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|Definition=Adv. [[very much]], chiefly Aeol. Dor. and Trag., not in Hom., rare in Ion., as [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.173, Hp.''Art.''4, al., Democr.222; freq. in bad sense, [[too much]]:—[[proverb|prov.]], [[μηδὲν ἄγαν]] = [[nothing in excess]] Pi.''Fr.''216 (attributed to Chilo by Arist.''Rh.''1389b4); μηδὲν ἄγαν σπεύδειν Thgn.335:—with Verbs, ἄγαν διαστρέψαι Hp.''Fract.''8; ἄγαν ἐλευθεροστομεῖς [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''182; ἄγαν τι ποιεῖν Pl.''R.''563e:—with Adjs. either preceding or following, ἄγαν κοῦφος Hp.''Art.''4; ἄγαν βαρύς [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''515; πιθανὸς ἄγαν Id.''Ag.''485; with Sup., <b class="b3">ἄγαν ἀγριωτάτους</b> [[far]] the most [[savage]], Ael.''NA''1.38, cf. 8.13:—with Adv., [[ὑπερθύμως]] ἄγαν A.''Eu.''824; ἄγαν οὕτω S.''Ph.''598; [[ὠμῶς]] ἄγαν X.''Vect.'' 5.6:—with a Subst., ἡ ἄγαν χρημάτων [[συναγωγή]] Democr.222; ἡ ἄγαν σιγή [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''1251; ἡ ἄγαν [[ἐλευθερία]] Pl.''R.''564a; without Art., <b class="b3">εἰς ἄγαν δουλείαν</b> ib. (Cf. <b class="b3">ἀγα-</b>.) [ᾰγᾱν Thgn.219, Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.157, A.''Eu.'' 121, etc.; in late poets, ᾰγᾰν ''AP''5.215.6 (Agath.), 10.51 (Pall.), cf. Eust.1433 fin.]