ζάγρη

ζάγρη· βόθρος, λάπαθον, Hsch. [full] ζάγρος, α, ον,

A barefoot, Zonar., interpol. in Suid.

ζάγρα

fem nom /voc sg (epic ionic)

ζάγρος

barefoot: fem nom /voc sg (epic ionic)

Grammatical information: n. pl.

Meaning: `ransom for a living person' (Il.).

Derivatives: ζωάγριος `pertaining to a ransom' (Babr.).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: Formed like ἀνδρ-άγρια `what is taken upon the capture of a man, exuviae' (Ξ 509), μοιχ-άγρια `fine for a catched adulterer' (θ 332) a. o., s. Wackernagel KZ 33, 47 = Kl. Schr. 1, 726. Compound from ζωὸν ἀγρεῖν with the ιο-suffix. From there also the verb ζωγρέω `take somebody prisoner, grant a prisoner his life', in Hom. (Il.) only pres. ζώγρει, - εῖτε (unclear Ε 667; cf. Nehring ClassPhil. 42, 117f.), aor. ἐζώγρησα, - ήθην (IA; Hom. has ζωοὺς ἕλον, ζωὸν ἕλε). - From ζωγρέω: 1. ζωγρία, - ίη `take sb. prisoner alive' (Hdt., Plb., Str.) with ζωγρίᾱς m. `who was taken captive alive' (Ctes.); 2. ζωγρεῖον `cage, esp. for fishes' (Aq., Str., Plu.). Here also ζάγρη `pit to catch animals'?, s. Ζαγρεύς. - Cf. Chantraine Et. sur le vocab. grec 51. S. Janni, Quad. Urbinati 1967, 3, 20.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: N. of an old god, perh. of the Underworld, later identified with Dionysos ( Alkmaionis Fr. 3 Kinkel, A. Fr. 228, E. Fr. 472, 11 a. o.); also Ζαγραῖος (Orph. Fr.210; lit. in Kern ad loc.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: If to the name of the mountain Ζάγρος (Anatolia), Ζαγρεύς is without a doubt Pre-Greek (cf. Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 60 n. 1). Cf. on the other hand ζάγρη βόθρος, λάπαθον (`pitfall for wild beasts') H., which could be explained as backformation from Dor.-Nordwestgr. *ζᾱγρέω = ζωγρέω (on the phonetics s. Schwyzer 250; thus Chantraine l. c.. 44 n. 1). But it is not clear why the god would have been thus called; a suggestion in Boßhardt Die Nom. auf - ευς 99f. Not with v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 250 (after Hoffmann Dial. 2, 237 and Et. Gud. 227, 37) from ζ-αγρεύς = *δι-αγρεύς as "the perfect hunter". - On Ζαγρεύς Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 686 n. 1. Guthrie, Orpheus 113 thinks it is a Cretan god. Also Gantz, Early Greek Myth 1993, 118f.

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