agone
See also: Agone
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒn
Adverb
agone (not comparable)
- (archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Alternative form of ago.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 30:13:
- Three days agone I fell sick.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: a‧gó‧ne
Etymology 1
From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).
Noun
agone m (plural agoni)
- agon (all senses); contest, competition, litigation; battlefield
Related terms
Further reading
- agone1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
Noun
agone m (plural agoni)
Further reading
- agone2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
agōne
- ablative singular of agōn
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɡɔːn/
Adverb
agone
- ago
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- A while agone .
- A while ago.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22