Albanian

Proper noun

Agon m

1. A male given name
2. it dawns

Related terms

• ag
• agon
• Agim

German

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγών ‎(agṓn, “struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡoːn/
• Rhymes: -oːn
• Hyphenation: Agon

Noun

Agon m ‎(genitive Agons, plural Agone)

1. agon (struggle or contest; test of will; contest in Ancient Greece)

Declension

English

Noun

agon ‎(plural agons or agones)

1. A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
2. An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.

   “Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology” (Harold Bloom).

3. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
4. A two-player board game played with a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Also known as queen's guard.

Related terms

• agony
• agonism
• antagonism

Translations

Anagrams

• Gaon
• Goan

Esperanto

Noun

agon

1. accusative singular of ago

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγών ‎(agṓn, “contest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡoːn/

Noun

agōn m ‎(genitive agōnis); third declension

1. a contest

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• agon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• AGON in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “agon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• agon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary

Portuguese

Noun

agon m (plural agons or agones)

1. agon (a struggle between the protagonist and antagonist)