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Ἀγάστορες · womb-mates (α 172) · Suda

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α168[if/when] I was amazed at someone, I was impressed by someone
α169Agasikles, Agasicles
α170objects of wonder
α171much-groaning
α172womb-mates
α173admirable
α174of an admirable
α175act of insolence
α176wastrel

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Ἀγάστορες

womb-mates

Translated by Gregory Hays4 Jun 1999Vetting: high7 revisions

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1 note · 10 words

Translation

[Meaning] brothers, natural brothers, twins.¹
Those from the same womb.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγάστορες· ἀδελφοὶ, ὅμαιμοι, δίδυμοι. οἱ ὁμογάστορες.

Betacode

*)aga/stores: a)delfoi\, o(/maimoi, di/dumoi. oi( o(moga/stores.

Notes (1)

[1] Similarly in Hesychius alpha357. The headword is the nominative plural of a)ga/stwr. This noun (LSJ entry at web address 1) is largely confined to lexica and grammars but does occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural).
2cf. Etymologicum Magnum 6.20.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

α170Ἀγάσματαobjects of wonder α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates α173Ἀγαστόςadmirable α174Ἀγάστουof an admirable

Revision history7 revisions · last 5 Apr 2015

5 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
18 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Dec 2011augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
3 Feb 2003added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
1 Nov 2001inserted link — Catharine Roth
31 Oct 2001Merely noting that the reference to 'links' in my previous vetting comments is erroneous: this entry currently has no external links. — William Hutton
31 Oct 2001Modified headword, added links, set status — William Hutton
4 Jun 1999Translated — Gregory Hays

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀγάστορες (Adler number alpha 172), trans. Gregory Hays, 4 Jun 1999. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/172

Translation by Gregory Hays for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗