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ἀγνωσία?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: agnōsiā

Principal Part: ἀγνωσία ἀγνωσίας

Structure: ἀγνωσι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: ἀγνώς

Sense

  1. ignorance
  2. obscurity

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ ἀποδεξαμένου καὶ καταπλαγέντος ἐπὶ τῇ παρανόμῳ ἐξόδῳ, κατὰ πᾶν ἀγνωσίᾳ κεκρατημένος ἐπυνθάνετο, τί τὸ πρᾶγμα, ἀφ᾿ οὗ τοῦτο αὐτῷ μετὰ σπουδῆς τετέλεσται. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:27)
  • καὶ Ἰὼβ ματαίως ἀνοίγει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ρήματα βαρύνει. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 35:15)
  • ΜΑΤΑΙΟΙ μὲν γὰρ πάντες ἄνθρωποι φύσει, οἷς παρῆν Θεοῦ ἀγνωσία καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὁρωμένων ἀγαθῶν οὐκ ἴσχυσαν εἰδέναι τὸν ὄντα οὔτε τοῖς ἔργοις προσχόντες ἐπέγνωσαν τὸν τεχνίτην. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:1)
  • φύρουσι δ αὐτοὶ θεοὶ πάλιν τε καὶ πρόσω ταραγμὸν ἐντιθέντες, ὡς ἀγνωσίᾳ σέβωμεν αὐτούς. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode4)
  • "δεδόχθω δὲ ταῦτα καὶ νενομοθετήσθω πρὸς τὸν ἐπίλοιπον βίον, ἀμιξία πρὸς ἅπαντας καὶ ἀγνωσία καὶ ὑπεροψία: (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 42:3)

Synonyms

  1. ignorance

  2. obscurity

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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