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ἀγριόω

agrioo

make wild, savage, provoke, against

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ἀγριόω · agrioō — LSJ

make wild, savage, provoke, against

make wild or savage, provoke, ἣ τῇ τεκούσῃ σʼ ἠγρίως ε against thy mother, E l.c.

II grow wild, to be wild, to be unkempt

mostly in Pass., ἀγριοῦμαι Hp. Aër. 4: impf. ἠγριούμην E. El. 1031 codd.: aor. ἠγριώθην Plu. Per. 34: pf. ἠγρίωμαι S. Ph. 1321, E. IT 348, Ar. Ra. 897:—grow wild; in pf. to be wild, properly of plants, countries, etc., νῆσος ἠγριωμένη τῇ ὕλῃ Thphr. HP 5.8.2, cf. CP 5.3.6; of men, to be unkempt, ὡς ἠγρίωσαι διὰ μακρᾶς ἀλουσίας E. Or. 226, cf. 387.

2 to be savage, cruel, angry sea

in moral sense, to be savage, cruel ἠγρίωσαι S. Ph. l.c., cf. E. El. l.c., etc.; γλῶσσα . . ἠγρίωται, of Aeschylus, Ar. l.c.: metaph., ἠγριωμένον πέλαγος an angry sea, Plu. Pyrrh. 15.

3 become malignant

Medic., become malignant, of wounds, Hp. l.c.

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