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Headword:
Ἀγήνωρ
Adler number: alpha,223
Translated headword: manly, heroic
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The very brave man, or [one] admirable in courage. It also indicates the overweening and arrogant one.[1] It is also a proper name.[2]
From the [phrase] ἀγαν τηῖ ἠνορέῃ , which is to exercise bravery.[3]
Greek Original:Ἀγήνωρ: ὁ ἄγαν ἀνδρεῖος, ἢ ἀγαστὸς ἐν ἀνδρείᾳ. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὸν ὑπερήφανον καὶ αὐθάδη. ἔστι δὲ καὶ κύριον ὄνομα. παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν τῇ ἠνορέῃ ὅ ἐστι τῇ ἀνδρείᾳ χρῆσθαι.
Notes:
Same or similar material in other lexica, and also in the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 2.276.
[1] See already
alpha 221, and generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1)
[2] There are half a dozen mythological figures of this name, e.g. the father of
Europa (on whom see OCD(3) 39, and under
alpha 222).
[3] = Etym. Magn. 9.43.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; mythology
Translated by: Nathan Greenberg on 19 November 1998@09:07:59.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added headword; modified and augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics) on 11 February 2001@12:00:23.
Catharine Roth (Added link.) on 4 March 2001@22:10:46.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 26 April 2002@06:11:02.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 14 April 2004@06:02:17.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics) on 3 January 2012@09:57:12.
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