ἄγνος, ἡ,
Attic dialect ὁ, ={λύγος}, chaste-tree, the branches of which were strewed by matrons on their beds at the Thesmophoria, Vitex Agnus-castus, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 410, 5th c.BC: Chionides Comicus 2, compare “Tragica Adespota” 396, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 230b, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 30, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “H A” 627a9, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 71, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.103. (Associated with the notion of chastity from the like ness of its name to ἁγνός.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ἄγνος, ὁ, name of a fish, ={καλλιώνυμος} [[ 3rd c.BC: Diphilus Siphnius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.356a (sine _accusative_ codex, ἁγνός Kaib.). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III a kind of bird, [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” [same place], 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]