ἀγών

Corresponding noun of Ancient Greek ἀγείρω (ageírō, “to gather”), with later senses from ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”) (though Beekes considers all senses to derive only from ἄγω (ágō)).^[1] For the former, compare Sanskrit गण (gaṇa, “troop, gang, flock, tribe, assembly, company”); Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́, “assembly”), Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma, “multitude, troop, assembly, collective”); Sanskrit आजि (ājí, “race, competition, battle”).

ᾰ̓γών • (agṓn) m (genitive ᾰ̓γῶνος); third declension

1. a gathering, an assembly
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.257–258:

     αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς αὐτοῦ λαὸν ἔρυκε καὶ ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀγῶνα

     autàr Akhilleùs autoû laòn éruke kaì hízanen eurùn agôna

     • Translation by A. T. Murray

       But Achilles stayed the folk even where they were, and made them to sit in a wide gathering

2. a contest, competition

• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܓܘܢܐ (ʾaggōnāʾ)
• → Old Armenian: ագոն (agon)
  • Armenian: ագոն (agon)
• → Coptic: ⲁⲅⲱⲛ (agōn)
• → Greek: αγών (agón), αγώνας (agónas) (learned)
• → Latin: agon
  • → English: agon (“struggle”)
  • → German: Agon
  • Italian: agone
  • → Portuguese: ágon

• “ἀγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G73 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • action idem, page 9.
  • arena idem, page 39.
  • argument idem, page 39.
  • athletic idem, page 49.
  • battle idem, page 65.
  • bet idem, page 76.
  • bout idem, page 91.
  • brawl idem, page 94.
  • case idem, page 116.
  • cause idem, page 118.
  • combat idem, page 144.
  • competition idem, page 151.
  • conflict idem, page 159.
  • contention idem, page 167.
  • contest idem, page 168.
  • crisis idem, page 184.
  • danger idem, page 194.
  • discussion idem, page 232.
  • disputation idem, page 238.
  • emulation idem, page 269.
  • encounter idem, page 271.
  • engagement idem, page 274.
  • field idem, page 317.
  • fight idem, page 318.
  • fray idem, page 343.
  • game idem, page 353.
  • hazard idem, page 389.
  • issue idem, page 461.
  • judgment idem, page 465.
  • lawsuit idem, page 480.
  • lists idem, page 494.
  • litigation idem, page 495.
  • match idem, page 517.
  • ordeal idem, page 578.
  • peril idem, page 607.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • quarrel idem, page 663.
  • question idem, page 665.
  • race idem, page 667.
  • ring idem, page 716.
  • risk idem, page 717.
  • rivalry idem, page 718.
  • scramble idem, page 741.
  • scuffle idem, page 743.
  • stake idem, page 809.
  • strife idem, page 825.
  • struggle idem, page 828.
  • suit idem, page 836.
  • tournament idem, page 884.
  • trial idem, page 893.
  • tribulation idem, page 894.
  • tug idem, page 900.
  • tussle idem, page 903.
  • undecided idem, page 912.
  • venture idem, page 947.
  • wager idem, page 959.
• “ἀγών”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011