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Ăgămēdēs, ae, m., = Ἀγαμήδης, a brother of Trophonius, with whom he built the temple to the Delphic Apollo, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 114.

Ăgămemnon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Agamemno, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47; Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; Stat. Achill. 1, 553), = Ἀγαμέμνων, king of Mycenœ, son of Atreus and of Aërope, brother of Menelaüs, husband of Clytœmnestra, father of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra, commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces before Troy, and murdered by his wife, with the aid of Ægisthus, her paramour.
Poet., for his time: vixēre fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, Hor. C. 4, 9, 25- 28.
Hence,

    1. 1. Ăgămemnŏnĭdēs, ae, patr. m., = Ἀγαμεμνονίδης, a male descendant of Agamemnon; his son Orestes: par Agamemnonidae crimen, i. e. the matricide of Orestes, Juv. 8, 215.
    2. 2. Ăgămem-nŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἀγαμεμνόνιος, of or pertaining to Agamemnon (poet.): phalanges, i. e. the Grecian troops before Troy, commanded by Agamemnon, Verg. A. 6, 489: Mycenae, ruled by Agamemnon, id. ib. 6, 838: Orestes, son of Agamemnon, id. ib. 4, 471: puella, daughter of Agamemnon, i. e. Iphigenia, Prop. 5, 1, 111.

ăgămus, a, um, adj., = ἄγαμος, unmarried, Hier. adv. Jovian. 1 and 15.

Ăgănippē, ēs, f., = Ἀγανίππη.

  1. I. A fountain in Bœotia, on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses, and giving poetical inspiration: Aonie Aganippe, Verg. E. 10, 12; Claud. Ep. ad Ser. 61.
    Hence,
      1. 1. Ăgă-nippēus, a, um, adj., = Ἀγανίππειος, of or pertaining to the fountain of Aganippe: lyra, i. e. Musarum, Prop. 2, 3, 20; Claud. Laud. Ser. 8.
      2. 2. * Ăgănippis, ĭdis, f., that is sacred to the Muses: fontes Aganippidos Hippocrenes, Ov. F. 5, 7.
  2. II. The wife of Acrisius and mother of Danaë, Hyg. Fab. 63.

ăgăpē, ēs, f., = ἀγάπη (love).

  1. I. Christian love or charity, Tert. ad Martyr. 2.
  2. II. The love-feast of the early Christians, Tert. Apol. 39 fin.

ăgărĭcum, i, n., = Ἀγαρικόν, larch fungus, tinder fungus, Plin. 25, 9, 57, § 103; 26, 8, 48.

ăgāso, ōnis, m. [ago, as Sanscr. agas from ag; v. ago],

  1. I. a driver, but esp. one who drives and takes care of horses, a hostler, groom, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 11: duo equi cum agasonibus, Liv. 43, 5: agasonem cum equo, Plin. 35, 11, 40, n. 29.
  2. II. Contemptuously, a low servant, lackey: si patinam frangat agaso, Hor. S. 2, 8, 72; Pers. 5, 76.

Ăgăthō̆cles, is, m., = Ἀγαθοκλῆς.

  1. I. A king of Sicily, son of a potter, celebrated for his war with the Carthaginians for the possession of the island; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55; Val. Max. 7, 4, 1 ext.; and esp. Just. 22, 1 sq.
    Hence, Ăgăthō̆clēus, a, um, adj., = Ἀγαθόκλειος, of or pertaining to King Agathocles: tropaea, Sil. 14, 652.
  2. II. The author of a history of Cyzicus, Cic. Div. 1, 24.

ăgăthŏdaemon, ŏnis, m., = ἀγαθοδαίμων (good genius), a kind of serpent in Egypt to which healing power was ascribed, Coluber Aesculapii, Linn.; Lampr. Heliog. 28.

Ăgăthyrna, ae, f., = Ἀγάθυρνον, Strab., a town on the northern coast of Sicily, between Tyndaris and Calacta, Liv. 26, 40; 27, 12; Sil. 14, 259; Mel. 2, 5.

Ăgăthyrsi, ōrum, m., = Ἀγάθυρσοι, a Scythian people (in what is now Transylvania, and the Bannat of Temeswar) who commonly painted their faces and limbs; hence Vergil: picti Agathyrsi, A. 4, 146; cf. Plin. 4, 12, 26; and Mel. 2, 1.

Ăgāvē or Ăgauē, ēs, f., = Ἀγαύη.

  1. I. A daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, wife of Echion, king of Thebes, who tore in pieces with her own hands her son Pentheus, because he cast contempt upon the orgies of Bacchus, Ov. M. 3, 725; Hyg. Fab. 184 and 240.
  2. II. One of the Nereids, Hyg. praef. ad Fab.
  3. III. One of the Amazons, Hyg. Fab. 163.