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ἁγνείᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁγνείᾱ ἁγνείᾱς

Structure: ἁγνει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: a(gneu/w

Sense

  1. purity, chastity
  2. purification, cleansing

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰσ δὲ τὸ ἱερὸν ἀναθήματα στέλλοντεσ θυσίασ ἐπιτελοῦσιν διαφορότητι ἁγνειῶν, ἃσ νομίζοιεν, καὶ δι’ αὐτὸ εἰργόμενοι τοῦ κοινοῦ τεμενίσματοσ ἐφ’ αὑτῶν τὰσ θυσίασ ἐπιτελοῦσιν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 25:1)

Synonyms

  1. purity

  2. purification

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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