agon

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.ɡoʊn/

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agon (countable and uncountable, 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.
   • Harold Bloom

     Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.

3. A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
4. (uncountable) A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.

   Synonym: queen's guard

• agony
• agonism
• antagonism
• antagonist
• protagonism
• protagonist

• Gano, Gaon, Goan, Nago, Noga, gaon, goan

agon

1. accusative singular of ago

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡoːn/

agōn m (genitive agōnis); third declension

1. a contest

Third-declension noun.

• 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)
• agon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• agon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary

agon m (plural agons or agones)

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

From French argon, from English argon, from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ἀργόν (argón).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˧˦ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˧˨ʔ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˦˧˥ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˨˩ʔ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˦˥ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧], [ʔaːk̚˨˩˨ ɣəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Phonetic: a gông, ác gông, ạc gông

agon

1. argon