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- α235Ἁγίζωνsanctifying… at the hearth." Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a(giasqe/ntwn, [meaning] rites having been performed. Also [sc. attested is the form] a(gia/zw, [used] with an accusative.
- αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering[Meaning] easily-moved/agile, multicoloured [or: intricate, or: changeable]. Or swift; [so called] from the whirlwind [hurricane or tornado], which comes from ‘to blow’ and ‘to wind/roll up’.
- α4378Ἄτρακτονarrow; spindle… the spinning thread." And elsewhere: "and the staggering whistling spindle, agile spinner of the pliant thread."
- αι252ΑἴολοςAeolus, Aiolos… case the name in Linear B does not mean “Swift, Agile,” and could belong to either a horse or a bull (see the controversy over Sir Arthur Evans’ identification of the ideogram as a …