ἀγνώς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + the root of γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”). Compare ἄγνωτος (ágnōtos) and Latin īgnōtus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡnɔ̌ːs/ → /aˈɣnos/ → /aˈɣnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡnɔ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣnos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓γνώς • (agnṓs) m or f (neuter —); third declension

1. in passive constructions:
   1. (chiefly of persons) unknown
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.79
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 677
      • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1008
      • 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 14
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.137.2
      • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 375e
   2. (of things) obscure, unintelligible
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1051
      • 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 1001
   3. obscure, ignoble
      • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 18
      • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 2.12
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Julianus Imperator to this entry?)
2. (in active constructions) ignorant
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 678
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 20.13
3. (active voice or passive voice) construed with the genitive
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 2.30
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.53.4
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations 178a

Declension

Third declension of ἀγνώς; ἀγνώς (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγνώς agnṓs	ἀγνώς agnṓs		ἀγνῶτε agnôte	ἀγνῶτε agnôte		ἀγνῶτες agnôtes	ἀγνῶτᾰ agnôta
Genitive		ἀγνῶτος agnôtos	ἀγνῶτος agnôtos		ἀγνώτοιν agnṓtoin	ἀγνώτοιν agnṓtoin		ἀγνώτων agnṓtōn	ἀγνώτων agnṓtōn
Dative		ἀγνῶτῐ agnôti	ἀγνῶτῐ agnôti		ἀγνώτοιν agnṓtoin	ἀγνώτοιν agnṓtoin		ἀγνῶσῐ / ἀγνῶσῐν agnôsi(n)	ἀγνῶσῐ / ἀγνῶσῐν agnôsi(n)
Accusative		ἀγνῶτᾰ agnôta	ἀγνώς agnṓs		ἀγνῶτε agnôte	ἀγνῶτε agnôte		ἀγνῶτᾰς agnôtas	ἀγνῶτᾰ agnôta
Vocative		ἀγνώς agnṓs	ἀγνώς agnṓs		ἀγνῶτε agnôte	ἀγνῶτε agnôte		ἀγνῶτες agnôtes	ἀγνῶτᾰ agnôta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀγνώτως agnṓtōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓γνωσῐ́ᾱ (agnōsíā)

References

• “ἀγνώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγνώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγνώς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγνώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγνώς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγνώς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγνώς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • hypothetical idem, page 412.
  • ignorant idem, page 414.
  • stranger idem, page 823.
  • unacquainted idem, page 906.
  • unknown idem, page 923.