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Headword:
Agênôr
Adler number: alpha,223
Translated headword: manly, heroic
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the very brave man, or [one] admirable in courage. It also indicates the overweening and arrogant one.[1] It is also a proper name [Agenor].[2]
From the [phrase] a)/gan th=| h)nore/h| ["too much with courage"], which is to exercise bravery [too much].[3]
Greek Original:Agênôr: ho agan andreios, ê agastos en andreiai. sêmainei de kai ton huperêphanon kai authadê. esti de kai kurion onoma. para to agan têi ênoreêi ho esti têi andreiai chrêsthai.
Notes:
Same or similar material in other lexica (references at
Photius alpha166 Theodoridis), and also in the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 2.276.
[1] See already
alpha 221, and generally LSJ s.v. (web address 1)
[2] There are half a dozen mythological figures of this name, e.g. A. the father of Europa (on whom see OCD(4) s.v. (p.38), and under
alpha 222).
[3] =
Etymologicum Magnum 9.43.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; mythology
Translated by: Nathan Greenberg ✝ on 19 November 1998@09:07:59.
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