I. of animals, opp. τιθασός ἥμερος, wild, “βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα” Il.5.52; αἶξ, σῦς, 3.24, 9.539; even of flies, “ἄ. φῦλα, μυίας” 19.30; ἵπποι, ὄνοι, etc., Hdt.7.86, etc.; ἄ. τέρας, of a bull, E.Hipp.1214; “ἄ. θηρία” X.An. 1.2.7; of men, living in a wild state, Hdt.4.191.
2. of trees, opp. ἥμερος, wild, Pi.Fr.46, Hdt.4.21, etc.; μητρὸς ἀγρίας ἄπο ποτόν of the wild vine, A.Pers.614, cf. Arist.Pr.896a8; “ἄ. ἔλαιον” S.Tr.1197; “ὕλη” Id.OT476, etc.; “μέλι” Ev.Matt.3.4.
3. of countries, wild, uncultivated, Pl.Phd.113b, Lg.905b.
II. mostly of men, beasts, etc.:
1. in moral sense, savage, fierce, Il.8.96, Od.1.199, etc., cf. Ar.Nu.567; “δεσπότης” Pl.R.329c; “ἄ. καὶ ἀπαίδευτος” Id.Grg.510b; “ἄγριε παῖ καὶ στυγνέ” Theoc.23.19, cf. 2.54; ἄ. κυβευτής a passionate gambler, Men.965; esp. of παιδερασταί, Ar.Nu.349 (cf. Sch. ad loc.), Aeschin.1.52, Aen. Gaz.Thphr. p.14 B.
2. of temper, wild, fierce, θυμός, χόλος, Il.9.629, 4.23; “λέων δ᾽ ὥς, ἄγρια οἶδεν” 24.41; ἄ. πτόλεμος, μῶλος, 17.737,398; “ἄγριος ἄτη” 19.88; ἄ. ὁδοί cruel ways or counsels, S.Ant.1274; “ὀργή” OT344 (Sup.); “ἀγριώτατα ἤθεα” Hdt.4.106; “ἔρωτες” Pl.Phd.81a; “φιλία” Id.Lg.837b, cf. R.572b, etc.; τὸ ἄ. savageness, Id.Cra.394e; ἐς τὸ -ώτερον to harsher measures, Th. l.c.