ἀγρέω

ἀγρέω,

• = αἱρέω, take, seize, freq. in Aeolic Inscrr. as IG 12(2).6.33 (Pass., Lesbos); ἄγρει δʼ οἶνον ἐρυθρόν Archil. 4.3; τρόμος παῖσαν ἄγρει Sapph. 2.14, cf. Thgn. 294; ἀγρεῖ πόλιν captures, A. Ag. 126 (lyr.); of fishing, AP 6.304 (Phanias); in prescriptions, ἄγρει, take! Nic. Th. 534, al.
• • II Hom. only in imper. ἄγρει, prop. take it!, hence, come on! ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναίην Il. 5.765, cf. A.R. 1.487; pl., ἀγρεῖτε (ἄγρειτε An.Ox. 1.71) Od. 20.149. Cf. ἄργειτε.

ἀγρέω, (= ἀγρεύω, αἱρέω), jagen, fangen, χρόνῳ ἀγρεῖ πόλιν Aesch. Ag. 125 ; ἀγρεῖς μορμύρον Phani. 7 (VI.304). Sonst nur imper. praes., ἄγρει δʼ οἶνον ἐρυθρόν Archil. frg. 49, nimm den Wein. Bei Hom. wird ἄγρει eine förmliche Interjektion, wohlan, so daß immer noch ein anderer imperat. folgt : ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναίην Il. 5.765, vgl. 7.459, 11.512, 14.271, Od. 21.176. Der plur. ἀγρεῖτε ebenso Od. 20.149 ; also ganz wie ἄγε, ἄγετε. So auch Sp. Ep., z.B. Ap.Rh. 1.487.

†ἀγρέω

To take.

Only in imp. ἄγρει followed by an imp. Come!: ἀ. ἔπορσον Il. 5.765, ἀ. καταχεῦαι Il. 7.459. Cf. Il. 11.512, Il. 14.271: Od. 21.176.

So in pl.: ἀγρεῖτε κορήσατε Od. 20.149.

ἀγρέω poet. form of ἀγρεύω only in pres.

• • Ito capture, seize, Sapph., Aesch.
  • IIimperat. ἄγρει, ἄγε, come, come on Il.; ἀγρεῖτε Od.