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ἁγν-εία

agneia · ἡ

purity, chastity

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Where it lives

Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ἁγν-εία · hagn-eia — LSJ

purity, chastity

purity, chastity, λόγων ἔργων τε S. OT 864 (lyr.), coupled with καθαρότης Hp. Morb.Sacr. 1, cf. 1 Ep.Tim. 4.12; τῶν θεῶν Antipho 2.1.10; ἁγνείη δʼ ἐστὶ φρονεῖν ὅσια App.Anth. 4.18.

II strict observance of religious duties, purifications, ceremonies

strict observance of religious duties, Pl. Lg. 909e (pl.), etc.; in pl., purifications, ceremonies, Isoc. 11.21, J. BJ prooem. 10 [1.26], BGU 1198.12, etc.

In the wild

ἁγνείαν · hagneian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6243)
ἁγνείαν · hagneian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7266)
ἁγνείας · hagneias Epictetus, Discourses 3.21 (DIORISIS sentence 4793)
ἁγνεῖαι · hagneiai Plato, Laws 909
ἁγνείας · hagneias Plato, Laws 917
ἁγνείᾳ · hagneiai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 14

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