Ἀγάστονος

much-groaning

Translated by Gregory Hays4 Jun 1999Vetting: high6 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] copiously moaning.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγάστονος· πολυστένακτος.

Betacode

*)aga/stonos: poluste/naktos.

Same or similar entries in other lexica; references at Photius alpha128 Theodoridis.
The headword adjective is used of Poseidon's wife Amphitrite (personifying the sea) in Homer, Odyssey 12.97 (web address 1), and in the Homeric Hymn (3) to Apollo 94 (web address 2); it is also attested in a general sense at Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 99 (web address 3).