The corpus record

ἐνᾰγ-ής

enages

under a curse

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
History 3 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

ἐνᾰγ-ής · enag-ēs — LSJ

under a curse, pollution

= ἐν ἄγει ὤν, under a curse or pollution because of bloodshed, of the Alcmeonidae, Hdt. 1.61, 5.70 sq.; ἀπὸ τούτου ἐναγεῖς καὶ ἀλιτήριοι τῆς θεοῦ ἐκαλοῖντο Th. 1.126; ἐναγὴς τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος Aeschin. 3.110: Sup., Hermog. Inv. 1.4.

II who has invoked a curse upon his head

in S. OT 656 (lyr.), τὸν ἐναγῆ φίλον one who has invoked a curse upon his head (in case of treachery).

In the wild

ἐναγέα · enagea Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 123–124
ἐναγῶν · enagōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..20 (DIORISIS sentence 251)
ἐναγεῖς · enageis Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..fragments.8 (DIORISIS sentence 19)
ἐναγέων · enageōn Herodotus, Histories 1.61.1 (DIORISIS sentence 392)
ἐναγέας · enageas Herodotus, Histories 5.70.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5816)
ἐναγέες · enagees Herodotus, Histories 5.71.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5819)

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