ἀγρέω,
A). =
αἱρέω ,
take, seize, freq. in Aeolic Inscrr. as
IG 12(2).6.33 ( Pass., Lesbos);
ἄγρει δ’ 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,
comeon! 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.