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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

  • "̓́Αγριε παῖ καὶ στυγνέ, κακᾶσ ἀνάθρεμμα λεαίνασ, λάινε παῖ καὶ ἔρωτοσ ἀνάξιε, δῶρά τοι ἦλθον λοίσθια ταῦτα φέρων, τὸν ἐμὸν βρόχον· (Theocritus, Idylls, 12)
  • λὰξ ἐπίβαινε κατ’ αὐχένοσ, ἄγριε δαῖμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 482)
  • πρὸσ τοὺσ αὐτούσ ἡνίκα τὸν περίβωτον ἐπ’ οὔρεοσ, ἄγριε Τιτάν, τύμβον ἀνερρήξω, πῶσ ἔσιδεσ νέκυασ, ὡσ δ’ ἔσιδεσ, πῶσ χεῖρεσ ἐπ’ ὀστέα; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2041)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

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