ἄγος

agos

any matter of religious awe

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

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Eudemian Ethics 4
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Book II 3
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33

1224b1
1224b2
1224b9
Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12

1235a7
Generation of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 737b8–741a5

739b23
Book IV 1
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26

766b15
History of Animals 2
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Book VI 1
Chapter 12 566b2–567a16

567a5
Book IX 1
Chapter 5 611a15–611b31

611a20
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 5 396a33–397b6

397a23
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19

1147a34
Meteorology 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 380a11–381b22

380a26
Physics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 243a32–245b2

244a4
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303a30
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5

1409b32
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 12 172b9–173a30

172b19
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

441b21

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγος (A), [ᾰ], εος, τό, A. any matter of religious awe: 1. pollution, guilt, ἐν τῷ ἄγεϊ ἐνέχεσθαι Hdt. 6.56; ἄ. ἐκθύσασθαι 6.91; ἄ . . . κεκτήσεται θεῶν A. Th. 1022; ἄ. αἱμάτων ἀρέσθαι Id. Eu. 168, cf. AP 7.268 (Plato); ἄ. φυλάσσεσθαι A. Supp. 375; φεύγειν S. Ant. 256; ὅθεν τὸ ἄ. συνέβη τοῖς Συβαρίταις Arist. Pol. 1303a30; ἄ. ἀφοσιώσασθαι Plu. Cam. 18: in concrete sense, the person or thing accursed, S. OT 1426; ἄ. ἐλαύνειν, = ἀγηλατεῖν, Th. 1.126. 2. expiation, sacrifice, S. Ant. 775, Fr. 689, prob. so in A. Ch. 155. 3. ἄγεα· τεμένεα, and ἀγέεσσι· τεμένεσι, Hsch.; ἄγη· τὰ μυστήρια, AB 212. (ἅγος ( τὸ καθαρόν, σέβασμα) postulated by Gramm. (cf. ἅγιος ἐκ τοῦ ἅγος γέγονεν Et.Gud.) is not found, unless ἄγος 3 be a dialectic form.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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