ἁγνός

See also: αγνός and ἄγνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀδνός (adnós) — 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

ἁγνός • (hagnós) m (feminine ἁγνή, neuter ἁγνόν); first/second declension

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

Inflection

First and second declension of ἁγνός; ἁγνή; ἁγνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἁγνός hagnós	ἁγνή hagnḗ	ἁγνόν hagnón		ἁγνώ hagnṓ	ἁγνᾱ́ hagnā́	ἁγνώ hagnṓ		ἁγνοί hagnoí	ἁγναί hagnaí	ἁγνᾰ́ hagná
Genitive		ἁγνοῦ hagnoû	ἁγνῆς hagnês	ἁγνοῦ hagnoû		ἁγνοῖν hagnoîn	ἁγναῖν hagnaîn	ἁγνοῖν hagnoîn		ἁγνῶν hagnôn	ἁγνῶν hagnôn	ἁγνῶν hagnôn
Dative		ἁγνῷ hagnôi	ἁγνῇ hagnêi	ἁγνῷ hagnôi		ἁγνοῖν hagnoîn	ἁγναῖν hagnaîn	ἁγνοῖν hagnoîn		ἁγνοῖς hagnoîs	ἁγναῖς hagnaîs	ἁγνοῖς hagnoîs
Accusative		ἁγνόν hagnón	ἁγνήν hagnḗn	ἁγνόν hagnón		ἁγνώ hagnṓ	ἁγνᾱ́ hagnā́	ἁγνώ hagnṓ		ἁγνούς hagnoús	ἁγνᾱ́ς hagnā́s	ἁγνᾰ́ hagná
Vocative		ἁγνέ hagné	ἁγνή hagnḗ	ἁγνόν hagnón		ἁγνώ hagnṓ	ἁγνᾱ́ hagnā́	ἁγνώ hagnṓ		ἁγνοί hagnoí	ἁγναί hagnaí	ἁγνᾰ́ hagná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἁγνῶς hagnôs				ἁγνότερος hagnóteros				ἁγνότᾰτος hagnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀγνοδίκη (Agnodíkē)
• Ἀγνωνίδης (Agnōnídēs)
• ἐλαίαγνος (elaíagnos), ἐλέαγνος (eléagnos, “a myrica plant”, literally “sacred olive^?”) (possibly)

Related terms

• ἅγιος (hágios)
• ἁγνεία (hagneía)
• Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ)
• ἁγνίζω (hagnízō)
• ἅγνισμα (hágnisma)
• ἁγνισμός (hagnismós)
• ἁγνιστής (hagnistḗs)
• ἁγνότης (hagnótēs)
• ἅζομαι (házomai)

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 (2006–2024)
• “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.