ἄγνος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom the adjective ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ɡnos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣnos/
Noun
editἄγνος • (ágnos) f (genitive ἄγνου); second declension
- chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
- Synonym: λύγος (lúgos)
- Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)
- Synonyms: καλλιώνυμος (kalliṓnumos), οὐρανοσκόπος (ouranoskópos)
- type of bird
Usage notes
editThe branches of the chaste tree were strewn by young women on their beds at the Thesmophoria. The notion of chastity was an association from the word's similarity to ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”).
- Thesmophoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́γνος hē ágnos |
τὼ ᾰ̓́γνω tṑ ágnō |
αἱ ᾰ̓́γνοι hai ágnoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓́γνου tês ágnou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́γνοιν toîn ágnoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓́γνων tôn ágnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓́γνῳ têi ágnōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́γνοιν toîn ágnoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓́γνοις taîs ágnois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́γνον tḕn ágnon |
τὼ ᾰ̓́γνω tṑ ágnō |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́γνους tā̀s ágnous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́γνε ágne |
ᾰ̓́γνω ágnō |
ᾰ̓́γνοι ágnoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἄγνινος (ágninos)
Descendants
edit- → Old Armenian: հագնի (hagni)
Further reading
edit- “ἄγνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄγνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄγνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄγνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension
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