Ἀγάμενος
admiring, wondering at, marveling at
Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2000Vetting: high17 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγάμενος· θαυμάζων. ἀγάμενοι τοῦτον τῆς εὐψυχίας ἐποχοῦσι τῷ ἵππῳ.
Betacode
*)aga/menos: qauma/zwn. a)ga/menoi tou=ton th=s eu)yuxi/as e)poxou=si tw=| i(/ppw|.
Notes (2)
- The headword is present participle, masculine nominative singular, of↩
a)/gamai . Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius alpha99 Theodoridis). The headword is evidently quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given here, which has the corresponding plural); extant possibilities begin with Xenophon and Plato.- 1cf. alpha 138. ↩
- 2Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.6.4, on a badly wounded Roman soldier at the Battle of Solachon in 586; cf. de Boor (80) and Whitby (50). Find related entries at delta 653, delta 1638, epsilon 2662, epsiloniota310, lambda 272 end, mu 300, upsilon 348, and chi 194. The battle took place south of Dara (cf. delta 68 note), in northern Mesopotamia, at the site of the present-day village of Saleh, Mardin Province, Turkey.
References
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Linked from9 entries
- α139ἌγαμαιI admire, I marvel at, I am amazed at[Used] with a possessive genitive: "I admire my friend on account of his manners and his good character"; and with an accusative: "I think that one of the gods was amazed at the war". Whenever it is followed by se it…
- α166Ἀγάσαιτοmight be amazed[Meaning he/she/it] might marvel. Also [sc. attested is] a)/gasqai in Homer in reference to the [sense] 'to marvel at' and 'to be envious'.
- α167Ἀγασθέντοςamazed[Meaning] dumbstruck, marvelling. "With him amazed at the conduct". Also [sc. attested is the nominative] a)gasqei/s. "Amazed at both the city and the people he remained for three days."
- α168Ἀγασθῶ τινι[if/when] I was amazed at someone, I was impressed by someoneMeaning I would wonder at someone. Xenophon [writes]: "whenever I was impressed by any of the soldiers."
- α178ἈγαίομαιI admire, I am jealous [of][Meaning] I envy. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)gai=os ["admirable"], one who is enviable.
- α1977Ἀνανταγώνιστοςunrivalled[Meaning] unconquerable. "The attack of the Romans was unrivalled and forbidding to those who met it."
- δ653ΔιάμετροςdiameterA kind of geometrical [term]. Eunapius [writes]: "the diametrically opposed shafts making a kind of cross at the tongue with the conjunction of the counter-posed arrowheads." But Dinarchus calls the residue from…
- δ1638Δυσθανατῶνταlonging for death, about to die a difficult death[Meaning] bringing one's life to an end forcibly. "In a part of the path they observed a Roman soldier on the point of a painful death, his body adorned by four wounds".
- χ194Χελύνηlip[Meaning specifically] the upper lip. "A Median arrow planted itself in his upper lip." And elsewhere: "... man standing by man, biting his [sc. upper] lip in anger."
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Revision history17 revisions · last 16 Jul 2025
- another cross-reference n.2 — Ronald Allen
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- augmented and rearranged n.2 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.2; added bibliography, cross-references, and keyword — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded primary note; added a keyword — David Whitehead
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- Translated — William Hutton