A.any matter of religious awe:
1. pollution, guilt, “ἐν τῷ ἄγεϊ ἐνέχεσθαι” Hdt.6.56; “ἄ. ἐκθύσασθαι” 6.91; “ἄ . . . κεκτήσεται θεῶν” A.Th.1022; “ἄ. αἱμάτων ἀρέσθαι” Id.Eu.168, cf. AP 7.268 (Plato); “ἄ. φυλάσσεσθαι” A.Supp.375; “φεύγειν” S.Ant.256; “ὅθεν τὸ ἄ. συνέβη τοῖς Συβαρίταις” Arist.Pol.1303a30; “ἄ. ἀφοσιώσασθαι” Plu.Cam.18: in concrete sense, the person or thing accursed, S.OT 1426; ἄ. ἐλαύνειν, = ἀγηλατεῖν, Th.1.126.