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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

  • εἶτα, ὦ θαυμάσιε Σόλων, τοιαῦτά μοι καὶ τηλικαῦτα ἔχων ἆθλα διεξιέναι, μῆλα καὶ σέλινα διηγοῦ καὶ θαλλὸν ἐλαίασ ἀγρίασ καὶ πίτυν; (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 16:1)
  • ποῖόν τι μορφῆσ σχῆμ’ ἔχουσαν ἀγρίασ; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 4:36)
  • ἃ δόμον Οἰδιπόδα πρόπαν ὤλεσε, τᾶσ ἀγρίασ ὅτε δυσξυνέτου ξυνετὸν μέλοσ ἔγνω Σφιγγὸσ ἀοιδοῦ σῶμα φονεύσασ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric7)
  • πότερον χλωρῷ τρίμματι βρέξασ ἢ τῆσ ἀγρίασ ἅλμησ πάσμασι σῶμα λιπάνασ πυρὶ παμφλέκτῳ παραδώσω; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 27 3:3)
  • Φαινίασ δ’ ὁ Ἐρέσιοσ ὁ Ἀριστοτέλουσ μαθητὴσ τὸν τῆσ ἀγρίασ συκαμίνου καρπὸν μόρον καλεῖ, ὄντα καὶ αὐτὸν γλυκύτατον καὶ ἥδιστον ὅτε πεπανθείη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 371)

Synonyms

  1. wild

  2. wild

  3. cruel

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