α314Ἄγος
pollution, leader
Pollution, or elbow. What is honourable and worthy of reverence is also called agos; hence priesthoods [are called] all-holy [panageis], and a number of other things. Thucydides [writes]: "the Spartans sent envoys to…
Ἄγος· μίασμα, ἢ ἀγκών. λέγεται δὲ ἄγος καὶ τὸ τίμιον καὶ ἄξιον σεβάσματος, ἐξ οὗ καὶ αἱ ἱέρειαι παναγεῖς, καὶ ἄλλα τινά. Θουκυδίδης· πέμψαντες οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι πρέσβεις ἐκέλευον…