ἀθίγγανος

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ θιγγάνω (thingánō, “to touch”) +‎ -ος (-os).

ἀθῐ́γγᾰνος • (athĭ́ngănos) m or f (neuter ἀθῐ́γγᾰνον); second declension (Byzantine)

1. one who does not want to be approached
   • [c. 1150, Etymologicum Magnum:

     Ἀθίγγανος, ὁ μὴ θέλων τινὶ προσεγγίσαι· ἀπὸ τοῦ θίγω. οἱ γὰρ τὴν αἴρεσιν ταύτην ἔχοντες οὐδὲν παρ’ ἄλλου λαμβάνουσιν.^[1]

     Athínganos, ho mḕ thélōn tinì prosengísai; apò toû thígō. hoi gàr tḕn aíresin taútēn ékhontes oudèn par’ állou lambánousin.

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• LSJ (1940), page 32a: “ἀθίγγανος”