αγώνας

See also: ἀγῶνας

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “assembly, contest”). Doublet of αγών (agón), a borrowing.

Noun

αγώνας • (agónas) m (plural αγώνες)

1. fight, efforts, struggle
2. (capitalised): the Greek War of Independence

   Ο Αγώνας, Ο Αγώνας του 1821

   O Agónas, O Agónas tou 1821

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3. (sports) race, game, match
4. (in the plural) the Games

   οι ολυμπιακοί αγώνες (the Olympic Games)

Declension

declension of αγώνας

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	αγώνας •	αγώνες •
genitive	αγώνα •	αγώνων •
accusative	αγώνα •	αγώνες •
vocative	αγώνα •	αγώνες •

Derived terms

• προκριματικός αγώνας m (prokrimatikós agónas, “heat, preliminary race”)

Related terms

• αγών m (agón, “struggle, match”)
• αγωνία f (agonía, “anxiety, impatience”)
• αγωνίζομαι (agonízomai, “to struggle, to fight”)
• αγώνισμα n (agónisma, “event”)
• αγωνιστής m (agonistís, “fighter, breadwinner”)
• αγωνιστικός (agonistikós, “fighting, playing”, adjective)
• αγωνιστικότητα f (agonistikótita, “aggression, fighting spirit”)
• αγωνίστρια f (agonístria, “fighter”)
• αγωνιώ (agonió, “to be anxious, to be impatient”)
• αγωνιώδης (agoniódis, “anxious, anguished”)
• ασυναγώνιστος (asynagónistos, “unrivalled”, adjective)