ἄνωγα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From ἀνα- (ana-) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-h₁oǵ-h₂e, perfect of *h₁eǵ- (to say) (compare ἠμί (ēmí), Latin āiō, Old Armenian ասեմ (asem)).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ἄνωγα (ánōga) (Epic)

  1. to order, command, bid
  2. to advise, urge, prompt

Conjugation

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The present meaning, combined with the fact that certain perfect subjunctive, optative, and imperative forms as well as certain pluperfect indicative forms have the same endings as present-tense forms, led to a reinterpretation of ἀνωγ- (anōg-) as a present stem, resulting in the following forms: