Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐαγής εὐαγές

Structure: εὐαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gos

Sense

  1. free from pollution, guiltless, pure, undefiled
  2. holy, righteous
  3. purificatory

Examples

  • Πενθεῦ κρατύνων τῆσδε Θηβαίασ χθονόσ, ἥκω Κιθαιρῶν’ ἐκλιπών, ἵν’ οὔποτε λευκῆσ χιόνοσ ἀνεῖσαν εὐαγεῖσ βολαί. (Euripides, episode, trochees 2:21)
  • "Ἐπὶ δέ γε τῷ δαιμονίῳ καὶ τὰ πρὸσ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾶν ἔχετε, ἐσ τοὺσ ὑμῶν πολίτασ ἀποβλέποντεσ, οὓσ εἴδετε μὲν στρατηγοῦντασ ὑμῶν πολλάκισ καὶ ὑπατεύοντασ καὶ ἐπαινουμένουσ, ὁρᾶτε δὲ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ὡσ εὐαγεῖσ καὶ δημοκρατικοὺσ καταπεφευγότασ καὶ τὰ ἡμέτερα ᾑρημένουσ καὶ συνευχομένουσ ἡμῖν ἐσ τὰ λοιπὰ καὶ συναιρομένουσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 12 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. free from pollution

  2. holy

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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