ἀγέλη

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Sophocles, Antigone, 1031-2
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Full diacritics: ἀγέλη Medium diacritics: ἀγέλη Low diacritics: αγέλη Capitals: ΑΓΕΛΗ
Transliteration A: agélē Transliteration B: agelē Transliteration C: ageli Beta Code: a)ge/lh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἄγω)

   A herd, of horses, Il.19.281; elsewhere in Hom. always of oxen and kine, Il.11.678, etc., cf. βούνομος·—also, any herd or company, συῶν ἀ. Hes.Sc.168; ἀ. παρθένων Pi.Fr.112; μαινάδων E.Ba.1022; πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι S.Aj.168, E.Ion106; shoal of fish, Opp.H.3.639: metaph., πόνων ἀγέλαι E.HF1276:—also in Pl.R. 451c, Arist.HA570a27, etc., but rare in early Prose.    II in Crete and at Sparta, bands in which boys were trained, Ephor. 64, Plu.Lyc.16, Heraclid.Pol.15, GDI4952 (Dreros), etc.; νέων ἀ. Epigr.Gr.223.8 (Miletus); ἀϊθέων ib.239 (Smyrna).    III = ἀστρικαὶ σφαῖραι Theol.Ar.43.6.

German (Pape)

[Seite 12] ἡ, eine Heerde von getriebenem Vieh (ἄγω), Trift, am häufigsten βοῶν, Hom, Pind., Soph.; ἵππων Il. 19, 281; ἵππων αἰγῶν τε Anaxandr. Ath. IV, 121 c; selbst Schafe einbegriffen, Xen. Mem. 3, 11, 5; πτηνῶν Soph. Ai. 168, ch.; Eur. Ion 106; von anderen Thieren, Sp.; ἀνδρῶν Plat. Legg. III, 694 e; vgl. bes. Polit. in vielen Stellen; μειρακίων Epicrat. Ath. II, 57 d; auch Anthol. – Bei den Kretern u. Spartanern hießen so die Abtheilungen der Knaben, welche zusammen erzogen wurden, Plut. Lyc. 16. – Uebtr. πόνων, Eur. Herc. Fur. 1275.