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ἄγγελος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγγελος ἀγγέλου

Structure: ἀγγελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a messenger
  2. one that announces
  3. (later) angel, heavenly spirit

Declension

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

  • καὶ σύ μοι, Ἀργειφόντα, Διὸσ καὶ Μαιάδοσ υἱέ, ἄγγελε τῶν μακάρων, χρυσόρραπι, δῶτορ ἐάων, ἵλαοσ ὢν ἐπάρηγε σὺν αἰδοίῃ τε φίλῃ τε. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:3)
  • ἠοῦσ ἄγγελε, χαῖρε, Φαεσφόρε, καὶ ταχὺσ ἔλθοισ ἕσπεροσ, ἣν ἀπάγεισ, λάθριοσ αὖθισ ἄγων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1141)
  • εἰπὲ ἡμῖν, κύριε ἄγγελε καὶ κατάσκοπε. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 38:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐγώ, ὦ ἄγγελέ τε καὶ Μῆδοι, οὐδέν, ἔφη, θαυμάζω εἰ Κυαξάρησ, πολλοὺσ μὲν πολεμίουσ τότ’ ἰδών, ἡμᾶσ δὲ οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὅ τι πράττομεν, ὀκνεῖ περί τε ἡμῶν καὶ περὶ αὑτοῦ· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 24:2)
  • νῦν μὲν οὖν, ἔφη, σύ τε, ὦ ἄγγελε, ἀνάπαυσαι, ἐπεὶ καὶ πεπόνηκασ, ἡμεῖσ τε, ὦ Πέρσαι, ἐπεὶ προσδεχόμεθα πολεμίουσ ἤτοι μαχουμένουσ γε ἢ πεισομένουσ παρέσεσθαι, ταχθῶμεν ὡσ κάλλιστα· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 26:1)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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