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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

  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ συνετελέσατο πολλὰ περὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἁμαρτήματα, οὗ τὸ πῦρ ἁγνὸν ἦν καὶ ἡ σποδόσ, ἐν σποδῷ τὸν θάνατον ἐκομίσατο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:8)
  • ἁγνὸν δέ με οἱ πατέρεσ προσδέξονται μὴ φοβηθέντα σου τὰσ μέχρι θανάτου ἀνάγκασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:36)
  • δὶσ δ’ ἐ[ν Νεμέ]ᾳ Κρονίδα Ζηνὸσ παρ’ ἁγνὸν βωμό[ν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 10 4:1)
  • ἐκ κανοῦ δ’ ἑλὼν Αἴγισθοσ ὀρθὴν σφαγίδα, μοσχείαν τρίχα τεμὼν ἐφ’ ἁγνὸν πῦρ ἔθηκε δεξιᾷ, κἄσφαξ’ ἐπ’ ὤμων μόσχον ὡσ ἦραν χεροῖν δμῶεσ, λέγει δὲ σῷ κασιγνήτῳ τάδε· (Euripides, episode 2:8)
  • ὅσαι δ’ Ἐρινύων οὐκ ἐπείσθησαν νόμῳ, δρόμοισ ἀνιδρύτοισιν ἠλάστρουν μ’ ἀεί, ἑώσ ἐσ ἁγνὸν ἦλθον αὖ Φοίβου πέδον, καὶ πρόσθεν ἀδύτων ἐκταθείσ, νῆστισ βορᾶσ, ἐπώμοσ’ αὐτοῦ βίον ἀπορρήξειν θανών, εἰ μή με σώσει Φοῖβοσ, ὅσ μ’ ἀπώλεσεν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. chaste tree

  2. type of fish

  3. type of bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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