A.mild, gentle, of persons or their words and acts, “ἀ. καὶ ἤπιος ἔστω σκηπτοῦχος βασιλεύς” Od.2.230, 5.8; “ἀ. ἐπέεσσιν” Il.2.164, 180, etc.; “μύθοις ἀ.” Od.15.53; “εὐχωλῇς” Il.9.499, Od.13.357; “δώροισι” Il.9.113; “Ἀτθίς” Sapph.Supp.25.15; “λόγοις” Pi.P.4.101; ὀφρύι ib.9.38; Trag. only in A.Ag.101; “αὐλῶν ἀγαναὶ φωναί” Mnesim.4.56.
2. in Hom. freq. of the shafts of Apollo and Artemis, as bringing an easy death, “ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε γηράσκωσι . . , Ἀπόλλων Ἀρτέμιδι ξὺν οἷς ἀγανοῖς βελέεσσιν ἐποιχόμενος κατέπεφνεν” Od.15.411, cf. 3.280, Il.24.759, etc.: Sup. “ἀγανώτατος” Hes.Th.408, Pi.Fr.149, Them.Or.20.234a. Adv. “-νῶς” Anacr.51.1, E.IA601: Comp. “ἀγανώτερον, βλέπειν” Ar. Lys.886.—Poet. and late Prose, Them.l.c.