Ἀγήνωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγήνωρ (agḗnōr, “manly, heroic”), ἀγα- (aga-, “great”) and ἀνήρ (anḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɛ̌ː.nɔːr/ → /aˈʝi.nor/ → /aˈʝi.nor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡɛ̌ː.nɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡe̝.nor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈʝi.nor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈʝi.nor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈʝi.nor/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓γήνωρ • (Agḗnōr) m (genitive Ᾰ̓γήνορος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Agenor
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 2.16
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 20.474

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓γήνωρ; τοῦ Ᾰ̓γήνορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓γήνωρ ho Agḗnōr
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓γήνορος toû Agḗnoros
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓γήνορῐ tôi Agḗnori
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓γήνορᾰ tòn Agḗnora
Vocative	Ᾰ̓γῆνορ Agênor
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αγήνωρ (Agínor), Αγήνορας (Agínoras)
• Latin: Agēnō̆r
  • French: Agénor
  • Italian: Agenore
  • Portuguese: Agenor
  • Sicilian: Agènuri

References

• “Ἀγήνωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀγήνωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000