ἁγνίζω,
future ῐῶ (ἀφ-) [[ LXX.Num.8.6] LXX]: perfect ἥγνικα[[ NT.1Pet.1.22] NT]: (ἁγνός): —wash off, cleanse away, especially by water (τὸ πῦρ καθαίρει.. τὸ ὕδωρ ἁγνίζει[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.263e), λύμαθ᾽ ἁγνίσας ἐμά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 655; τινὰ πηγαῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1039. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 cleanse, purify, χέρας σὰς ἁγνίσας μιάσματος[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1324, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 126.1, LXX.Exo.19.10] LXX+5th c.BC+]:—middle, purify oneself,[[LXX.Josh.3.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1105b] LXX+1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἁγνίσθητι[[ NT.Act.21.24; ἀπὸ οἴνου LXX.Num.6.3 (_passive_). ] LXX+NT]
__3 especially ἁ. τὸν θανόντα purify the dead by fire, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 545] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, σώμαθ᾽ ἡγνίσθη πυρί[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1211. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 sacrifice, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 314, “IT” 705 (_passive_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 hallow, consecrate, [[ 3rd c.BC: Aristonous Lyricus 1.17 (_passive_). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__6 burn up, consume, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 116; ἐπαστράψας αἰθὴρ ἥγνισε.. ἱστορίαν “Anthologia Graeca” 7.49 (from Bianor).] Refs 5th c.BC+]