1. ἄγᾶν · agan — Beekes
much, too much
The corpus record
ἄγαν
agan
much, too much
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Seven Against Thebes 9 · 17.88/10k
- On the Art of Horsemanship 11 · 15.83/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 6 · 12.44/10k
- Persians 6 · 11.79/10k
- Hipparchus 2 · 8.87/10k
- Prometheus Bound 5 · 8.5/10k
- Antigone 6 · 8.18/10k
- Ajax 6 · 7.63/10k
- Menexenus 3 · 6.24/10k
- Agamemnon 5 · 6.16/10k
- Eumenides 3 · 5.72/10k
- Ways and Means 2 · 5.23/10k
Densest 12 of 62 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἄγᾶν · agan — Frisk
Aus *ayafav (vgl
3. ἄγαν · agan — LSJ
very much, too much, far
Attestations
- ἄγαν · agan Plato, Republic 8.564 (DIORISIS sentence 5149)
- ἄγαν · agan Plato, Republic 8.564 (DIORISIS sentence 5151)
- ἄγαν · agan Plato, Republic 8.564 (DIORISIS sentence 5151)
- ἄγαν · agan Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1146a (DIORISIS sentence 2265)
- ἄγαν · agan Plotinus, Enneads 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 234)
- ἄγαν · agan Plotinus, Enneads 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 234)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 55; entry #72 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 36; entry #49 Review: Under source audit
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