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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

  • εἰ δ’ ἐκείνησ ἔχεισ οἶκτον ἀγάμου καὶ ἄπαιδοσ οἰχομένησ, αὖθισ ἔχεισ ἐπ’ ἄλλοισ ἡδίω σεαυτὴν ποιεῖν, μηδενὸσ τούτων ἀτελῆ μηδ’ ἄμοιρον γενομένην οὐ γάρ· (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 9 7:1)
  • Μιλτιάδησ μὲν οὖν πεντήκοντα ταλάντων ὀφλὼν δίκην καὶ πρὸσ τὴν ἔκτισιν εἱρχθεὶσ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ, Κίμων δὲ μειράκιον παντάπασιν ἀπολειφθεὶσ μετὰ τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ ἔτι κόρησ οὔσησ καὶ ἀγάμου τὸν πρῶτον ἠδόξει χρόνον ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ κακῶσ ἤκουεν ὡσ ἄτακτοσ καὶ πολυπότησ καὶ τῷ πάππῳ Κίμωνι προσεοικὼσ τὴν φύσιν, ὃν δι’ εὐήθειάν φασι Κοάλεμον προσαγορευθῆναι. (Plutarch, , chapter 4 3:1)
  • τοὺσ γὰρ Σαβίνουσ φασὶ τὸ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αἰδοῖον ὀνομάζειν σπόριον, εἶθ’ οἱο͂ν ἐφυβρίζοντασ οὕτω προσαγορεύειν τὸν ἐκ γυναικὸσ ἀγάμου καὶ ἀνεγγύου γεγενημένον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 103 1:4)
  • ἀγάμου καὶ ἀνεγγύου γεγεννημένον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 103 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. not married

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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