ἄγρα

See also: ἄγρᾳ, άγρα, and Ἄγρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓́γρη (ắgrē) — 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

(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 • (ắgrā) f (genitive ᾰ̓́γρᾱς); first declension

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
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 ắgrā	τὼ ᾰ̓́γρᾱ tṑ ắgrā	αἱ ᾰ̓́γραι hai ắgrai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́γρᾱς tês ắgrās	τοῖν ᾰ̓́γραιν toîn ắgrain	τῶν ᾰ̓γρῶν tôn ăgrôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́γρᾳ tēî ắgrāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́γραιν toîn ắgrain	ταῖς ᾰ̓́γραις taîs ắgrais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́γρᾱν tḕn ắgrān	τὼ ᾰ̓́γρᾱ tṑ ắgrā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́γρᾱς tā̀s ắgrās
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γρᾱ ắgrā	ᾰ̓́γρᾱ ắgrā	ᾰ̓́γραι ắgrai
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 (2006–2025)
“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.