ἁγνός

See also: αγνός and ἄγνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓δνός (ădnós) — Cretan

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hagnós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yáǵ-nós, from *h₁yaǵ- (“to sacrifice; to worship”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyaȷ́nás.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.ɡnós/ → /aˈɣnos/ → /aˈɣnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.ɡnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈɡnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣnos/

Adjective

ᾰ̔γνός • (hăgnós) m (feminine ᾰ̔γνή, neuter ᾰ̔γνόν); first/second declension

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

Declension

First and second declension of ᾰ̔γνός; ᾰ̔γνή; ᾰ̔γνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̔γνός hăgnós	ᾰ̔γνή hăgnḗ	ᾰ̔γνόν hăgnón		ᾰ̔γνώ hăgnṓ	ᾰ̔γνᾱ́ hăgnā́	ᾰ̔γνώ hăgnṓ		ᾰ̔γνοί hăgnoí	ᾰ̔γναί hăgnaí	ᾰ̔γνᾰ́ hăgnắ
Genitive		ᾰ̔γνοῦ hăgnoû	ᾰ̔γνῆς hăgnês	ᾰ̔γνοῦ hăgnoû		ᾰ̔γνοῖν hăgnoîn	ᾰ̔γναῖν hăgnaîn	ᾰ̔γνοῖν hăgnoîn		ᾰ̔γνῶν hăgnôn	ᾰ̔γνῶν hăgnôn	ᾰ̔γνῶν hăgnôn
Dative		ᾰ̔γνῷ hăgnōî	ᾰ̔γνῇ hăgnēî	ᾰ̔γνῷ hăgnōî		ᾰ̔γνοῖν hăgnoîn	ᾰ̔γναῖν hăgnaîn	ᾰ̔γνοῖν hăgnoîn		ᾰ̔γνοῖς hăgnoîs	ᾰ̔γναῖς hăgnaîs	ᾰ̔γνοῖς hăgnoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̔γνόν hăgnón	ᾰ̔γνήν hăgnḗn	ᾰ̔γνόν hăgnón		ᾰ̔γνώ hăgnṓ	ᾰ̔γνᾱ́ hăgnā́	ᾰ̔γνώ hăgnṓ		ᾰ̔γνούς hăgnoús	ᾰ̔γνᾱ́ς hăgnā́s	ᾰ̔γνᾰ́ hăgnắ
Vocative		ᾰ̔γνέ hăgné	ᾰ̔γνή hăgnḗ	ᾰ̔γνόν hăgnón		ᾰ̔γνώ hăgnṓ	ᾰ̔γνᾱ́ hăgnā́	ᾰ̔γνώ hăgnṓ		ᾰ̔γνοί hăgnoí	ᾰ̔γναί hăgnaí	ᾰ̔γνᾰ́ hăgnắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̔γνῶς hăgnôs				ᾰ̔γνότερος hăgnóteros				ᾰ̔γνότᾰτος hăgnótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓γνοδῐ́κη (Ăgnodĭ́kē)
• Ᾰ̓γνωνῐ́δης (Ăgnōnĭ́dēs)
• ἐλαίᾰγνος (elaíăgnos)
• ἐλέᾰγνος (eléăgnos)

Related terms

• ᾰ̔́γῐος (hắgĭos)
• ᾰ̔γνείᾱ (hăgneíā)
• Ᾰ̔γνή (Hăgnḗ)
• ᾰ̔γνῐ́ζω (hăgnĭ́zō)
• ᾰ̔́γνῐσμᾰ (hắgnĭsmă)
• ᾰ̔γνῐσμός (hăgnĭsmós)
• ᾰ̔γνῐστής (hăgnĭstḗs)
• ᾰ̔γνῑ́της (hăgnī́tēs)
• ᾰ̔γνότης (hăgnótēs)
• ᾰ̔́ζομαι (hắzomai)

Descendants

• Greek: αγνός (agnós)

References

• “ἁγνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁγνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἁγνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἁγνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁγνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἁγνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “ἁγνός”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G53 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blessed idem, page 83.
  • chaste idem, page 127.
  • clean idem, page 136.
  • guiltless idem, page 379.
  • hallowed idem, page 381.
  • holy idem, page 403.
  • immaculate idem, page 417.
  • innocent idem, page 442.
  • sacred idem, page 728.
  • sinless idem, page 779.
  • spotless idem, page 804.
  • stainless idem, page 809.
  • uncontaminated idem, page 911.
  • undefiled idem, page 912.
  • virtuous idem, page 954.