ἅγιος [ᾰ], α, ον,
devoted to the gods:
__I in good sense, sacred, holy:
__I.1 of things, especially temples, ἈΦροδίτης ἱρὸν ἅ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.41] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱρο᾽ν Ἡρακλέος ἅ.[[ [prev. work] 44, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.19; θηρίον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 147.7; νηὸν ἐπὶ τῷ χάσματι Ἥρης ἅ. ἐστήσατο 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 13: generally, θυσίαι, ξυμβόλαια, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.63, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729e (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μητρός.. ἐστι πατρὶς ἁγιώτερον[[ [prev. author] “Cri.” 51a; ὅρκος ἅ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 834b11] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἅ., τό, temple, [[ “OGI” 56.59 (from Canopus), LXX.Exo.26.33, +others, cf. NT.Heb.9.2; τὸ ἅ. τῶν ἁγίων ] LXX+NT]Holy of Holies, [[ LXX [same place]; τὰ ἅ. τῶν ἁ. “3 Ki.” 8.6, etc., cf. NT.Heb.9.3. ] NT]
__I.2 of persons, holy, pure, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 522 (_anapaest meter_); λαὸς ἅ. Κυρίῳ LXX.Deu.7.6, +others; ] LXX+5th c.BC+] οἱ ἅ. the Saints, [[ NT.1Cor.6.1, +others; ] NT] πνεῦμα ἅ. the Holy Spirit, [[NT.Matt.3.11, +others] NT] adverb ἁγίως καὶ σεμνῶς ἔχειν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in bad sense, accursed, execrable, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 373, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1356.59.—Never in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, or Trag. (who use ἁγνός)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; rare in Attic dialect (see. above). (Possibly cognate with Sanskrit yajati 'sacrifice'.)