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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-) + γάμος (gámos)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.ɡa.mos/ → /ˈa.ɣa.mos/ → /ˈa.ɣa.mos/
Adjective
ἄγᾰμος • (ágamos) m or f (neuter ἄγᾰμον); second declension
- unmarried, single
Usage notes
- In Classical Greek, ἄγαμος is used for males only. ἄνανδρος (ánandros) is the term used for females. In later Greek, however, ἄγαμος is also found applied to women, as in the New Testament (Corinthians I, 7:11).
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Further reading
- “ἄγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄγαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄγαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄγαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄγαμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G22 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.