ἄγνωστος

See also: άγνωστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡnɔːs.tos/ → /ˈa.ɣnos.tos/ → /ˈa.ɣnos.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡnɔːs.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡnos.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣnos.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣnos.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣnos.tos/

Adjective

ἄγνωστος • (ágnōstos) m or f (neuter ἄγνωστον); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension of ἄγνωστος; ἄγνωστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄγνωστος ágnōstos	ἄγνωστον ágnōston		ἀγνώστω agnṓstō	ἀγνώστω agnṓstō		ἄγνωστοι ágnōstoi	ἄγνωστᾰ ágnōsta
Genitive		ἀγνώστου agnṓstou	ἀγνώστου agnṓstou		ἀγνώστοιν agnṓstoin	ἀγνώστοιν agnṓstoin		ἀγνώστων agnṓstōn	ἀγνώστων agnṓstōn
Dative		ἀγνώστῳ agnṓstōi	ἀγνώστῳ agnṓstōi		ἀγνώστοιν agnṓstoin	ἀγνώστοιν agnṓstoin		ἀγνώστοις agnṓstois	ἀγνώστοις agnṓstois
Accusative		ἄγνωστον ágnōston	ἄγνωστον ágnōston		ἀγνώστω agnṓstō	ἀγνώστω agnṓstō		ἀγνώστους agnṓstous	ἄγνωστᾰ ágnōsta
Vocative		ἄγνωστε ágnōste	ἄγνωστον ágnōston		ἀγνώστω agnṓstō	ἀγνώστω agnṓstō		ἄγνωστοι ágnōstoi	ἄγνωστᾰ ágnōsta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀγνώστως agnṓstōs			ἀγνωστότερος agnōstóteros			ἀγνωστότᾰτος agnōstótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άγνωστος (ágnostos)

Further reading

• “ἄγνωστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγνωστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄγνωστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄγνωστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄγνωστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄγνωστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄγνωστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G57 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • unknowable idem, page 923.