agon

== English == === Etymology === From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ɡoʊn/ Hyphenation: a‧gon === Noun === agon (countable and uncountable, plural agons or agones) (countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work. (countable) An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas. (countable) A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded. (uncountable) A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Synonym: queen's guard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Gano, Gaon, Goan, Nago, Noga, gaon, goan == Esperanto == === Noun === agon accusative singular of ago == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈaɡon/ [ˈa.ɡɔn] Rhymes: -aɡon Syllabification: a‧gon === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin agōn (“contest”), from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). ==== Noun ==== agon (plural agon-agon) (drama) agon === Etymology 2 === Internationalism ==== Noun ==== agon (plural agon-agon) (cartography, navigation) agon, agonic line, line of no variation === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?] ==== Noun ==== agon to clear the rice field area before planting rice === Further reading === “agon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɡoːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ɡon] === Noun === agōn m (genitive agōnis); third declension a contest ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “agon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "agon", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “agon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “agon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ago, agan === Etymology === From Old English āgān (“to go out”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgān. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈɡɔːn/ === Verb === agon to go, depart ==== Conjugation ==== ==== References ==== “agōn, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Verb === āgon plural present indicative of āgan == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɔn/ Rhymes: -aɡɔn Syllabification: a‧gon === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn). ==== Noun ==== agon m inan (Ancient Greece, historical) agon (contest) ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== agon genitive plural of agona === Further reading === agon in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Noun === agon m (plural agons or agones) agon (a struggle between the protagonist and antagonist) === Further reading === “agon”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Vietnamese == === Etymology === From French argon, from English argon, from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˧˦ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˧˨ʔ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˦˧˥ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˨˩ʔ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˦˥ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˨˩˨ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧] Phonetic spelling: a gông, ác gông, ạc gông === Noun === agon argon