Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγονος ἄγονη ἄγονον

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

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. unborn, not yet born
  2. not producing, unfruitful, barren, without issue, bringing no children to the birth
  3. not productive of, barren in
  4. childless

Examples

  • πολλῶν φύλαξ ἀττελεβόφθαλμοσ, μὴ πρόστομοσ, ἀμφικέφαλλοσ, αἰχμητήσ, παίδων ἀγόνων γόνον ἐξαφανίζων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 71 2:13)
  • ἄγονοσ ἐξ ἀγόνων, βελεηφόροσ, ἔμβρεφοσ, ἄρσισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1111)

Synonyms

  1. not productive of

  2. childless

Related

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

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