ἄγριος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, Od.9.119; also ος, ον (not in Trag. or com). Il.19.88, Phoc.3.6, Pl.''Lg.''824a, Theoc.22.36: Comp.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ἀγριώτερος]] Th.6.60: Sup. [[ἀγριώτατος]] Pl.''R.''564a ([[ἀγρός]]): [[living in the fields]], [[wild]], [[savage]].<br><span class="bld">I</span> of animals, opp. [[τιθασός]] [[ἥμερος]], [[wild]], [[βάλλειν]] [[ἄγρια]] [[πάντα]] Il.5.52; [[αἶξ]], [[σῦς]], 3.24, 9.539; even of flies, ἄγρια φῦλα, μυίας 19.30; [[ἵπποι]], [[ὄνοι]], etc., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.86, etc.; [[ἄγριον τέρας]], of a [[bull]], E.''Hipp.''1214; ἄγρια θηρία X.''An.'' 1.2.7; of men, [[living in a wild state]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.191.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of trees, opp. [[ἥμερος]], [[wild]], Pi.''Fr.''46, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.21, etc.; μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο ποτόν = of the [[wild]] [[vine]], A.''Pers.''614, cf. Arist.''Pr.''896a8; ἄγριον [[ἔλαιον]] S.''Tr.''1197; ὕλη Id.''OT''476, etc.; [[μέλι]] ''Ev.Matt.''3.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of countries, [[wild]], [[uncultivated]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''113b, ''Lg.''905b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> mostly of men, beasts, etc.:<br><span class="bld">1</span> in moral sense, [[savage]], [[fierce]], Il.8.96, Od.1.199, etc., cf. Ar.''Nu.''567; δεσπότης Pl.''R.''329c; ἄγριος καὶ [[ἀπαίδευτος]] Id.''Grg.''510b; ἄγριε παῖ καὶ στυγνέ Theoc.23.19, cf. 2.54; ἄγριος [[κυβευτής]] = a [[passionate]] [[gambler]], Men.965; especially of [[παιδερασταί]], Ar.''Nu.''349 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), Aeschin.1.52, Aen. Gaz.''Thphr.'' p.14 B.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[temper]], [[wild]], [[fierce]], [[θυμός]], [[χόλος]], Il.9.629, 4.23; [[λέων]] δ' ὥς, ἄγρια [[οἶδεν]] 24.41; ἄγριος [[πτόλεμος]], ἄγριος [[μῶλος]], 17.737,398; ἄγριος [[ἄτη]] 19.88; ἄ. [[ὁδός|ὁδοί]] = [[cruel]] [[way]]s or [[counsel]]s, S.''Ant.''1274; [[ὀργή]] ''OT''344 (Sup.); ἀγριώτατα ἤθεα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.106; ἔρωτες [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''81a; [[φιλία]] Id.''Lg.''837b, cf. ''R.''572b, etc.; [[τὸ ἄγριον]] = [[savageness]], Id.''Cra.''394e; [[ἐς τὸ ἀγριώτερον]] = [[to harsher measures]], Th. [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, circumstances, etc., [[cruel]], [[harsh]], δεσμά A.''Pr.'' 177; νὺξ ἀγριωτέρη = [[wild]], [[stormy]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.13; [[δουλεία]] Pl.''R.''564a; [[σύντασις]] ἄγριος = a [[violent]] [[strain]], Id.''Phlb.''46d; ἄγριον [[βάρος]], of [[strong]], [[hot]] [[wine]], Ar.''Fr.''351.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ἄγρια [[νόσος]], prob., [[malignant]], S.''Ph.''173,265; ἄγριον [[ἕλκος]] Bion 1.16.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀγρίως]], [[savagely]], A.''Eu.''972, Ar.''V.''705; ἄγρια δερκομένω, ἄγρια παίσδων, Hes.''Sc.''236, Mosch.1.11. [ᾱ Hom.; ᾱ in trim., ᾰ in lyr. A. and S.; ᾱ E.; ῑ metri grat., where the ult. is long, Il.22.313 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἀγρίοο]]).]