Ἀγωνιῶ
I am in a torment
Translated by Jennifer Benedict20 Mar 2001Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] I am at risk;1 also the [verb that means] I am afraid.
Polybius [writes]: "many of the inland cities joined the Romans, in a torment about their land forces."2
Also [sc. attested is the participle]a)gwniw=n ["being in a torment"], [meaning someone] fearing.
"Fearing the fickleness of the Celts and the plots against his life."3
"But he feared the soldiers, if the ration-money were to run out."4
Also [sc. attested in the plural]a)gwniw=ntes , meaning rivalling. Isocrates [sc. uses the term].5
Polybius [writes]: "many of the inland cities joined the Romans, in a torment about their land forces."2
Also [sc. attested is the participle]
"Fearing the fickleness of the Celts and the plots against his life."3
"But he feared the soldiers, if the ration-money were to run out."4
Also [sc. attested in the plural]