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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

  • 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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