ἄγνος

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See also: αγνός and ἁγνός

Ancient Greek

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ἄγνος illustrated in the Vienna Dioscurides

Etymology

From the adjective ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄγνος • (ágnos) f (genitive ἄγνου); second declension

  1. chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
    Synonym: λύγος (lúgos)
  2. Atlantic stargazer (Uranoscopus scaber)
    Synonyms: καλλιώνυμος (kalliṓnumos), οὐρανοσκόπος (ouranoskópos)
  3. type of bird

Usage notes

The 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”).

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γνος; τῆς ᾰ̓́γνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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

Descendants

  • → Old Armenian: հագնի (hagni)

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