ἀγανός
aganos
mild, gentle
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγανός, ή, όν (ἀγᾱνοῖσιν is corrupt in Il.Parv. 6), poet. Adj. A. mild, gentle, of persons or their words and acts, ἀ. καὶ ἤπιος ἔστω σκηπτοῦχος βασιλεύς Od. 2.230, 5.8; ἀ. ἐπέεσσιν Il. 2.164, 180, etc.; μύθοις ἀ. Od. 15.53; εὐχωλῇς Il. 9.499, Od. 13.357; δώροισι Il. 9.113; Ἀτθίς Supp. 25.15; λόγοις P. 4.101; ὀφρύι ib.9.38; Trag. only in Ag. 101; αὐλῶν ἀγαναὶ φωναί 4.56. 2. in freq. of the shafts of Apollo and Artemis, as bringing an easy death, ἀλλʼ ὅτε γηράσκωσι . . , Ἀπόλλων Ἀρτέμιδι ξὺν οἷς ἀγανοῖς βελέεσσιν ἐποιχόμενος κατέπεφνεν Od. 15.411, cf. 3.280, Il. 24.759, etc.: Sup. ἀγανώτατος Th. 408, Fr. 149, Or. 20.234a. Adv. -νῶς 51.1, IA 601: Comp. ἀγανώτερον, βλέπειν Lys. 886.—Poet. and late Prose, Them.l.c.
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