ἁγνείᾱ
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἁγνείᾱ
ἁγνείᾱς
Structure:
ἁγνει
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- purity, chastity
- 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.
- οἱ δ’ ἱερεῖσ οὕτω δυσχεραίνουσι τὴν τῶν περιττωμάτων φύσιν, ὥστε μὴ μόνον παραιτεῖσθαι τῶν ὀσπρίων τὰ πολλὰ καὶ τῶν κρεῶν τὰ μήλεια καὶ ὑειά, πολλὴν ποιοῦντα περίττωσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ ἅλασ τῶν σιτίων ἐν ταῖσ ἁγνείαισ ἀφαιρεῖν, ἄλλασ τε πλείονασ αἰτίασ ἔχοντασ καὶ τὸ ποτικωτέρουσ καὶ βρωτικωτέρουσ ποιεῖν ἐπιθήγοντασ τὴν ὄρεξιν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 51)
- σπουδῇ μεγίστῃ τίθενται τὰ πρὸσ ὑγίειαν ἐπιτηδεύματα, μάλιστα δ’ ἐν ταῖσ ἱερουργίαισ καὶ ταῖσ ἁγνείαισ καὶ διαίταισ οὐχ ἧττον ἐστι τοῦ ὁσίου τὸ ὑγιεινόν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 79 2:1)
- Εἰσὶν δ’ ἐν αὐτοῖσ οἳ καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα προγινώσκειν ὑπισχνοῦνται, βίβλοισ ἱεραῖσ καὶ διαφόροισ ἁγνείαισ καὶ προφητῶν ἀποφθέγμασιν ἐμπαιδοτριβούμενοι· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 206:1)
- Νυνὶ δ’ ὀλίγων τινῶν ἐπιμνησθήσομαι τῶν ἐφ’ ἁγνείαισ καὶ ἱερουργίαισ κειμένων· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 282:1)
Synonyms
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purity
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purification
