ἀγανός
Adj.
ή
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 Sapph. Supp. 25.15; λόγοις Pi. P. 4.101; ὀφρύι ib.9.38; Trag. only in A. Ag. 101; αὐλῶν ἀγαναὶ φωναί Mnesim. 4.56.
2.
in Hom. freq. of the shafts of Apollo and Artemis, as bringing an easy death, ἀλλ’ ὅτε γηράσκωσι . . , Ἀπόλλων Ἀρτέμιδι ξὺν οἷς ἀγανοῖς βελέεσσιν ἐποιχόμενος κατέπεφνεν Od. 15.411, cf. 3.280, Il. 24.759, etc.: Sup. ἀγανώτατος Hes. Th. 408, Pi. Fr. 149, Them. Or. 20.234a. Adv. ‐νῶς Anacr. 51.1, E. IA 601: Comp. ἀγανώτερον, βλέπειν Ar. Lys. 886.—Poet. and late Prose, Them.l.c.