Ἄγαμαι
I admire, I marvel at, I am amazed at
Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Used] with a possessive genitive: "I admire my friend on account of his manners and his good character";1 and with an accusative: "I think that one of the gods was amazed at the war".2 Whenever it is followed by se3 it takes an accusative, and when "for the sake of" can be understood it is construed with a genitive.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄγαμαι· κατὰ περιποίησιν γενικῇ· τὸν φίλον ἄγαμαι τῶν τρόπων καὶ τοῦ χρηστοῦ ἤθους ἕκητι· αἰτιατικῇ δέ· οἶμαι δὲ τὸν πόλεμον θεῶν τινα ἀγασθῆναι. ὅταν ἔχῃ τὴν σε αἰτιατικῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἐξακούηται τὸ ἕνεκα γενικῇ συντάσσεται.