ἀγέρ-ωχος [ᾰ], ον,
poetry adjective (used also in late Prose, see below), in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always in good sense, high-minded, lordly, Τρῶες, Ῥόδιοι, Μυσοί, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.36, 2.654, 10.430, compare 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 122, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.35; βάτραχοι Batrachomyomachia 145] Refs 8th c.BC+]; once of a single man, viz. Periclymenus, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.286, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 14 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of noble actions, ἀ. ἕργματα[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.34; νίκη “O.” 10(11).79] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλούτου στεφάνωμ᾽ ἀ. lordly crown of wealth, [[ “P.” 1.50] Refs]; high-spirited, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.2, +others] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀγέρωχα σκιρτᾶν[[ [prev. work] 32; -ότερα γυμνάσια [prev. author] “Gym.” 46. ] Refs]
__II later in bad sense, arrogant, [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 154, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 120, “Comica Adespota” 162, LXX.3Mac.1.25; ἀ. ὄνος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 40 ] LXX+7th c.BC+]; of things, φυτόν[[ “Anacreontea” 53.42] Refs]. adverb -χως[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 9.745 (from Anyte), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.8.7] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[[ [prev. author] 18.34.3.] Refs]