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ἀγωνία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγωνία ἀγωνίας

Structure: ἀγωνι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)gw/n

Sense

  1. contest, struggle for victory
  2. gymnastic exercise
  3. (of the mind) agony, anguish

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀγωνία ἀγωνίᾱ ἀγωνίαι
Genitive ἀγωνίᾱς ἀγωνίαιν ἀγωνιῶν
Dative ἀγωνίᾱͅ ἀγωνίαιν ἀγωνίαις
Accusative ἀγωνίαν ἀγωνίᾱ ἀγωνίᾱς
Vocative ἀγωνία ἀγωνίᾱ ἀγωνίαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ πρὸ τούτων δι’ αἰσχύνησ εἶχον ἅπαντεσ Ἕλληνεσ ὅλα γυμνὰ φαίνειν ἐν ταῖσ ἀγωνίαισ τὰ σώματα, ὡσ Ὅμηροσ τεκμηριοῖ, μαρτύρων ἀξιοπιστότατόσ τε καὶ ἀρχαιότατοσ ὢν ζωννυμένουσ τοὺσ ἡρ́ωασ ποιῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 72 4:2)
  • ὃσ τὸν μὲν φυλάττειν αὐτὸν δυνάμενον καὶ πολλὰ δείγματα τῆσ εὐνοίασ παρεσχημένον ἐλαύνοι καὶ τοσοῦτον ἐν φυγῇ χρόνον καὶ ταῖσ περὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἀγωνίαισ ἠνάγκασε ζῆσαι φίλων καὶ συγγενῶν ἔρημον· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 403:2)

Synonyms

  1. contest

  2. gymnastic exercise

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