agon
English
/ˈæ.ɡəʊn/, /ˈæ.ɡoʊn/
noun
Definitions
- A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
- An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agōn derived from Ancient Greek ἀγών (contest, struggle, assembly).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀγών
Gloss
contest, struggle, assembly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agonism English
- antagonism English
- coagonism English
- heteroantagonism English
- homoantagonism English
- photoagonism English
- transantagonism English
- agon Latin
- agōn Latin
- Agon German
- ἀγωνίζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἀγών Ancient Greek
- ἀνταγωνιστής Ancient Greek
- αγώνας Greek (modern)
- ⲁⲅⲱⲛ Coptic
- אגונא Aramaic