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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

  • καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰσ τὸν ἀγρὸν συλλέξαι ἀριὼθ καὶ εὗρεν ἄμπελον ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καὶ συνέλεξεν ἀπ̓ αὐτῆσ τολύπην ἀγρίαν πλῆρεσ τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν εἰσ τὸν λέβητα τοῦ ἑψέματοσ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνωσαν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:39)
  • καὶ τὴν Ἄρεωσ παῖδ’ Ἁρμονίαν, δάμαρτ’ ἐμήν, δράκων δρακαίνησ <φύσιν> ἔχουσαν ἀγρίαν ἄξω ’πὶ βωμοὺσ καὶ τάφουσ Ἑλληνικούσ, ἡγούμενοσ λόγχαισιν· (Euripides, episode 6:15)
  • ἄβατον δὲ χώραν καὶ θάλασσαν ἀγρίαν ἐξημερώσασ, θεῶν ἀνέστησεν μόνοσ τιμὰσ πιτνούσασ ἀνοσίων ἀνδρῶν ὕπο· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 1:10)
  • κάπροι δ’ ὅπωσ θήγοντεσ ἀγρίαν γένυν ξυνῆψαν, ἀφρῷ διάβροχοι γενειάδασ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 1:2)
  • "ἐπιτήδειόν τε εἶναί φησιν αὐτὴν τοῖσ τῶν νεφρῶν καὶ τῆσ κύστεωσ ἐρεθισμοῖσ εὐέκκριτόν τε εἶναι μετρίωσ καὶ τρόφιμον, κρείττω δὲ τὴν ἀγρίαν τῆσ κηπευομένησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5213)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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