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ἄγριος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγριος ἀγρίᾱ ἄγριον

Structure: ἀγρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)gro/s

Sense

  1. Living in the open fields
  2. (of plants or animals) wild (non-domesticated),
  3. (of people or animals) wild, savage, violent, fierce
  4. (of situations) cruel, harsh

Examples

  • διὰ τί τῶν ὑῶν αἱ μὲν ἥμεροι, πλεονάκισ τίκτουσι καὶ κατ’ ἄλλον ἄλλαι χρόνον, αἱ δ’ ἄγριαι καὶ ἅπαξ καὶ περὶ τὰσ αὐτὰσ ἅπασαι σχεδὸν ἡμέρασ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 211)
  • ὁ δὲ διώξασ τὰσ μὲν συλλαβὼν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ἤγαγεν, αἱ δὲ ἀπολειφθεῖσαι τὸ λοιπὸν ἦσαν ἄγριαι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 10:20)
  • ἐν δ’ αἶγεσ ἀπειρέσιαι γεγάασιν ἄγριαι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 9:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ οἱ ὄφιεσ οἱ ὑπερμεγάθεεσ καὶ οἱ λέοντεσ κατὰ τούτουσ εἰσὶ καὶ οἱ ἐλέφαντέσ τε καὶ ἄρκτοι καὶ ἀσπίδεσ τε καὶ ὄνοι οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντεσ καὶ οἱ κυνοκέφαλοι καὶ οἱ ἀκέφαλοι οἱ ἐν τοῖσι στήθεσι τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἔχοντεσ, ὡσ δὴ λέγονταί γε ὑπὸ Λιβύων, καὶ οἱ ἄγριοι ἄνδρεσ καὶ γυναῖκεσ ἄγριαι, καὶ ἄλλα πλήθεϊ πολλὰ θηρία ἀκατάψευστα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 191 5:1)
  • Λιβύησ ἡ ἔρημοσ καὶ ἄλλα παρέχεται θηρία ἀκούσασιν οὐ πιστὰ καὶ ἄνδρεσ ἐνταῦθα ἄγριοι καὶ ἄγριαι γίνονται γυναῖκεσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 21 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

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