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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

  • βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ λογισμὸσ ἄδικοσ, ἁγνῶν δὲ ρήσεισ σεμναί. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:27)
  • Δήμητερ ἁγνῶν ὀργίων ἄνασσα συμπαραστάτει, καὶ σῷζε τὸν σαυτῆσ χορόν, καί μ’ ἀσφαλῶσ πανήμερον παῖσαί τε καὶ χορεῦσαι· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Parodos, strophe 31)
  • ὧν εἷσ ὢν καὶ Ἄγνων χρυσοῦσ ἥλουσ ἐν ταῖσ κρηπῖσι ἐφόρει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 55 2:1)
  • παρὰ δὲ Σπαρτιάταισ, ὡσ Ἅγνων φησὶν ὁ Ἀκαδημαικόσ, πρὸ τῶν γάμων ταῖσ παρθένουσ ὡσ παιδικοῖσ νόμοσ ἐστὶν ὁμιλεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 791)
  • ἐν δὲ Συρίᾳ πρότερον Ἅγνων ἱστορεῖ, τρεφομένου κατ’ οἰκίαν ἐλέφαντοσ, τὸν ἐπιστάτην λαμβάνοντα κριθῶν μέτρον ὑφαιρεῖν καὶ χρεωκοπεῖν μέροσ ἣμισυ καθ’ ἡμέραν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 12 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. chaste tree

  2. type of fish

  3. type of bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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