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ἀγωγή

agoge · ἡ

carrying away

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What it meant

ἀγωγή · agōgē — LSJ

carrying away, freight, carriage

carrying away, Hdt. 6.85, etc.; freight, carriage, πρὸς τὰς ἀγωγὰς . . χρῆσθαι ὑποζυγίοις Pl. R. 370e, cf. X. Lac. 7.5, PLond. 3.948.2 (iii A.D.).

b voyage, movement, tendency

intr., τὴν ἀ. διὰ τάχους ἐποιεῖτο pursued his voyage, Th. 4.29 (v.l.); movement, Pl. R. 604b; ἀ. ἐπί τι tendency towards . . , Hp. Epid. 1.1.

2 bringing to, in, bringing, before

bringing to or in, ὑμῶν ἡ ἐς τοὺς ὀλίγους ἀ. your bringing us before the council, Th. 5.85.

3 forcible seizure, carrying off, abduction

forcible seizure, carrying off, abduction, A. Ag. 1263, S. OC 662; ἀγωγὴν ποιήσασθαι PTeb. 39.22 (ii B. C.), cf. 48.22.

4 aqueducts

ὕδατος ἀγωγαί aqueducts, IG 12(5).872 (Tenos), cf. D.H. 3.67.

5 load, weight

load, Ostr. 1168; weight, AB 333.

6 winding up

winding up of engine, Ph. Bel. 57.13 (pl.).

7 drawing

drawing of lines, Procl. in Euc. pp. 284,376F.

8 evoking

evoking, πνευμάτων Iamb. Myst. 3.6 (pl.).

b spell for bringing, love-charm

spell for bringing a person, usu. love-charm, PMag.Par. 1.1390.

II leading, guidance

leading, guidance, ἵππου X. Eq. 6.4; ἡ τοῦ νόμου, τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀ. Pl. Lg. 645a, cf. Plt. 274b.

2 leading, conduct

leading of an army, Id. Lg. 746e (pl.); ἀ. στραταρχίας conduct of an expedition, Vett.Val. 339.29; ἡ ἀ. τῶν πραγμάτων Plb. 3.8.5.

3 direction, training, systems of education, course, culture, treatment

direction, training, παιδεία μέν ἐσθʼ ἡ παίδων ὁλκή τε καὶ ἀ. πρὸς τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου λόγον ὀρθὸν εἰρημένον Pl. Lg. 659d, cf. 819a; ἀ. ὀρθῆς τυχεῖν πρὸς ἀρετήν Arist. EN 1179b31; διὰ τὸ ἦθος καὶ τὴν ἀ. Id. Pol. 1292b14, cf. Cleanth.Stoic. 1.107: in pl., systems of education, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.173; esp. of the public education of the Spartan youth, Λακωνικὴ ἀ. Plb. 1.32.1; Ἀγησίλαος ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγὴν ἐν Λακεδαίμονι Plu. Ages. 1; ἀ. στοιχειώδης elementary course, Apollon.Perg. Con. 1 Praef.

4 way, conduct

way of life, conduct, Archyt. ap. Stob. 2.31.120 (pl.), PTeb. 24.57 (ii B. C.), OGI 223.15 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), LXX 2 Ma. 6.8, 2 Ep.Tim. 3.10, M.Ant. 1.6.

5 keeping, observance

keeping, observance, ἡμερῶν Aristox. Rhyth. 2.37; μηνῶν Gem. 8.48.

6 method, construction, style

generally, method, construction (of a law), Arist. Rh. 1375b12; style, D.H. Isoc. 20, al.; ἡ ἀ. τῶν διαλέκτων Str. 14.1.41.

7 method of proof, line of argument

method of proof, esp. of syllogistic reasoning, λόγοι τὰς ἀγωγὰς ὑγιεῖς ἔχοντες Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.84, cf. Simp. in Ph. 759.14; line of argument, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.106b.

8 school

school of philosophers, Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.12, Acad.Ind. p.68 M., S.E. P. 1.145, etc.

9 manoeuvre, movement, order of march

Milit., manoeuvre, movement, Ascl. Tact. 12.7 and 10; order of march, ib. 11.8, cf. Ael. Tact. 39.1.

10

in Law, = Lat. actio, Cod.Just. 4.24.1, al.

III tempo, sequence, style

tempo, in music, Pl. R. 400c (pl.), Aristox. Harm. p.34 M., Aristid.Quint. 1.19; sequence, of a melody, Aristox. Harm. p.29 M.; musical style, Str. 14.1.41, Plu. Mus. 2.1141c.

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