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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

  • τίσ δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶσ ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον, δεσμοὺσ δὲ αὐτοῦ τίσ ἔλυσεν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 39:5)
  • πάνυ γοῦν ἤδη βελτίων γεγένησαι διὰ τὴν ὠνήν, ὃσ τοιαῦτα μὲν φθέγγῃ ‐ μᾶλλον δὲ τῶν ἰχθύων ἀφωνότεροσ εἶ ‐ βιοῖσ δὲ ὡσ οὐδ’ εἰπεῖν καλόν, μῖσοσ δὲ ἄγριον, φασί, παρὰ πάντων ἔχεισ ἐπὶ τῇ βδελυρίᾳ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 16:2)
  • Οὐδὲ τὸ λάσιον αὐτοῦ καί, ὡσ φήσ, ἄγριον ἄμορφόν ἐστιν ‐ ἀνδρῶδεσ γάρ ‐ ὅ τε ὀφθαλμὸσ ἐπιπρέπει τῷ μετώπῳ οὐδὲν ἐνδεέστερον ὁρῶν ἢ εἰ δύ̓ ἦσαν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 15)
  • Πρόσθε κύων, ὄπιθεν δὲ λέων, μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα ’ δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα τρίτου κυνὸσ ἄγριον ^ ὁρμήν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 30:11)
  • ὁπότε γοῦν ἐπὶ μέγαν βασιλέα ἤλαυνον οἱ ἅμα Κύρῳ τῷ Δαρείου Ἕλληνεσ, οἷσ καὶ Ξενοφῶν συνεστράτευεν, λέγει Ξενοφῶν, ὅτε τὰ πεδία τὰ Ἀραβίων ἐξήνυον, ἀγέλασ προφαίνεσθαι τῶν ὄνων τῶν ἀγρίων, καὶ ὑπὸ ἑνὸσ μὲν ἱππέωσ μήποτε ἁλῶναι ὄνον ἄγριον, διισταμένουσ δὲ ἄλλουσ ἐπ̓ ἄλλοισ ἐλαύνειν, τοὺσ δὲ πολλοῖσ ἀντίσχοντασ τελευτῶντασ ἤδη ἀπαγορεύειν ὑπὸ καμάτου· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 24 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

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