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.
‹ All lexicon entries 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 96.15 L.-P.; 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, l.c.