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Aeolic dialect infinitive ἐγέρρην [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 16.12, compare “Etymologicum Gudianum” 157.48 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect ἔγειρον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.594 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἐγερῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epigrammata - PLG” 28 (compare ἐξ-, ἐπ-): ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἤγειρα, Epic dialect ἔγ- [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.44 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἐγήγερκα [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 16 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: pluperfect -κειν [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.7.4, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 42.48 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἐγερθήσομαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 49.3 (also _future_ _middle_ ἐγεροῦμαι uncertain in 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 1.30.5)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἠγέρθην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.9, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἔγερθεν variant for{ἄγ}. in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.287: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ἐγήγερμαι variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐγήγερτο [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 19:] Refs 2nd c.AD+] also, in passive sense, poetry aorist ἠγρόμην (ἐξ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἔγρετο, imperative ἔγρεο, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.41, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive ἔγρῃ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 774; _optative_ ἔγροιτο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.113; ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive ἐγρέσθαι (frequently written ἔγρεσθαι, as if from a present ἔγρομαι, compare ἔγρω)[[ [prev. work] 13.124 ] Refs]; participle ἐγρόμενος [[ 10.50 (and late Prose, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 1.15)] Refs 4th c.AD+]: intransitive perfect ἐγρήγορα (as present) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 306, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310b ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: pluperfect ἠγρηγόρη (as imperfect) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐγρηγόρεσαν [[ [prev. author] “Pl.” 744 ] Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐγρηγόρει [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect perfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐγρηγόρθασι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.419; _imperative_ ἐγρήγορθε (see.below 11); ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive ἐγρήγορθαι[[ [prev. work] 67. ] Refs]
Browse lexicon entries__I active, awaken, rouse, ἐ. τινὰ ἐξ ὕπνου [[ 5.413, etc.; τοὺς δ᾽.. ὑπνώοντας ἐγείρει 24.344; ἐ. τινὰ εὐνῆς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1050 \(Lyric poetry); simply, ἐ. τινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 140, etc.: _metaphorically_, τὰς τέχνας 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 rouse, stir up, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.208; ἐπεί μιν ἔγειρε Διὸς νόος 15.242 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐγείρειν Ἄρηα stir the fight, [[ 2.440, etc.; ἐ. μάχην, φύλοπιν, etc., 13.778, 5.496 ] Refs], etc.; Τρωσὶν θυμὸν ἐ. (variant{ἀγεῖραι})[[ [prev. work] 510; ἐ. τινὰ ἐπὶ ἔργον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 20; ἔγειρε νῆα “hymnus ad Apollinem” 408 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκδοχὴν πομποῦ πυρὸς ἐ. wake up the bale-fire, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 299 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λαμπάδας ἐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 340: frequently _metaphorically_, ἐ. ἀοιδάν, λύραν, μέλος, θρῆνον, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.104, “N.” 10.21, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 222, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1778 (_anapaest meter_); μῦθον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 272d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ οὖς ἐ. 'prick up' the ears, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.1.12. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__I.3 raise from the dead, νεκρούς [[ NT.Matt.10.8, cf. NT.1Cor.15.42 (_passive_)] NT]; or from a sick-bed, [[ NT.Jam.5.15. ] NT]
__I.4 raise, erect a building, [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 103, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 64, “OGI” 677.3 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ναόν [[ NT.John.2.19, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 10 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]:—passive, στῦλος ἐγηγερμένος [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Bito Mechanicus 66.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 19, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 320c. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II passive, with perfect active ἐγρήγορα, wake, ἐγειρομένων ἀνθρώπων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.100, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.9, etc.; ἔγρετο δ᾽ ἐξ ὕπνου 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.41: _metaphorically_, ἐγειρόμενος εἰς ἐμαυτὸν ἐκ τοῦ σώματος 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in perfect, to be awake, ἐγρηγόρθασι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.419 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐγρήγορθε stay awake ! [[ 7.371, 18.299 (whereas ἔγρεο is ] Refs]wake up! [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.46)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐγρήγορας ἢ καθεύδει; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310b; πόλις ζῶσα καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα [prev. author] “Lg.” 809d; καὶ ἐφρόνει καὶ ἐγρηγόρει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.20, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, ἐγειρομένου χειμῶνος arising, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.49: so _metaphorically_, τὰ ἐκ τοῦ βαρβάρου ἐγειρόμενα [prev. work] 148; ἐγρηγορὸς φρούρημα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 706; ἐ. τὸ πῆμα [prev. author] “Ag.” 346, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 rouse or stir oneself, be excited by passion, etc., [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 176, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.305: with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, ἐγηγερμένοι ἦσαν μὴ ἀνιέναι τὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων they were encouraged to prevent the departure of the Athenians, variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III intransitive in active, arouse oneself, [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 16b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV in ἀμφὶ πυρὴν.. ἔγρετο λαός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.434, 24.789, ἔγρ. is for ἤγρ- ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (ἀγείρω); so in [[ 3rd c.BC: Maiistas Epicus 52. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]