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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

  • τίσ καυχήσεται ἁγνὴν ἔχειν τὴν καρδίαν̣ ἢ τίσ παρρησιάσεται καθαρὸσ εἶναι ἀπὸ ἁμαρτιῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 20:9)
  • πρόβαινε ποσὶ τὸν εὐλύραν μέλπουσα καὶ τὴν τοξοφόρον Ἄρτεμιν ἄνασσαν ἁγνήν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe 21)
  • ἂν δ’ ἀφίκῃ κλεινοῦ Βυζαντίου εἰσ πόλιν ἁγνήν, ὡραίου φάγε μοι τέμαχοσ πάλιν ἐστὶ γὰρ ἐσθλὸν καὶ μαλακόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 85 2:4)
  • ἐν δὲ μέσοισ ἁγνὴν ὀδμὴν λιβανωτὸσ ἱήσι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 7 1:5)
  • "ὅθεν εὐήθέσ ἐστι τὸ μιᾷ γυναικὶ πρὸσ τὰ μαντεῖα χρῆσθαι, καὶ ταύτῃ παρέχειν πράγματα φυλάττοντασ ἁγνὴν διὰ βίου καὶ καθαρεύουσαν. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 4615)

Synonyms

  1. pure

  2. holy

  3. purifying

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