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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

  • βεβαιοῖ δὴ τὸ λεγόμενον ὡσ ἄρ’ ἦν καὶ πῦρ ἐσ πλέον ἄλλου πυρὸσ καῖον καὶ λύκοσ ἀγριώτεροσ λύκων ἄλλων καὶ ὠκύτεροσ ἱέραξ ἱέρακοσ πέτεσθαι, εἴγε καὶ Καλλικράτην ἀνοσιώτατον τῶν τότε Μεναλκίδασ μὲν ὑπερῆρεν ἀπιστίᾳ, Καλλικράτην, ὃσ ἐλάσσων παντοίου λήμματοσ καὶ ἐπὶ οὐδενὶ οἰκείῳ κέρδει πόλει τῇ Ἀθηναίων ἀπηχθημένοσ παυσάμενον μὲν τῆσ ἀρχῆσ Μεναλκίδαν ἐδίωκεν ἐν τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ θανάτου δίκην· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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