agony
/ˈæɡəni/A-guh-nee
/ˈæɡəni/A-guh-nee
Meaninga struggle
Common meaning: intense suffering
- agona contest, struggleLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√AG‘drive, urge, conduct’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 5, p. 730 · scan
- Greekἀγών‘a contest, struggle’
- Latinagonia
- Englishagony‘intense suffering’ · today
agon also in: antagonist
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek ἀγών ‘a contest, struggle’.
Roots
- ἀγών Greek “a contest, struggle”
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