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|Transliteration C=aggaros
|Transliteration C=aggaros
|Beta Code=a)/ggaros
|Beta Code=a)/ggaros
|Definition=ὁ, in Persia, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mounted courier]], for carrying royal dispatches, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.126</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.6.17</span>, Theopomp. Hist. <span class="bibl">106</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> term of abuse ( = [[φορτηγός]]), ἄ. ὄλεθρος <span class="bibl">Men. 2</span> D., cf. <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>1.129</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, <b class="b3">ἄ. πῦρ</b> the [[courier]] flame, of beacon fires, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 282</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἡμίονοι</b> [[posting-mules]], <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>18.143</span>. (Assyr. [[agarru]], 'hired labourer'.)</span>
|Definition=ὁ, in Persia, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mounted courier]], for carrying royal dispatches, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.126</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.6.17</span>, Theopomp. Hist. <span class="bibl">106</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> term of abuse ( = [[φορτηγός]]), ἄγγαρος [[ὄλεθρος]] <span class="bibl">Men. 2</span> D., cf. <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>1.129</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, <b class="b3">ἄγγαρον πῦρ</b> the [[courier]] [[flame]], of [[beacon]] [[fire]]s, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 282</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἡμίονοι</b> [[posting mule]]s, <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>18.143</span>. (Assyr. agarru, '[[hired]] [[labourer]]'.)</span>
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