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ἀγωγός

agogos

figure dans un nombre appréciable de véritables composés

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What it meant

1. ᾿Αγωγός · ᾿Agōgos — Chantraine

᾿Αγωγός figure dans un nombre appréciable de véritables composés. Ainsi : παιδαγωγός, νυμφαγωγός, μειαγωγός, ψυγαγωγός, δημαγωγός, qui a pris de l'importance, avec les dérivés δημαγωγεῖν, δημαγωγία, etc. Enfin il faut rattacher à &yw un déverbatif de structure remarquable ἀγινέω (avec l'infinitif ἀγινέμεναι chez Hom.} attesté dans les dialectes épique et ionien, au sens de «amener, apporter» (voir Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ᾿Αγωγός, p. 32]

2. ἀγωγός · agōgos — LSJ

leading, guiding, guide, escort, aqueduct, of leading

leading, guiding, and as Subst., guide, Hdt. 3.26; escort, Th. 2.12, cf. 4.78; ἀ. ὕδατος aqueduct, Mon.Anc.Gr. 19.5 (pl.); without ὕδατος, Just. Nov. 128.16 (pl.): c. gen., δύναμις ἀνθρώπων ἀ. power of leading men, Plu. Lyc. 5.

II leading towards

leading towards, ἐπί τι Pl. R. 525a, Phld. D. 3.12; εἰς . . Plu. Per. 1.

III drawing, attracting

drawing, attracting, δύναμις ἀ. τινος, of the magnet, Dsc. 5.130.

2 drawing forth, eliciting

drawing forth, eliciting, χοαὶ νεκρῶν ἀγωγοί E. Hec. 536; δακρύων ἀ. Id. Tr. 1131; γυναικείων Hp. Aph. 5.28; ἐμμήνων Dsc. 1.16.

3 attractive, attractiveness

abs., attractive, Plu. Crass. 7; τὸ ἀ. attractiveness, Id. Aud.poet. 2.25b.

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