Ἀγήνωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγήνωρ (agḗnōr, “manly, heroic”), ἀγα- (aga-, “great”) and ἀνήρ (anḗr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡɛ̌ː.nɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈɡe̝.nor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈʝi.nor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈʝi.nor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈʝi.nor/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓γήνωρ • (Agḗnōr) m (genitive Ᾰ̓γήνορος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Agenor
- 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausianas Periegeta, Description of Greece 2.16
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.474
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓γήνωρ; τοῦ Ᾰ̓γήνορος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓γήνωρ ho Agḗnōr | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓γήνορος toû Agḗnoros | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓γήνορῐ tôi Agḗnori | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓γήνορᾰ tòn Agḗnora | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓γῆνορ Agênor | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αγήνωρ (Agínor), Αγήνορας (Agínoras)
- Latin: Agēnō̆r
- French: Agénor
- Italian: Agenore
- Sicilian: Agènuri
References
- “Ἀγήνωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀγήνωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000