ἀγρότερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, ([[ἀγρός]]; properly opp. <b class="b3">ὀρέσ-τερος</b>) poet. for [[ἄγριος]], in Hom. always of <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wild]] animals, <b class="b3">ἡμίονοι, σύες, αἶγες</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.852</span>, <span class="bibl">12.146</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.295</span>; ἀγροτέρης ἐλάφοιο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>407</span>; φὴρ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.4</span>: abs., ἀγρότεροι <span class="bibl">Theoc.8.58</span>; ἀ. καὶ νέποδες <span class="title">AP</span>6.11 (Satyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of [[countrymen]], AP9.244 (Apollonid.), <span class="title">APl.</span>4.235 (Id.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of plants, [[wild]], AP9.384.8, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>711</span>, <span class="bibl">Coluth.111</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (ἄγρα) [[fond of the chase]], [[huntress]], of the nymph Cyrene, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.6</span>: metaph., μέριμνα ἀ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>2.60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pr. n. [[Ἀγροτέρα]], Artemis [[the huntress]], <span class="bibl">Il.21.471</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.13</span>; worshipped at Agra in Attica, <span class="title">IG</span>2.467, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.19.6</span>; at Sparta and elsewhere, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>660</span>, etc.</span>