Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγάστονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγάστονος ἀγάστονη ἀγάστονον

Structure: ἀγαστον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ste/nw

Sense

  1. much groaning, howling, loud-wailing

Examples

  • πίσυρεσ δ’ υἱέοσ οἰχομένου παῖδεσ, ἀδελφειοί τε δύω, καὶ ἀγάστονε μῆτερ, ἑνδεκάτην κλήρου μοῖραν ἕκαστοσ ἔχε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1233)

Synonyms

  1. much groaning

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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