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ἄγνος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 식물 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγνος ἄγνου

Structure: ἀγν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = lu/gos

Sense

  1. chaste tree, Vitex agnus-castus
  2. type of fish
  3. type of bird

Declension

Second 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

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τοῦτο γένοσ κατὰ γαῖ’ ἐκάλυψε, ‐ τοὶ μὲν δαίμονεσ ἁγνοὶ ἐπιχθόνιοι καλέονται ἐσθλοί, ἀλεξίκακοι, φύλακεσ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἵ ῥα φυλάσσουσίν τε δίκασ καὶ σχέτλια ἔργα ἠέρα ἑσσάμενοι πάντη φοιτῶντεσ ἐπ’ αἰᾶν, πλουτοδόται· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 17:1)
  • "εἰ γὰρ αἱ διακριθεῖσαι σώματοσ ἢ μὴ μετασχοῦσαι τὸ παράπαν ψυχαὶ δαίμονέσ εἰσι κατὰ σὲ καὶ τὸν θεῖον Ἡσίοδον ἁγνοὶ ἐπιχθόνιοι φύλακεσ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τί τὰσ ἐν τοῖσ σώμασι ψυχὰσ; (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 39 2:2)
  • ἀλλά, χθόνιοι δαίμονεσ ἁγνοί, Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τ’ ἐνέρων, πέμψατ’ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐσ φῶσ· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, anapests2)
  • ἡμεῖσ γὰρ ἁγνοὶ τοὐπὶ τήνδε τὴν κόρην μετοικίασ δ’ οὖν τῆσ ἄνω στερήσεται. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode4)
  • λέγει τοίνυν περὶ αὐτοῦ ‐ αὐτὰρ ἐπειδὴ τοῦτο γένοσ κατὰ μοῖρ’ ἐκάλυψεν, οἱ μὲν δαίμονεσ ἁγνοὶ ὑποχθόνιοι καλέονται,ἐσθλοί, ἀλεξίκακοι, φύλακεσ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 87:8)

Synonyms

  1. chaste tree

  2. type of fish

  3. type of bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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