ἁγνός, ή, όν,
(compare ἅγιος) pure, chaste, holy, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), etc.: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I of places and things dedicated to gods, hallowed, ἑορτή[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.259 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of frankincense, ἁγνὴ ὀδμή[[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 1.7; ἄλσος “hymnus ad Mercurium” 187; τέμενος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.204; ὕδωρ [prev. author] “I.” 6(5).74; πυρὸς ἁγνόταται παγαί [prev. author] “P.” 1.21; αἰθήρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 282] Refs 6th c.BC+]; φάος, λουτρόν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 86, “Ant.” 1201; θύματα [prev. author] “Tr.” 287, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of food, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.192c (_comparative_)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; χρηστήρια[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 243, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἁγνῷ on holyground, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 223, but χῶρον οὐχ ἁ. πατεῖν] Refs 4th c.BC+] a spot not lawful to tread on, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 of divine persons, chaste, pure, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly of Artemis, χρυσόθρονος Ἄ. ἁ.[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.123, 18.202, etc.; also ἁ. Περσεφόνεια 11.386, compare “hymnus ad Cererem” 337 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Demeter, [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 203, 439; Χάριτες 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 65] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἁ. θεαί, Demeter and Persephone, [[ “IG” 14.204, 4.31; Apollo, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.64; Zeus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 653, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1289] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the attributes of gods, θεῶν σέβας[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 830. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]