ἀγωνία

See also: αγωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγών (agṓn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔː.ní.aː/ → /a.ɣoˈni.a/ → /a.ɣoˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈni.a/

Noun

ἀγωνίᾱ • (agōníā) f (genitive ἀγωνίᾱς); first declension

1. contest, struggle for victory
2. gymnastic exercise
3. (of the mind) agony, anguish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀγωνίᾱ; τῆς ἀγωνίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγωνίᾱ hē agōníā	τὼ ἀγωνίᾱ tṑ agōníā	αἱ ἀγωνίαι hai agōníai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγωνίᾱς tês agōníās	τοῖν ἀγωνίαιν toîn agōníain	τῶν ἀγωνιῶν tôn agōniôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγωνίᾳ têi agōníāi	τοῖν ἀγωνίαιν toîn agōníain	ταῖς ἀγωνίαις taîs agōníais
Accusative	τὴν ἀγωνίᾱν tḕn agōníān	τὼ ἀγωνίᾱ tṑ agōníā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγωνίᾱς tā̀s agōníās
Vocative	ἀγωνίᾱ agōníā	ἀγωνίᾱ agōníā	ἀγωνίαι agōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: агония (agonija)
• English: agony
• French: agonie
• German: Agonie
• Greek: αγωνία (agonía)
• Latin: agōnia
• Russian: агония (agonija)

References

• “ἀγωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγωνία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγωνία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγωνία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγωνία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G74 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.
  • anxiety idem, page 32.
  • athletics idem, page 49.
  • battle idem, page 65.
  • combat idem, page 144.
  • concern idem, page 155.
  • conflict idem, page 159.
  • contest idem, page 168.
  • encounter idem, page 271.
  • engagement idem, page 274.
  • fight idem, page 318.
  • fray idem, page 343.
  • gymnastic idem, page 380.
  • race idem, page 667.
  • struggle idem, page 828.
  • tussle idem, page 903.