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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄγνος ἄγνω ἄγνοι
Genitive ἄγνου ἄγνοιν ἄγνων
Dative ἄγνῳ ἄγνοιν ἄγνοις
Accusative ἄγνον ἄγνω ἄγνους
Vocative ἄγνε ἄγνω ἄγνοι

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

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