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ἀγνωσίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγνωσίᾱ ἀγνωσίᾱς

Structure: ἀγνωσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: a)gnw/s

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, ἀφ̓ 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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