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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄγριος“wild, fierce; living in open fields”
- English todayagrion
From the neuter, ἄγρῐον (ágrĭon), of Ancient Greek ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild, fierce; living in open fields”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any of several damselflies of the genus Calopteryx (syn. Agrion). Full definition →
From the neuter, ἄγρῐον (ágrĭon), of Ancient Greek ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild, fierce; living in open fields”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.