ἄγρα

See also: άγρα and Ἄγρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓́γρη (ágrē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵreh₂ (“hunt”), cognate with Old Irish ár (“slaughter”) (< Proto-Celtic *agrom) and Avestan 𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬋𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬍 (azrōdaⁱδī, “hunt”). See ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) for the root.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡraː/ → /ˈa.ɣra/ → /ˈa.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣra/

Noun

ᾰ̓́γρᾱ • (ágrā) f (genitive ᾰ̓́γρᾱς); first declension

1. a catching, hunting, chase
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.330
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 22.306
   • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 885
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 823E
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 880
   1. a way of catching
      • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 3.81
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.70
2. that which is taken in hunting, quarry, prey, catch
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 442
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 148
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 64
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 517
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.73
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 5:9
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 322

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γρᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γρᾱ hē ágrā	τὼ ᾰ̓́γρᾱ tṑ ágrā	αἱ ᾰ̓́γραι hai ágrai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́γρᾱς tês ágrās	τοῖν ᾰ̓́γραιν toîn ágrain	τῶν ᾰ̓γρῶν tôn agrôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́γρᾳ têi ágrāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́γραιν toîn ágrain	ταῖς ᾰ̓́γραις taîs ágrais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́γρᾱν tḕn ágrān	τὼ ᾰ̓́γρᾱ tṑ ágrā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́γρᾱς tā̀s ágrās
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γρᾱ ágrā	ᾰ̓́γρᾱ ágrā	ᾰ̓́γραι ágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βαλανάγρα (balanágra)
• γαλεάγρα (galeágra)
• κρεάγρα (kreágra)
• μυάγρα (muágra)
• ὀδοντάγρα (odontágra)
• ποδάγρα (podágra)
• πυράγρα (purágra)
• σταφυλάγρα (staphulágra)
• χειράγρα (kheirágra)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άγρα (ágra)

References

• “ἄγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄγρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G61 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • booty idem, page 89.
  • catch idem, page 118.
  • chase idem, page 126.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • hunt idem, page 410.
  • prey idem, page 639.
  • prize idem, page 642.
  • pursuit idem, page 659.
  • quarry idem, page 663.
  • spoil idem, page 803.
  • sport idem, page 804.