COMPOUND: ἀγανός, -ή,-όν
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘mild, gentle’ 
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- copulative + noun root γαν- (γάνος, -ους) ‘brightness, gladness’  + adj. suf. -ός, -ή,-όν
OCCURRENCE Il. II, 164, 180, 189; IX, 113, 499; Od. II, 230; V, 8, 124; XI, 173, 199; XIII, 357
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., dat. f. pl., dat. n. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadharaya
NOTES: uncertain etymology. ἀ- copulativum is not a free word in Greek