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ἀγρότερος

ἀγρότερος, wild

ἀγρό-τερος, α, ον, (ἀγρός; properly opp. ὀρέσ-τερος)
  • poet. for ἄγριος, in Hom. always of wild animals, ἡμίονοι, σύες, αἶγες, Il. 2.852, 12.146, Od. 17.295; ἀγροτέρης ἐλάφοιο Hes. Sc. 407; φὴρ ἀ. Pi. P. 3.4: abs., ἀγρότεροι Theoc. 8.58; ἀ. καὶ νέποδες AP 6.11 (Satyr.).
      • 2 of countrymen, AP 9.244 (Apollonid.), APl. 16.235 (Id.).
      • 3 of plants, wild, AP 9.384.8, cf. Nic. Th. 711, Coluth. 111.
    • II (ἄγρα) fond of the chase, huntress, of the nymph Cyrene, Pi. P. 9.6: metaph., μέριμνα ἀ. Id. O. 2.60.
      • 2 pr. n. Ἀγροτέρα, Artemis the huntress, Il. 21.471, X. Cyn. 6.13; worshipped at Agra in Attica, IG 2.467, Paus. 1.19.6; at Sparta and elsewhere, X. HG 4.2.20, Ar. Eq. 660, etc.

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