ἄγος

Uncertain. Most commonly explained as from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égos, from *h₂eg-, with cognates such as Sanskrit आगस् (ā́gas) and Old English acan (English ache) (i.e. Beekes, Pokorny). However, Chantraine prefers a relation to ἅγιος (hágios, “holy”), in which case cognate to Sanskrit यजस् (yájas, “worship, sacrifice”) with unexplained initial deaspiration.

ᾰ̓́γος • (ắgos) n (genitive ᾰ̓́γεος or ᾰ̓́γους); third declension

1. awe, reverence, dread
2. curse, pollution, guilt
3. abomination
4. expiatory sacrifice

• “ἄγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abomination idem, page 2.
  • blood-guiltiness idem, page 84.
  • contamination idem, page 166.
  • curse idem, page 191.
  • defilement idem, page 205.
  • desecration idem, page 215.
  • guilt idem, page 378.
  • infection idem, page 437.
  • plague-spot idem, page 616.
  • pollution idem, page 625.
  • stain idem, page 809.
  • taint idem, page 852.