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ἁγνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁγνός ἁγνή ἁγνόν

Structure: ἁγν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gos

Sense

  1. pure, chaste
  2. holy, sacred
  3. purifying

Examples

  • ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐγεννήθην παρθένοσ ἁγνὴ καὶ οὐχ ὑπερέβην τὸν πατρικὸν οἶκον, ἐφύλασσον δὲ τὴν ᾠκοδομημένην πλευράν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 18:7)
  • εὔχεσθαι δὲ Διὶ χθονίῳ Δημήτερί θ’ ἁγνῇ, ἐκτελέα βρίθειν Δημήτεροσ ἱερὸν ἀκτήν, ἀρχόμενοσ τὰ πρῶτ’ ἀρότου, ὅτ’ ἂν ἄκρον ἐχέτλησ χειρὶ λαβὼν ὁρ́πηκα βοῶν ἐπὶ νῶτον ἵκηαι ἔνδρυον ἑλκόντων μεσάβων. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 53:1)
  • ἴτ’ ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ χρωτὸσ σπαραγμοῖσ, ὡσ ἔτ’ οὖσ’ ἁγνὴ χρόα δῶ θοαῖσ αὔραισ φέρεσθαί σοι τάδ’, ὦ μαντεῖ’ ἄναξ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, trochees8)
  • καὶ πῶσ ἔθ’ ἁγνὴ δῆτ’ ἂν ἔλθοιμ’ ἐσ πόλιν; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene 1:49)
  • τῆσ γὰρ Ἀρτέμιδοσ τῆσ ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισ, ἣν Ἀναῗτιν καλοῦσιν, ἱέρειαν ἀνέδειξεν αὐτήν, ὅπωσ ἁγνὴ διάγῃ τὸν ἐπίλοιπον βίον, οἰόμενοσ οὐ χαλεπήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετρίαν τινὰ καὶ παιδιᾷ μεμιγμένην ταύτην λήψεσθαι δίκην παρὰ τοῦ παιδόσ. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 27 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. pure

  2. holy

  3. purifying

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