Ἄγρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Illyrian. Possibly related to Albanian ag (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄγρων • (Ágrōn) m (genitive Ἄγρωνος); third declension

  1. a male given name from Illyrian: Agron, an Illyrian king
  2. Agron, a Lydian king
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.7.2:
      Ἄγρων μὲν γὰρ ὁ Νίνου τοῦ Βήλου τοῦ Ἀλκαίου πρῶτος Ἡρακλειδέων βασιλεὺς ἐγένετο Σαρδίων […].
      Ágrōn mèn gàr ho Nínou toû Bḗlou toû Alkaíou prôtos Hērakleidéōn basileùs egéneto Sardíōn […].
      Agron son of Ninus, son of Belus, son of Alcaeus, was the first Heraclid king of Sardis […].

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Ἄγρων; τοῦ Ἄγρωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἄγρων
ho Ágrōn
Genitive τοῦ Ἄγρωνος
toû Ágrōnos
Dative τῷ Ἄγρωνῐ
tōî Ágrōnĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἄγρωνᾰ
tòn Ágrōnă
Vocative Ἄγρων
Ágrōn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Albanian: Agron
  • → English: Agron
  • → Latin: Agrōn

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