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ἐγρήγορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγρήγορος ἐγρήγορος ἐγρήγορον

Structure: ἐγρηγορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wakeful

Examples

  • "ταὐτὸ γ’ ἔνι ζῶν καὶ τεθνηκὸσ καὶ τὸ ἐγρηγορὸσ καὶ τὸ καθεῦδον καὶ νέον καὶ γηραιὸν τάδε γὰρ μεταπεσόντα ἐκεῖνά ἐστι , κἀκεῖνα πάλιν μεταπεσόντα ταῦτα. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 10 5:2)
  • κερδῶν ἄθικτον τοῦτο βουλευτήριον, αἰδοῖον, ὀξύθυμον, εὑδόντων ὕπερ ἐγρηγορὸσ φρούρημα γῆσ καθίσταμαι. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 8:4)
  • θεοῖσ δ’ ἀναμπλάκητοσ εἰ μόλοι στρατόσ, ἐγρηγορὸσ τὸ πῆμα τῶν ὀλωλότων γένοιτ’ ἄν, εἰ πρόσπαια μὴ τύχοι κακά. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 3:4)
  • καὶ μὴν τὸ ἐξόφθαλμον εἶναι ἐγρηγορὸσ μᾶλλον φαίνεται τοῦ κοιλοφθάλμου, καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον δ’ ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτοσ ὁρῴη. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 12:3)
  • δῆλον δ’ ἐπὶ τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστα τῇ ἐπαγωγῇ ὃ βουλόμεθα λέγειν, καὶ οὐ δεῖ παντὸσ ὁρ́ον ζητεῖν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ἀνάλογον συνορᾶν, ὅτι ὡσ τὸ οἰκοδομοῦν πρὸσ τὸ οἰκοδομικόν, καὶ τὸ ἐγρηγορὸσ πρὸσ τὸ καθεῦδον, καὶ τὸ ὁρῶν πρὸσ τὸ μῦον μὲν ὄψιν δὲ ἔχον, καὶ τὸ ἀποκεκριμένον ἐκ τῆσ ὕλησ πρὸσ τὴν ὕλην, καὶ τὸ ἀπειργασμένον πρὸσ τὸ ἀνέργαστον. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 9 57:2)

Synonyms

  1. wakeful

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