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ἀγέλη

ἀγέλη, a herd

ἀγέλ-η, ἡ, (ἄγω)
  • herd, of horses, Il. 19.281; elsewhere in Hom. always of oxen and kine, Il. 11.678, etc., cf. βούνομος·—also, any herd or company, συῶν ἀ. Hes. Sc. 168; ἀ. παρθένων Pi. Fr. 112; μαινάδων E. Ba. 1022; πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι S. Aj. 168, E. Ion 106; shoal of fish, Opp. H. 3.639: metaph., πόνων ἀγέλαι E. HF 1276:—also in Pl. R. 451c, Arist. HA 570a27, etc., but rare in early Prose.
    • II in Crete and at Sparta, bands in which boys were trained, Ephor. 64, Plu. Lyc. 16, Heraclid. Pol. 15, GDI 4952 (Dreros), etc.; νέων ἀ. Epigr.Gr. 223.8 (Miletus); ἀϊθέων ib. 239 (Smyrna).
    • III = ἀστρικαὶ σφαῖραι Theol.Ar. 43.6.

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