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ἁγνός , ή, όν, (cf. ἅγιος)
A.pure, chaste, holy, Hom. (only in Od.), etc.:
I. of places and things dedicated to gods, hallowed, “ἑορτήOd.21.259; of frankincense, “ἁγνὴ ὀδμήXenoph.1.7; “ἄλσοςh.Merc.187; “τέμενοςPi.P.4.204; “ὕδωρId.I.6(5).74; “πυρὸς ἁγνόταται παγαίId.P.1.21; “αἰθήρA.Pr.282; φάος, λουτρόν, S.El.86, Ant.1201; “θύματαId.Tr.287, cf. Th.1.126, D.H.1.38; of food, Jul.Or.6.192c (Comp.); “χρηστήριαE.Ion243, etc.; ἐν ἁγνῷ on holyground, A.Supp. 223, but χῶρον οὐχ . πατεῖν a spot not lawful to tread on, S.OC 37.
2. of divine persons, chaste, pure, Hom., mostly of Artemis, “χρυσόθρονος . .Od.5.123, 18.202, etc.; also “. Περσεφόνεια11.386, cf. h.Cer.337; of Demeter, h.Cer.203,439; “ΧάριτεςSapph.65; . θεαί, Demeter and Persephone, IG14.204, 4.31; Apollo, Pi.P.9.64; Zeus, A.Supp.653, S.Ph.1289: of the attributes of gods, “θεῶν σέβαςS.OT830.
II. after Hom., of persons, undefiled, chaste, of maidens, Alc.55, Pi.P.4.103, A.Fr.242; . αὐδά, of a maiden's voice, Ag.245; of Hippolytus, E.Hipp.102; c. gen., λέχους . δέμας ib.1003; “γάμων .Pl.Lg.840d, cf. Men.Epit.223; . ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς συνουσίας Jusj. ap.D.59.78.
3. generally, pure, upright, “ἀέθλων . κρίσιςPi.O.3.21; “ψυχῆς φιλία .X.Smp.8.15, etc.
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