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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “assembly, contest”). Doublet of αγών (agón), a borrowing.
Noun
αγώνας • (agónas) m (plural αγώνες)
- fight, efforts, struggle
- (capitalised): the Greek War of Independence
Ο Αγώνας, Ο Αγώνας του 1821- O Agónas, O Agónas tou 1821
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- (sports) race, game, match
- (in the plural) the Games
- οι ολυμπιακοί αγώνες (the Olympic Games)
Declension
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)