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Headword: Ἀγρώσσω
Adler number: alpha,373
Translated headword: I hunt
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

I hunt.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the related noun] ἀγρῶσται , [meaning] huntsmen,[2] from the verb ἀγρώσσω . Homer [writes]: "[he] hunting fish".[3]

Greek Original:

Ἀγρώσσω: τὸ ἀγρεύω. καὶ Ἀγρῶσται, οἱ κυνηγέται, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγρώσσω ῥήματος. Ὅμηρος: ἰχθῦς ἀγρώσσων.

Notes:

[1] An uncommon verb for this glossed with a common one.
[2] With dogs, literally
[3] Homer, Odyssey 5.53.

Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; zoology
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 27 March 1999@17:24:45.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics) on 16 July 2001@10:09:46.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 9 January 2012@03:53:44.

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