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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

  • οὗτοσ ὁ νόμοσ τοῦ εὐξαμένου, ὃσ ἂν εὔξηται Κυρίῳ δῶρον αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ περὶ τῆσ εὐχῆσ, χωρὶσ ὧν ἂν εὕρῃ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ, κατὰ δύναμιν τῆσ εὐχῆσ αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἂν εὔξηται κατὰ νόμον ἁγνείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 6:21)
  • διατρίβουσι δ’ ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τὰσ νύκτασ καὶ τὰσ ἡμέρασ ἱερεῖσ ἁγνείασ τινὰσ ἁγνεύοντεσ καὶ τὸ παράπαν οἶνον οὐ πίνοντεσ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 221:2)
  • καὶ μὴν κἂν θεραπευθῇ τὸ νόσημα καὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν ἀπολάβῃ, προείρηκέν τινασ ἁγνείασ καθαρμοὺσ πηγαίων ὑδάτων λουτροῖσ καὶ ξυρήσεισ πάσησ τῆσ τριχόσ, πολλάσ τε κελεύει καὶ παντοίασ ἐπιτελέσαντα θυσίασ τότε παρελθεῖν εἰσ τὴν ἱερὰν πόλιν. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 313:1)
  • ἁγνείασ ἐπὶ ταῖσ θυσίαισ διείρηκεν ὁ νόμοσ ἀπὸ κήδουσ ἀπὸ λέχουσ ἀπὸ κοινωνίασ τῆσ πρὸσ γυναῖκα καὶ πολλῶν ἄλλων. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 156:1)
  • διόπερ ἁγνείασ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ τοιούτοισ ἔταξεν. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 162:4)

Synonyms

  1. purity

  2. purification

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