ὑπάγω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπο- (hupo-, “beneath”) +‎ ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pá.ɡɔː/ → /yˈpa.ɣo/ → /iˈpa.ɣo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pá.ɡɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpa.ɡo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈpa.ɣo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈpa.ɣo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈpa.ɣo/

Verb

ῠ̔πᾰ́γω • (hupágō)

1. (transitive)
   1. to lead or bring under
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.148
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.261
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.73
      • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 353
      1. to bring under one's power
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.106
         • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, pro Merc. Cond. 3
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.46
         • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 18.1
   2. to bring a person before the judgment seat, to accuse, impeach
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.93
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.82
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.28
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.70
      • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 105.4
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.33
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.12
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.24
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.136
      • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1155
      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Runaways 11
   3. to lead slowly on, to lead on by degrees, by deceit
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 5.15
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.94
      • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 505
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.37
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.2.8
      • 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 14C
      • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 826
      • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 105.4
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.8.6
      • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 428
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 100D
      • 341 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Chersonese 62
      • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 906
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.1.18
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 82B
      • 346 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Peace 10
      • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 25.23
      • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 188
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Conon 19
   4. to take away from under, withdraw
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.163
      • 450 BCE – 350 BCE, Archippus, Hercules Getting Married 3
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.76
      1. to draw off
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.127
      2. to purge the bowels
         • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Curatione Acutorum Morborum 1.10
2. (intransitive)
   1. to go slowly away, draw off, withdraw, retire
      • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 921
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.120–122
      • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1017
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.126
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.44.3
   2. to go slowly forwards, draw on
      • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 53
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 1298
      • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 174
      • 446 BCE – 411 BCE, Eupolis, Dippers 2
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.48
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.16
   3. (medicine, of the bowels) to be open
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Collected Works 396.27
   4. to sink down, squat
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.2.6

Inflection

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    Present: ὑπάγω, ὑπάγομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὑπάγω	ὑπάγεις	ὑπάγει	ὑπάγετον	ὑπάγετον	ὑπάγομεν	ὑπάγετε	ὑπάγουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ὑπάγω	ὑπάγῃς	ὑπάγῃ	ὑπάγητον	ὑπάγητον	ὑπάγωμεν	ὑπάγητε	ὑπάγωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὑπάγοιμῐ	ὑπάγοις	ὑπάγοι	ὑπάγοιτον	ὑπαγοίτην	ὑπάγοιμεν	ὑπάγοιτε	ὑπάγοιεν
	imperative		ὕπαγε	ὑπαγέτω	ὑπάγετον	ὑπαγέτων		ὑπάγετε	ὑπαγόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ὑπάγομαι	ὑπάγει/ ὑπάγῃ	ὑπάγεται	ὑπάγεσθον	ὑπάγεσθον	ὑπαγόμεθᾰ	ὑπάγεσθε	ὑπάγονται
	subjunctive	ὑπάγωμαι	ὑπάγῃ	ὑπάγηται	ὑπάγησθον	ὑπάγησθον	ὑπαγώμεθᾰ	ὑπάγησθε	ὑπάγωνται
	optative	ὑπαγοίμην	ὑπάγοιο	ὑπάγοιτο	ὑπάγοισθον	ὑπαγοίσθην	ὑπαγοίμεθᾰ	ὑπάγοισθε	ὑπάγοιντο
	imperative		ὑπάγου	ὑπαγέσθω	ὑπάγεσθον	ὑπαγέσθων		ὑπάγεσθε	ὑπαγέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ὑπάγειν				ὑπάγεσθαι
participle		ὑπάγων, ὑπάγουσᾰ, ὑπάγον				ὑπαγόμενος, ὑπαγομένη, ὑπαγόμενον

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    Future: ὑπάξω, ὑπάξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
future		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὑπάξω	ὑπάξεις	ὑπάξει	ὑπάξετον	ὑπάξετον	ὑπάξομεν	ὑπάξετε	ὑπάξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὑπάξοιμῐ	ὑπάξοις	ὑπάξοι	ὑπάξοιτον	ὑπαξοίτην	ὑπάξοιμεν	ὑπάξοιτε	ὑπάξοιεν
middle	indicative	ὑπάξομαι	ὑπάξει/ ὑπάξῃ	ὑπάξεται	ὑπάξεσθον	ὑπάξεσθον	ὑπαξόμεθᾰ	ὑπάξεσθε	ὑπάξονται
	optative	ὑπαξοίμην	ὑπάξοιο	ὑπάξοιτο	ὑπάξοισθον	ὑπαξοίσθην	ὑπαξοίμεθᾰ	ὑπάξοισθε	ὑπάξοιντο
		active				middle
infinitive		ὑπάξειν				ὑπάξεσθαι
participle		ὑπάξων, ὑπάξουσᾰ, ὑπάξον				ὑπαξόμενος, ὑπαξομένη, ὑπαξόμενον

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    Aorist: ὑπήγαγον, ὑπηγαγόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
aorist		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὑπήγαγον	ὑπήγαγες	ὑπήγαγε	ὑπηγάγετον	ὑπηγαγέτην	ὑπηγάγομεν	ὑπηγάγετε	ὑπήγαγον
	subjunctive	ὑπαγάγω	ὑπαγάγῃς	ὑπαγάγῃ	ὑπαγάγητον	ὑπαγάγητον	ὑπαγάγωμεν	ὑπαγάγητε	ὑπαγάγωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὑπαγάγοιμῐ	ὑπαγάγοις	ὑπαγάγοι	ὑπαγάγοιτον	ὑπαγαγοίτην	ὑπαγάγοιμεν	ὑπαγάγοιτε	ὑπαγάγοιεν
	imperative		ὑπάγαγε	ὑπαγαγέτω	ὑπαγάγετον	ὑπαγαγέτων		ὑπαγάγετε	ὑπαγαγόντων
middle	indicative	ὑπηγαγόμην	ὑπηγάγου	ὑπηγάγετο	ὑπηγάγεσθον	ὑπηγαγέσθην	ὑπηγαγόμεθᾰ	ὑπηγάγεσθε	ὑπηγάγοντο
	subjunctive	ὑπαγάγωμαι	ὑπαγάγῃ	ὑπαγάγηται	ὑπαγάγησθον	ὑπαγάγησθον	ὑπαγαγώμεθᾰ	ὑπαγάγησθε	ὑπαγάγωνται
	optative	ὑπαγαγοίμην	ὑπαγάγοιο	ὑπαγάγοιτο	ὑπαγάγοισθον	ὑπαγαγοίσθην	ὑπαγαγοίμεθᾰ	ὑπαγάγοισθε	ὑπαγάγοιντο
	imperative		ὑπαγαγοῦ	ὑπαγαγέσθω	ὑπαγάγεσθον	ὑπαγαγέσθων		ὑπαγάγεσθε	ὑπαγαγέσθων
		active				middle
infinitive		ὑπαγαγεῖν				ὑπαγαγέσθαι
participle	m	ὑπαγαγών				ὑπαγαγόμενος
	f	ὑπαγαγοῦσᾰ				ὑπαγαγομένη
	n	ὑπαγαγόν				ὑπαγαγόμενον

Further reading

• “ὑπάγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπάγω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὑπάγω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑπάγω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὑπάγω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5217 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible