προάγω
Infl. fut. άξω
Infl. perf. -ῆχα
Infl. aor2 -ήγα^γον
Infl. Pass., aor1 -ήχθην
Infl. perf. -ῆγμαι
I. "to lead forward, on, onward", Hdt., etc.: "to escort on their way", id=Hdt., Xen.
2. "to bring forward" in public, Plat.
3. "to lead on, induce", Hdt., Thuc.; c. inf., πρ. τινὰ κινδυνεύειν Thuc.; with Preps., πρ. θυμὸν ἐς ἀμπλακίην Theogn.; τινὰ εἰς φιλοποσίαν, εἰς μῖσος Xen.; ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν id=Xen.:—so in Mid., ἐς γέλωτα προαγαγέσθαι τινά "to move" one to laughter, Hdt.; εἰς ἀνάγκην Dem.
4. "to carry on or forward", πρ. τὴν πόλιν "to lead" it "on to power", Thuc.; μέχρι πόρρω προήγαγον τὴν ἔχθραν "carried" it so far, Dem.:—Pass. "to increase, wax", id=Dem.
b. of persons, "to promote or prefer" to honour, Plut.
5. perf. pass. with mid. sense, προῆκται παῖδας οὕτω ὥστε.., "has had" them "brought up" in such a way that.., Dem.; but also in pass. sense, τοῖς ἔθεσι προηγμένοι Arist.
II. intr. "to lead the way, go before, advance", Plat., Xen., etc.:—an acc. added, "to go before" one, NTest.