"ἀγα-" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀγα- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /a.ɡa/, /a.ɣa/, /a.ɣa/, /a.ɡa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a.ɡa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a.ɣa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a.ɣa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a.ɣa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ἀγᾰ- [canonical], aga- [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *əga-, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂-, zero-grade prefix from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|grk-pro|*əga-}} Proto-Hellenic *əga-, {{der|grc|ine-pro||*m̥ǵh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂- Head templates: {{head|grc|prefix|cat2=intensifiers|head=ἀγᾰ-}} ἀγᾰ- • (aga-)
  1. very, exceedingly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ἀγα--grc-prefix-8TGG2qnV Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek intensifiers, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek intensifiers: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. way too, excessively Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ἀγα--grc-prefix-WFkuOSao
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: μέγας (mégas), ἄγᾱν (ágān)
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