agon

English

WOTD – 10 January 2006    

Etymology

From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (“contest”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /æɡɒn/
• (US) IPA: /æɡɑn/

Noun

Wikipedia agon (plural agons or agones)

1. A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
2. An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.

   “Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology” (Harold Bloom).

3. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
4. A two-player boardgame played with a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Also known as queen's guard.

Related terms

• Agonies
• agony
• agonism
• antagonism

Translations

a struggle or contest

• Italian: agone (it) m

a test of will

• Italian: agone (it) m

a contest in ancient Greece

• Italian: agone (it) m

a two-player boardgame

• Italian: agone (it) m

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: 懸賞付き競技（けんしょうつききょうぎ, kensyō tsuki kyōgi）

Anagrams

• Gaon
• Goan

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Esperanto

Noun

agon

1. accusative singular of ago

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Latin

Noun

agōn (genitive agōnis); m, third declension

1. a contest

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	agōn	agōnēs
genitive	agōnis	agōnum
dative	agōnī	agōnibus
accusative	agōnem	agōnēs
ablative	agōne	agōnibus
vocative	agōn	agōnēs

References

• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary