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ἐνάγω

enago

lead in, bring in, lead on, urge, persuade

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ἐνάγω · enagō — LSJ

lead in, bring in

lead in, Ti.Locr. 99e; bring in, Anon. in EN 225.3 (Pass.).

II lead on, urge, persuade

lead on, urge, persuade, ἐνῆγόν σφεας οἱ χρησμοί Hdt. 5.90; ἐνῆγε τῇ συμβουλῇ κελεύων . . Id. 3.1, cf. 5.104, Th. 4.21, etc.: mostly c. inf., μαίνεσθαι ἐνάγει ἀνθρώπους (sc. Bacchus) Hdt. 4.79; ἐνάγει προθυμίη τινὰ ἀποθνῄσκειν Id. 5.49; ἐνῆγέ σφεας ὥστε ποιέειν Id. 4.145; ἐ. τινὰ εἴς τι Plu. Brut. 46, etc.:—Med., App. Pun. 65.

2 urge on, promote

c. acc. rei, urge on, promote, τὸν πόλεμον Th. 1.67, cf. 4.24; τὴν ἔξοδον Id. 2.21; τὴν στρατείαν Id. 6.15; περί τινος ib. 61.

III bring into court, accuse, the prosecutor, defendant

bring into court, accuse, κλοπῆς of theft, J. AJ 2.6.7 (Pass.); ἐ. πρός τινας δίκην CPR 232.24 (ii/iiiA. D.); ὁ ἐνάγων the prosecutor, Heph.Astr. 3.34; ἐναγόμενος defendant, ibid., Cod.Just. 4.21.16.

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