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ἄγρυπνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγρυπνος

Structure: ἀγρυπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)gre/w

Sense

  1. hunting after sleep, sleepless, wakeful
  2. keeping awake

Examples

  • δάκρυα δὲ ξηροῖσιν ὑπὸ βλεφάροισι παγέντα ἵσταται, ἀγρύπνου σῆμα δυηπαθίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 113 1:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐθέλει ἡ τυραννὶσ ὑπὸ ῥᾳθύμου τε καὶ τρόπον τινὰ ἀεὶ κοιμωμένησ διανοίασ θηρεύεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ὑπὸ δριμείασ τε καὶ ἀγρύπνου φροντίδοσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 32:1)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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