mild, gentle,
ἀγᾰνός,ή , όν(ἀγᾱνοῖσινis corrupt in Il.Parv. 6 ), poet.Adj.
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
;ὀφρύιib. 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, asbringing 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. IA 601 : Comp.
ἀγανώτερον, βλέπειν
Ar. Lys. 886
.—Poet. and late Prose, Them.l.c.
