The corpus record

ἀγαυός

agauos

etwa “verehrungswürdig, edel’ ep

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Where it lives

Odyssey 27 · 3.11/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Meno 2 · 2.04/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Iliad 20 · 1.79/10k

What it meant

1. ἀγαυός · agauos — Frisk

ἀγαυός etwa “verehrungswürdig, edel’ ep. und poet., späte Prosa, bei Homer immer von Königen und Herren. Nach Schwyzer IF 30, 430ff. (gegen Schulze Q. 64) äolisch = ἀγα-ός; viell. zu ἄγαμαι. Anders Curtius 172, Solmsen KZ 29, 111, Burger REIE 1, 447 ff. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀγαυός, p. 37]

2. ἀγαυός · agauos — LSJ

illustrious, noble, noble

illustrious, noble, κήρυκες Il. 3.268; Περσεφόνεια Od. 11.213; πομπῆες noble guides, 13.71, cf. Pi. P. 4.72; once in Trag., Πέρσαις ἀγαυοῖς A. Pers. 986 (lyr.): Sup. -ότατος Od. 15.229.

2 brilliant, glorious

of things, brilliant, glorious, δῶρον h.Merc. 442; θρόος Pi. Pae. 9.36; esp. of stars, Arat. 71, al., Man. 2.14 (Sup.):—in late Prose, Hierocl. in CA 4p.425M. (Perh. α intens., γαίω, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.166.)

In the wild

ἀγαυοῖς · agauois Aeschylus, Persians 986–987
ἀγαυῶν · agauōn Theogony 459–462
ἀγαυοί · agauoi Theogony 629–634
ἀγαυοῦ · agauou Iliad 10.392
ἀγαυοί · agauoi Iliad 10.563
ἀγαυοῦ · agauou Iliad 11.1

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀγαυός (scan p. 37; entry #54).

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