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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

  • καὶ μάχεσθαι τοῖσ μετὰ γυναικῶν γενομένοισ, ἁγνοὺσ καὶ καθαρεύοντασ ἑτέρων συνουσίασ προσιέναι ταῖσ γυναιξίν. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 44 3:1)
  • τοὺσ δὲ πάνυ σεμνῶσ ὁ Ἡσίοδοσ ἁγνούσ προσεῖπε πλουτοδότασ, καὶ τοῦτο γέρασ βασιλήιον ἔχοντασ, βασιλικοῦ τοῦ εὖ ποιεῖν ὄντοσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 1312)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐνόμιζον ἁγνοὺσ οὐδὲ κατεμείγνυσαν ἑαυτοῖσ οὐδ’ εἰών ἱεροῖσ πλησιάζειν, οἷσ ἐκφορὰ γεγόνει καὶ τάφοσ ὡσ τεθνηκόσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 5 2:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐνόμιζον ἁγνοὺσ οὐδὲ κατεμίγνυσαν ἑαυτοῖσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 5 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ θύσειν αὐτοὺσ θεοῖσ ἁγνούσ θ’ ὑπάρχειν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 119:9)

Synonyms

  1. chaste tree

  2. type of fish

  3. type of bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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