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γνώστης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γνώστης γνώστες

Structure: γνωστη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gignw/skw

Sense

  1. one that knows
  2. a surety

Examples

  • ἔσται μίαν ἡμέραν, καὶ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη γνωστὴ τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ οὐχ ἡμέρα καὶ οὐ νύξ, καὶ πρὸσ ἑσπέραν ἔσται φῶσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 14:7)
  • ἥ τε πολὺν μύστῃσιν Ἐλευσῖνοσ παρὰ πέζαν εὐασμὸν κρυφίων ἐξεφόρει λογίων, Ῥάριον ὀργειῶνα νόμῳ διαπομπεύουσα Δήμητρα, γνωστὴ δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ εἰν Αἴδῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 2:1)
  • γνωστὴ μὲν γὰρ τῶν βουλή, γνωστὸν δὲ νόημα· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 146)

Synonyms

  1. one that knows

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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