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ἄγαμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγαμος ἄγαμος ἄγαμον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + γαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not married

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὦ τῶν ἐμῶν παίδων, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι, οἱ δὲ γήμαντεσ ἀνόνητοι. οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδὲ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:9)
  • "μήτε δι’ ἔνδειαν ἄγαμοί τινεσ ἐαθῶσι μήτε διὰ περιουσίαν σπουδάζωνται, ἕκαστοσ δὲ εἰσ τὸν τρόπον τῆσ παιδὸσ ἀφορῶν ἀρετῇ τὴν αἱρ́εσιν ποιῶνται. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 151)
  • "μήτε δι’ ἔνδειαν ἄγαμοί τινεσ ἐαθῶσι μήτε διὰ περιουσίαν σπουδάζωνται, ἕκαστοσ δὲ εἰσ τὸν τρόπον τῆσ παιδὸσ ἀφορῶν ἀρετῇ τὴν αἱρ́εσιν ποιῆται. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 151)
  • ὄντων οὖν ἀρχηγετῶν ἑπτὰ καὶ βασιλέων, ὀγδόου δὲ τοῦ Ἐχελάου πυθοχρήστου τῆσ ἀποικίασ ἡγεμόνοσ, οὗτοσ μὲν ἠίθεοσ ἦν ἔτι, τῶν δ’ ἑπτὰ κληρουμένων, ὅσοισ ἄγαμοι παῖδεσ ἦσαν, καταλαμβάνει θυγατέρα Σμινθέωσ ὁ κλῆροσ; (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 20 2:1)
  • τέλοσ δὲ οἱ συμπόται ἰδόντεσ περιβεβληκότασ τε ἀλλήλουσ καὶ ὡσ εἰσ εὐνὴν ἀπιόντασ, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι γαμεῖν ἐπώμνυσαν, οἱ δὲ γεγαμηκότεσ ἀναβάντεσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἵππουσ ἀπήλαυνον πρὸσ τὰσ ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκασ, ὅπωσ τούτων τύχοιεν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 9 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. not married

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