Ἄγριος
Agrios, Agrius
Translated by Anne Mahoney28 Aug 1998Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Proper name.1
Also [sc. attested is the adjective] agrios, [meaning] unsociable, not tame.
It is also used for an excess of evil.
Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the most savage of the bodyguards, took the woman, and defiled her by force as she was calling upon the goddess and lamenting."2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Hades, savage craftsman".3
Also [sc. attested is the adjective] agrios, [meaning] unsociable, not tame.
It is also used for an excess of evil.
Aelian [writes]: "he sent away the most savage of the bodyguards, took the woman, and defiled her by force as she was calling upon the goddess and lamenting."2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "Hades, savage craftsman".3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄγριος· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Ἄγριος, ἄμικτος, ἀνήμερος. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ κακίας ὑπερβολῇ. Αἰλιανός· ἀποστείλας τοὺς ἀγριω- τάτους τῶν δορυφόρων ἐξήρπασε τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ πρὸς βίαν ᾔσχυνε ποτνιωμένην καὶ θρηνοῦσαν. καὶ, ὁ ᾍδης, δημιουργὸς ἄγριος.
Betacode
*)/agrios: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *)/agrios, a)/miktos, a)nh/meros. le/getai de\ kai\ e)pi\ kaki/as u(perbolh=|. *ai)liano/s: a)postei/las tou\s a)griw- ta/tous tw=n dorufo/rwn e)ch/rpase th\n gunai=ka kai\ pro\s bi/an h)/|sxune potniwme/nhn kai\ qrhnou=san. kai\, o( *(/a|dhs, dhmiourgo\s a)/grios.
Notes (3)
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- α1593Ἄμικτοςunmixed[Meaning] one who/which has not been mixed.
- α2415Ἀνήμεροςuntamed[Meaning] wild.
- δ1515Δραχαρνεῦo oak-Acharnian"O oaken Acharnian, o unfeeling." For the Acharnians used to be ridiculed in comedy as being wild and harsh. In the case of the Potamians, it was for readily accepting the improperly-inscribed [sc. into membership]; and…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 29 Jan 2012
- updated reference in note 2 — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added headwords, note, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Anne Mahoney