different between agon vs agonize

English

Etymology

From Latin ag?n, from Ancient Greek ???? (ag?n, “contest”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ.???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.?o?n/

Noun

agon (countable and uncountable, plural agons or agones)

1. (countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
2. (countable) An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
   • March 23, 1986, Harold Bloom, "FREUD, THE GREATEST MODERN WRITER", in the New York Times

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

3. (countable) 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

Related terms

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

Translations

Anagrams

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

Esperanto

Noun

agon

1. accusative singular of ago

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (ag?n, “contest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.?o?n/, [?ä?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.?on/, [?????n]

Noun

ag?n m (genitive ag?nis); third declension

1. a contest

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• 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

Portuguese

Noun

agon m (plural agons or agones)

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

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [?a??? ??w??m??], [?a?k??? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?a??? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [?a??? ??w??m??], [?a?k??? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??]
• Phonetic: a gông, ác gông, ?c gông

Noun

agon

1. argon

English

Alternative forms

• agonise

Etymology

From French agoniser, from Late Latin agonizare, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (ag?nízomai, “to fight, contend”). See agony.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /?æ.??n.a?z/

Verb

agonize (third-person singular simple present agonizes, present participle agonizing, simple past and past participle agonized)

1. (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
2. (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, chapter 3:

     So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat.

Related terms

• agon, agony
• agonization
• deagonize

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

agonize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of agonizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of agonizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of agonizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of agonizar