most holy
most holy, of places immediately under divine protection, Πύλος, Λῆμνος, Il. 1.252, 2.722; Πυθώ Hes. Th. 499, Pi. P. 9.71; χῶρος, ἄντρον A.R. 3.981, 4.1131. (ἀγα-, θεός with Epic metrical lengthening.)
The corpus record
ἠγάθεος
egatheos
most holy
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Where it lives
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k
- Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἠγαθέῃ · ēgatheēi Theogony 498–500
- ἠγαθέῃ · ēgatheēi Iliad 1.252
- ἠγαθέῃ · ēgatheēi Iliad 2.722
- ἠγαθέην · ēgatheēn Iliad 21.58
- ἠγαθέην · ēgatheēn Iliad 21.79
- ἠγάθεον · ēgatheon Iliad 6.133
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠγάθεος (scan p. 555; entry #2414).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠγάθεος (scan p. 419; entry #2951).