very much,
ἄγαν,Adv.
A. very much,chiefly Aeol.
Dor. and Trag., not in Hom. , rare in Ion. , as Hdt. 2.173 , Hp. Art. 4 , al., Democr. 222 ; freq. in bad sense,too much:—prov., μηδὲν ἄ.
Pi. Fr. 216
(attributed to Chilo by Arist. Rh. 1389b4 ); μηδὲν ἄ. σπεύδειν
Thgn. 335
:—with Verbs, ἄ. διαστρέψαι
Hp. Fract. 8
; ἄ. ἐλευθεροστομεῖς
A. Pr. 182
; ἄ. τι ποιεῖν
Pl. R. 563e
:—with Adjs. either preceding or following, ἄ. κοῦφος
Hp. Art. 4
; ἄ. βαρύς
A. Pers. 515
; πιθανὸς ἄ.
Id. Ag. 485
; with Sup. ,ἄ. ἀγριωτάτους farthe most savage, Ael. NA 1.38 , cf. 8.13 :—withAdv., ὑπερθύμως ἄ.
A. Eu. 824
; ἄ. οὕτω
S. Ph. 598
; ὠμῶς ἄ.
X. Vect. 5.6
:—with aSubst., ἡ ἄ. χρημάτων συναγωγή
Democr. 222
; ἡ ἄ. σιγή
S. Ant. 1251
; ἡ ἄ. ἐλευθερία
Pl. R. 564a
; without Art.,εἰς ἄ. δουλείανib. (Cf.ἀγα-.) [ᾰγᾱν
Thgn. 219
, Orac. ap. Hdt. 4.157 , A. Eu. 121 , etc.; in late poets,ᾰγᾰν
AP 5.215.6 ( Agath. ), 10.51 ( Pall. ), cf. Eust. 1433 fin.]
