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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

  • ὁ μὲν ὧδε ἀγνὼσ ἐὼν ἐδέετο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 18:8)
  • κὰδ δύναμιν δ’ ἔρδειν ἱέρ’ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν ἁγνῶσ καὶ καθαρῶσ, ἐπὶ δ’ ἀγλαὰ μηρία καίειν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 38:7)
  • "κἄν που ἀποδημῇσ, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀλλοδαπῆσ ἀγνὼσ οὐδ’ ἀφανὴσ ἔσῃ· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 8:2)
  • τί δῆθ’ ὅταν ἀγνὼσ ᾖ; (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 2:5)
  • ἀγνὼσ δὲ πατρί ‐ τῷ θεῷ γὰρ ἦν φίλον ‐ γαστρὸσ διήνεγκ’ ὄγκον. (Euripides, Ion, episode 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. pure

  2. holy

  3. purifying

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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