Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /aɣón/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɣón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɣón/

Noun

ἀγών • ‎(agṓn) m ‎(genitive ἀγῶνος); third declension

1. a gathering, an assembly
   • Homer, The Iliad, 257-258

     αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς αὐτοῦ λαὸν ἔρυκε καὶ ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀγῶνα [...]

     But Achilles stayed the folk even where they were, and made them to sit in a wide gathering [...] - A.T. Murray translation

2. a contest

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἀγωνία ‎(agōnía)
• ἀγωνιστής ‎(agōnistḗs, “combatant, contestant”)

Descendants

• Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܓܘܢܐ ‎(ʾaggōnāʾ)
• English: agon ‎(“struggle”)
• German: Agon
• Greek: αγών ‎(agón), αγώνας ‎(agónas)
• Latin: agon
• Old Armenian: ագոն ‎(agon)
• Portuguese: ágon

References

• ἀγών in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγών in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγών in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἀγών» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀγών» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἀγών» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἀγών in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G73”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • action idem, page 9.
  • arena idem, page 39.
  • argument idem, page 39.
  • athletic idem, page 49.
  • battle idem, page 65.
  • bet idem, page 76.
  • bout idem, page 91.
  • brawl idem, page 94.
  • case idem, page 116.
  • cause idem, page 118.
  • combat idem, page 144.
  • competition idem, page 151.
  • conflict idem, page 159.
  • contention idem, page 167.
  • contest idem, page 168.
  • crisis idem, page 184.
  • danger idem, page 194.
  • discussion idem, page 232.
  • disputation idem, page 238.
  • emulation idem, page 269.
  • encounter idem, page 271.
  • engagement idem, page 274.
  • field idem, page 317.
  • fight idem, page 318.
  • fray idem, page 343.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • hazard idem, page 389.
  • issue idem, page 461.
  • judgment idem, page 465.
  • lawsuit idem, page 480.
  • lists idem, page 494.
  • litigation idem, page 495.
  • match idem, page 517.
  • ordeal idem, page 578.
  • peril idem, page 606.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • quarrel idem, page 663.
  • question idem, page 665.
  • race idem, page 667.
  • ring idem, page 716.
  • risk idem, page 717.
  • rivalry idem, page 718.
  • scramble idem, page 741.
  • scuffle idem, page 743.
  • stake idem, page 809.
  • strife idem, page 825.
  • struggle idem, page 828.
  • suit idem, page 836.
  • tournament idem, page 883.
  • trial idem, page 893.
  • tribulation idem, page 894.
  • tug idem, page 900.
  • tussle idem, page 903.
  • undecided idem, page 912.
  • venture idem, page 947.
  • wager idem, page 959.