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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 λήψεσθε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ πρώτῃ καρπὸν ξύλου ὡραῖον καὶ κάλλυνθρα φοινίκων, καὶ κλάδουσ ξύλου δασεῖσ καὶ ἰτέασ καὶ ἄγνου κλάδουσ ἐκ χειμάρρου, εὐφρανθῆναι ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:40)
  • φάσω δὲ καὶ ἐν ζαθέοισ ἁγνοῦ Πέλοποσ δαπέδοισ Ἀλφεὸν παρὰ καλλιρόαν, δίκασ κέλευθον εἰ μή τισ ἀπέτραπεν ὀρθᾶσ, παγξένῳ χαίταν ἐλαίᾳ γλαυκᾷ στεφανωσάμενον πορτιτρόφ[ον ἂν πεδίον πάτ]ραν θ’ ἱκέσθαι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 2:4)
  • "Λεοντίδησ φησὶν ἄνθρωπον ὦφθαι παρὰ τὸ Λύσιδοσ μνημεῖον ἐκ νυκτῶν ἀνιστάμενον, ἀκολουθίασ πλήθει καὶ κατασκευῇ σοβαρόν, αὐτόθι κατηυλισμένον ἐπὶ στιβάδων φαίνεσθαι γὰρ ἄγνου καὶ μυρίκησ χαμεύνασ ἔτι δ’ ἐμπύρων λείψανα καὶ χοὰσ γάλακτοσ ἑώθεν δὲ πυνθάνεσθαι τῶν ἀπαντώντων, εἰ τοὺσ Πολύμνιοσ παῖδασ ἐνδημοῦντασ εὑρήσει. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 6 4:1)
  • τοῦτο μὲν οὖν καὶ Ἀριστοτέλησ ὁ φιλόσοφοσ εἴρηκεν, ὁ δ’ Εὐριπίδησ, τὸν Ἱππόλυτον ἁγνοῦ Πιτθέωσ παίδευμα προσειπών, ἐμφαίνει τὴν περὶ τὸν Πιτθέα δόξαν. (Plutarch, chapter 3 2:3)
  • νυκτὶ δ’ ἐν ταύτῃ θεὸσ χειμῶν’ ἀώρον ὦρσε, πήγνυσιν δὲ πᾶν ῥέεθρον ἁγνοῦ Στρυμόνοσ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 6:7)

Synonyms

  1. chaste tree

  2. type of fish

  3. type of bird

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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