ἁγνίτης
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], ου, ὁ, A purifier, θεοὶ ἁ. Poll.1.24; πάγος Lyc.135. II one who requires purification, Hsch., AB338, v.l. in Il.24.480 (Sch. T.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 17] ὁ, reinigend, πάγος, das Salz bei Lycophr. 135; θεοί Poll. 1, 24.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἁγνίτης: [ῑ], -ου, ὁ, (ἁγνίζω) ὁ καθαρίζων· θεοὶ ἁγνῖται, Πολυδ. 1. 24. ΙΙ. ὁ ἔχων ἀνάγκην ἁγνισμοῦ, ὡς τὸ ἱκέτης, Ἡσύχ., Α. Β. 338 (ἔνθα: ἁγίτης).
Spanish (DGE)
-ου
1 purificador ref. a los dioses, Poll.1.24, ἁ. πάγος puro terrón dicho de la sal marina ofrecida como símbolo de hospitalidad, Lyc.135, cf. Sch.Er.Il.24.480-2a.
2 el que se ha purificado de sus culpas, Hsch., cf. dud. AB 338.
