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ἄγνωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγνωτος ἄγνωτος ἄγνωτον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + γνωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unknown, unheard of, forgotten
  2. unknowable
  3. unintelligible
  4. not knowing, ignorant

Examples

  • καὶ ἀγνώτων δὲ παρακαθημένων κελεῦσαι θεῖναι τὰσ ψήφουσ ἕνα αὐτῶν καὶ ποσῶν καθ’ ἑξακοσίασ καὶ κατὰ μίαν καὶ προστιθεὶσ πιθανῶσ ἑκάστοισ τούτων ὀνόματα ποιῆσαι καὶ δέκα τάλαντα· (Theophrastus, Characters, 6:2)
  • φήσασ δὲ ἀγνώτων τινῶν μεμνῆσθαι τὸν ποιητήν, Καύκωνασ μὲν ὀρθῶσ λέγει καὶ Σολύμουσ καὶ Κητείουσ καὶ Λέλεγασ καὶ Κίλικασ τοὺσ ἐκ Θήβησ πεδίου, τοὺσ δ’ Ἁλιζῶνασ αὐτὸσ πλάττει, μᾶλλον δ’ οἱ πρῶτοι τοὺσ Ἁλιζῶνασ ἀγνοήσαντεσ τίνεσ εἰσί, καὶ μεταγράφοντεσ πλεοναχῶσ καὶ πλάττοντεσ τὴν τοῦ ἀργύρου γενέθλην καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ μέταλλα, ἐκλελειμμένα ἅπαντα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 5 56:1)

Synonyms

  1. unknowable

  2. unintelligible

  3. not knowing

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