεόμην	ἀγρέου	ἀγρεῖτο	ἀγρεῖσθον	ἀγρείσθην	ἀγρεόμεθᾰ	ἀγρεῖσθε	ἀγρέοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ζωγρ (zōgr)

Further reading

• “ἀγρέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγρέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγρέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγρέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀγρέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press