ἀγείρω

A. ἀγερῶ IG 5(1).1447.16 (Messene, ii B. C.): aor. 1 ἤγειρα, Ep. ἄγειρα Od. 14.285:—Med., aor. 1 ἠγειράμην A.R 4.1335, (συν‐) Od. 14.323, Ael. VH 4.14:—Pass., aor. 1 ἠγέρθην Hom.: pf. ἀγήγερμαι App. BC 2.134: plpf. ἀγήγερτο Id. Mith. 108, Ep. 3 pl. ἀγηγέρατο Il. 4.211, App. Hisp. 40.—Hom. has shortened pres. ἀγέρεσθαι (al. ἀγερέσθαι) Od. 2.385 (also in later Ep., A.R. 3.895, etc., cf. IG 14.1389 i 35), aor. 2 ἀγέροντο Il. 18.245, part. ἀγρόμενος 2.481, etc.:—gather together, λαὸν ἀγείρων Il. 4.377, etc.; ἐνθάδ’ ἀπὸ . . πολίων ἤγειρα ἕκαστον 17.222; so in Att., τὸν ἐς Θήβας στόλον S. OC 1306, Th. 1.9; τὸ Ἑλλάδος στράτευμα S. El. 695; στρατιάν X. An. 3.2.13, cf. App. Mith. 84; εἰς μίαν οἴκησιν ἀ. κοινωνούς Pl. R. 369c:—Pass., gather, assemble, Il. 2.52, Od. 2.8, etc.; ἀγρόμενοι σύες herded swine, Od. 16.3; θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀγέρθη, ἐς φρένα θυμὸς ἀγέρθη Il. 4.152, 22.475 (cf. ἐγείρω).

II. of things, collect, gather, δημόθεν ἄλφιτα . . καὶ αἴθοπα οἶνον ἀγείρας Od. 19.197; πολὺν βίοτον καὶ χρυσὸν ἀγείρων 3.301; πολλὰ δ’ ἄγειρα χρήματα 14.285:—so in Med., ἀγειρόμενοι κατὰ δῆμον 13.14.

2. collect by begging, ὡς ἂν πύρνα κατὰ μνηστῆρας ἀγείροι 17.362, cf. Hdt. 1.61; ἀφ’ ὧν ἀγείρει καὶ προσαιτεῖ D. 8.26:—abs., collect money for the gods, Νύμφαις ἀ. A. Fr. 168, cf. Hdt. 4.35, Pl. R. 381d, SIG 1015.26 (Halicarnassus); esp. for Cybele, Luc. Alex. 13, cf. μητραγύρτης:—abs., go aboutbegging, Philostr. VA 5.7, Man. 6.299, Max.Tyr. 19.3, etc.

3. put things together, accumulate arguments, as in a speech, A. Ch. 638.

4. ὀφρύας εἰς ἓν ἀ. frown, AP 5.299 (Paul. Sil.).—Rare in good Prose.