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ἄγνος?

Second declension Noun; Feminine 식물 동물 Transliteration: agnos

Principal Part: ἄγνος ἄγνου

Structure: ἀγν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = λύγος

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

  • ἀδύτοις ἐν ἁγνοῖς σῶμα λάμπονται πυρί· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode3)
  • ἁγνοῖς καθαρμοῖς πρῶτά νιν νίψαι θέλω. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode46)
  • ἱκέτιν πρὸς ἁγνοῖς Ἑστίας θάσσειν βάθροις . (Euripides, Heracles, episode12)
  • τὰς φιλῳδοὺς κερμάτων παλευτρίας, πώλους Κύπριδος ἐξησκημένας, γυμνὰς ἐφεξῆς ἐπὶ κέρως τεταγμένας, ἐν λεπτοπήνοις ὕφεσιν ἑστώσας, οἱάς Ἠριδανὸς ἁγνοῖς ὕδασι κηπεύει κόρας: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 24 1:3)
  • ἐξὸν θεωρήσαντι πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον γυμνὰς ἐφεξῆς ἐπὶ κέρως τεταγμένας, ἐν λεπτοπήνοις ὕφεσιν ἑστώσας, οἱάς Ἠριδανὸς ἁγνοῖς ὕδασι κηπεύει κόρας, μικροῦ πρίασθαι κέρματος τὴν ἡδονήν, καὶ μὴ λαθραίαν Κύπριν, αἰσχίστην νόσων πασῶν, διώκειν, ὕβρεος οὐ πόθου χάριν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 24 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. chaste tree

  2. type of fish

  3. type of bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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