- ἄγονος
- ἄγον-ος, ον, ([etym.] γονή):I [voice] Pass., unborn, Il.3.40 (which Augustustranslated childless, Suet Oct.65), E.Ph.1598, Eub.107.11.2 γόνος ἄ. no longer a son, of a horse that mounts his dam, Opp.C.1.260.II [voice] Act., unfruitful, sterile, of animals both male and female, Hp.Aph.5.59, Art.41 ([comp] Comp.), Arist. GA726a3 ([comp] Comp.), etc.;
γαστήρ Ael.NA15.9
; τόκοισι ἀ. travail withoutissue, bringing no children to the birth, S.OT 27: metaph.,ἄ. ποιητής Plu.2.348b
.b of flowers, sterile, or seeds, infertile, Thphr.HP1.13.4, 1.11.1; ὁμίχλη νεφέλη ἄ., i. e. not producing water, Arist.Mete.346b35, cf. Ar.DId.p.451.33D.c metaph., ἄ. ἡμέρα, ἔτος a day or year unlucky for begetting children, Hp. Epid.2.6.8 and 10 (of odd days and years);τὸ ἄ. τῆς ὕλης Plot.3.6.19
, cf.6.3.8.d Astrol., impedinggeneration, ζᾥδιον Vett. Val.10.11.2 c. gen., not productive of,σοφίας Pl.Tht.150c
, cf. 157c;γῆ θηρίων ἄ. Mx.237d
.III childless,γένος E.HF888
, Hld.4.12.IV [full] ἄγονον, τό, = μυρσίνη ἀγρία, Ps.-Dsc.4.144; [full] ἄγονος, = ἄγνος, Id.1.103, Sch.Nic.Th.71.
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