ἅγιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], α, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[devoted to the gods]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> in good sense, [[sacred]], [[holy]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> of things, esp. [[temple]]s, Ἀφροδίτης ἱρὸν ἅ. Hdt. 2.41; ἱρο'ν Ἡρακλέος ἅ. ib.44, cf. Pl.Criti.116c, X.HG3.2.19; [[θηρίον]] Antiph.147.7; νηὸν ἐπὶ τῷ χάσματι Ἥρης ἅ. ἐστήσατο Luc.Syr.D.13: generally, [[θυσία]]ι, [[ξυμβόλαιον|ξυμβόλαια]], Isoc.10.63, Pl.Lg.729e (Sup.); μητρός.. ἐστι πατρὶς ἁγιώτερον Id.Cri.51a; [[ὅρκος]] ἅγιος Arist.Mir.834b11; [[ἅγιον]], τό, [[temple]], OGI56.59 (Canopus), [[LXX]] Ex.26.33, al., cf. Ep.Heb.9.2; [[τὸ ἅγιον τῶν ἁγίων]] = [[holy of holies|Holy of Holies]], [[LXX]] l. c.; [[τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων]] 3 Ki.8.6, etc., cf. Ep.Heb.9.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[holy]], [[pure]], Ar.Av.522 (anap.); λαὸς ἅ. Κυρίῳ [[LXX]] De.7.6, al.; [[οἱ ἅγιοι]] = the [[saint|Saints]], 1 Ep.Cor.6.1,al.; [[πνεῦμα ἅγιον]] = the [[Holy Spirit]], Ev.Matt.3.11, al. Adv. [[ἁγίως]] καὶ [[σεμνῶς]] ἔχειν Isoc. 11.25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in bad sense, [[accursed]], [[execrable]], Cratin.373, Eust. 1356.59.—Never in Hom., Hes., or Trag. (who use [[ἁγνός]]); rare in Att. (v. supr.). (Possibly cognate with Skt. yajati '[[sacrifice]]'.)