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|lshtext=<b>ăgōn</b>: ōnis, m., = [[ἀγών]]>,<br /><b>I</b> gen. ῶνος a [[contest]] or [[combat]] in the [[public]] games: [[gymnicus]], Plin. Ep. 4, 22: non esse restituendum Viennensibus agona, id. ib. 4, 22 fin.: [[musicus]], Suet. Ner. 22; so id. ib. 23.—Hence, prov.: [[nunc]] [[demum]] [[agon]] est = νῦν γάρ ἐστιν [[ἀγών]]>, [[now]] we [[must]] [[act]], [[now]] is the [[time]] for [[action]], Suet. Ner. 45.
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