ἄγος

agos-2

any matter of religious awe

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 8
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Book VI 1
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771b7
Book VIII 1
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832d1
Book IX 1
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854a7
Book X 4
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896e8
898e5
899d8
899a8
Book XII 1
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968b11
Republic 3
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Book VII 2
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525d5
529a2
Book X 1
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609c7
Ion 2
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533d5
541d4
Letters 2
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309c1
361a2
Gorgias 1
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484b7
Lysis 1
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214a6
Parmenides 1
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139b2
Phaedrus 1
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240d2
Protagoras 1
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315a7

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.)

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