ἀγήνωρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. ἀγάνωρ, ορος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἀγα-, ἀνήρ) poet. Adj. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[manly]], [[heroic]], θυμός <span class="bibl">Il.2.276</span>, <span class="bibl">12.300</span>; κραδίη καὶ θυμὸς ἀ. <span class="bibl">9.635</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">βίῃ καὶ ἀγήνορι θυμῷ εἴξας</b>, of a lion, <span class="bibl">24.42</span>: freq. with collat. notion of [[headstrong]], [[arrogant]], of Achilles, <span class="bibl">9.699</span>; Thersites, <span class="bibl">2.276</span>; the suitors, <span class="bibl">Od.1.106</span>,<span class="bibl">144</span>, al.; the Titans, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>641</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Op.</span>7</span>; the Seven against Thebes, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>124</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of animals and things, [[stately]], [[magnificent]], ἵππος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.23</span>; [[lavish]], μισθός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>3.55</span>; <b class="b3">πλοῦτος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">10.18</span>; κόμπος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>1.43</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: epithet of <b class="b3">θυμός</b>, meaning uncertain; [[proud]]? (Il.).<br />Derivatives: PN <b class="b3">Ἀγήνωρ</b><br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [4] <b class="b2">*h₂eǵ-</b> [[drive]]<br />Etymology: First part prob. to <b class="b3">ἄγω</b> (Risch IF 59 (1949) 39f), rather than to <b class="b3">ἀγα-</b> (Sommer Nominalkomp. 169f.) Cf. also Kuiper MAWNed. NR. 14: 5 (1951) 207. On the evolution of the meaning see DELG.