ἀγέρωχος

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COMPOUND: ἀγέρωχος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘high-minded, lordly’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- copulativum + noun root  γερ- (γέρας) ‘gift of honour, privilege’ +verbal root ὀχ- (ἔχ-ω) ‘have, hold’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 654; III, 36; V, 623; VII, 343; X, 430; XVI, 708; XXI, 584; Od. XI, 286 
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg., nom. m. pl., gen. m. pl., 
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: incertain etymology; ἀ- copulativum is not a free word in Greek; lengthening ο>ω in compounding