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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

  • ἐλυμήνατο αὐτὴν ὗσ ἐκ δρυμοῦ, καὶ μονιὸσ ἄγριοσ κατενεμήσατο αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 79:14)
  • τί γάρ̣ μὴ διακενῆσ κεκράξεται ὄνοσ ἄγριοσ, ἀλλ̓ ἢ τὰ σῖτα ζητῶν̣ εἰ δὲ καὶ ρήξει φωνὴν βοῦσ ἐπὶ φάτνησ ἔχων τὰ βρώματα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:5)
  • φεύγετε καὶ σώσατε τὰσ ψυχὰσ ὑμῶν καὶ ἔσεσθε ὥσπερ ὄνοσ ἄγριοσ ἐν ἐρήμῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 31:6)
  • εἰ καὶ τοῦ Διὸσ αὐτοῦ παῖσ ὢν ἄγριοσ οὕτω καὶ λάσιοσ ἐφαίνετο καί, τὸ πάντων ἀμορφότατον, μονόφθαλμοσ, οἰεί τὸ γένοσ ἄν τι ὀνῆσαι αὐτὸν πρὸσ τὴν μορφήν; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 14)
  • τοῦτο αἰσθόμενοσ ὁ πατήρ, ἄγριόσ τισ καὶ ζηλότυποσ γέρων, ἠγανάκτησε καὶ ὑπό τινοσ μεμοιχεῦσθαι οἰηθεὶσ αὐτὴν ἐμβάλλει ἐσ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἄρτι τετοκυῖαν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and thetis, chapter 1 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

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