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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

  • καὶ μάχεσθαι τοῖσ μετὰ γυναικῶν γενομένοισ, ἁγνοὺσ καὶ καθαρεύοντασ ἑτέρων συνουσίασ προσιέναι ταῖσ γυναιξίν. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 44 3:1)
  • τοὺσ δὲ πάνυ σεμνῶσ ὁ Ἡσίοδοσ ἁγνούσ προσεῖπε πλουτοδότασ, καὶ τοῦτο γέρασ βασιλήιον ἔχοντασ, βασιλικοῦ τοῦ εὖ ποιεῖν ὄντοσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 1312)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐνόμιζον ἁγνοὺσ οὐδὲ κατεμείγνυσαν ἑαυτοῖσ οὐδ’ εἰών ἱεροῖσ πλησιάζειν, οἷσ ἐκφορὰ γεγόνει καὶ τάφοσ ὡσ τεθνηκόσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 5 2:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐνόμιζον ἁγνοὺσ οὐδὲ κατεμίγνυσαν ἑαυτοῖσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 5 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ θύσειν αὐτοὺσ θεοῖσ ἁγνούσ θ’ ὑπάρχειν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 119:9)

Synonyms

  1. pure

  2. holy

  3. purifying

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