ἄγ-υια, ᾶς, ἡ,
street, highway, chiefly in plural, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.642] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκιόωντό τε πᾶσαι ἀ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.388, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the paths of the sea, [[ 11.12] Refs]; ἀγυιαῖς in the streets, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 14.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.58, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.16, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 715, “Ant.” 1136, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 87 (all Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially in the phrase κνισᾶν ἀγυιάς[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1320, “Av.” 1233, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.51:—rare in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.3, “PPetr.” 3p.7 (3rd c.BC), LXX.3Mac.1.20, etc.] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀγυιᾷ, of documents executed in public by a notary, [[ “POxy.” 722.12 (1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 collection of streets, city, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.34, “N.” 7.92; πολύπυρος ἀ. “Hymnus ad Isim” 2. (Quasi-participial form from ἄγω, compare ἅρπυια.) [ἄγυιᾰν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.254 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus), cf. Pi “N.” 7.92] Refs 8th c.BC+] codices vett.; ἄγυια Ionic dialect and old Attic dialect accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus Gr. 2.613, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1631.29] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀγυιά, incorrectly, [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 14.21, etc.] Refs]; ἀγυιάν frequently in codices, e.g. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [same place]]] Refs 5th c.BC+]