ἀγνέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *ágō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), from the root *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡné.ɔː/ → /aˈɣne.o/ → /aˈɣne.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡné.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡne.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣne.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣne.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣne.o/

Verb

ἀγνέω • (agnéō)

1. Doric form of ἄγω (ágō)
   • Teos 1:

     τῶν δὲ ἀφανέων ὑποδίκους εἶμεν τοὺς ἀχνηκότας, γινομένας τοῖς Τηΐοις τᾶς ἐγδικάσιος καὶ τᾶς λοιπᾶς οἰκονομίας, καθὼς καὶ τοῖς Διονυσιακοῖς τεχνίταις ὁ νόμος τῶν Αἰτωλῶν κελεύει.

     tôn dè aphanéōn hupodíkous eîmen toùs akhnēkótas, ginoménas toîs Tēḯois tâs egdikásios kaì tâs loipâs oikonomías, kathṑs kaì toîs Dionusiakoîs tekhnítais ho nómos tôn Aitōlôn keleúei.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • Inscriptiones Graecae IX.1².1.179:

     [σπουδᾶς καὶ] φιλοτιμίας οὐθὲν ἐνλείπων, γεγονότων τε αὐτοῖ πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων εὐαμερημά[των] [κατὰ τοὺς π]ολέμους ἐπαυξηκὼς τὰμ βασιλείαν καὶ ἐν τὰν καλλίσταν διάθεσιν ἀγνηκὼς κέκρικε [συντελεῖν] ἀγῶνας καὶ θυσίας τᾶι Ἀθάναι τᾶι Νικαφόρωι μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ τοῦ δάμου τῶν [Περγαμηνῶ]ν

     [spoudâs kaì] philotimías outhèn enleípōn, gegonótōn te autoî pollôn kaì megálōn euamerēmá[tōn] [katà toùs p]olémous epauxēkṑs tàm basileían kaì en tàn kallístan diáthesin agnēkṑs kékrike [sunteleîn] agônas kaì thusías tâi Athánai tâi Nikaphórōi metà tôn adelphôn kaì toû dámou tôn [Pergamēnô]n

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Present: ἀγνέω, ἀγνέομαι (Doric)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἀγνέω	ἀγνέεις	ἀγνέει	ἀγνέετον	ἀγνέετον	ἀγνέομεν	ἀγνέετε	ἀγνέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀγνέω	ἀγνέῃς	ἀγνέῃ	ἀγνέητον	ἀγνέητον	ἀγνέωμεν	ἀγνέητε	ἀγνέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀγνέοιμῐ	ἀγνέοις	ἀγνέοι	ἀγνέοιτον	ἀγνεοίτην	ἀγνέοιμεν	ἀγνέοιτε	ἀγνέοιεν
	imperative		ἄγνεε	ἀγνεέτω	ἀγνέετον	ἀγνεέτων		ἀγνέετε	ἀγνεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἀγνέομαι	ἀγνέεαι	ἀγνέεται	ἀγνέεσθον	ἀγνέεσθον	ἀγνεόμεθᾰ	ἀγνέεσθε	ἀγνέονται
	subjunctive	ἀγνέωμαι	ἀγνέηαι	ἀγνέηται	ἀγνέησθον	ἀγνέησθον	ἀγνεώμεθᾰ	ἀγνέησθε	ἀγνέωνται
	optative	ἀγνεοίμην	ἀγνέοιο	ἀγνέοιτο	ἀγνέοισθον	ἀγνεοίσθην	ἀγνεοίμεθᾰ	ἀγνέοισθε	ἀγνέοιντο
	imperative		ἀγνέεο	ἀγνεέσθω	ἀγνέεσθον	ἀγνεέσθων		ἀγνέεσθε	ἀγνεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἀγνέειν				ἀγνέεσθαι
participle	m	ἀγνέων				ἀγνεόμενος
	f	ἀγνέουσᾰ				ἀγνεομένη
	n	ἀγνέον				ἀγνεόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἄγνηκᾰ (Doric)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἄγνηκᾰ	ἄγνηκᾰς	ἄγνηκε(ν)	ἀγνήκᾰτον	ἀγνήκᾰτον	ἀγνήκᾰμεν	ἀγνήκᾰτε	ἀγνήκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἀγνήκω	ἀγνήκῃς	ἀγνήκῃ	ἀγνήκητον	ἀγνήκητον	ἀγνήκωμεν	ἀγνήκητε	ἀγνήκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἀγνήκοιμῐ, ἀγνηκοίην	ἀγνήκοις, ἀγνηκοίης	ἀγνήκοι, ἀγνηκοίη	ἀγνήκοιτον	ἀγνηκοίτην	ἀγνήκοιμεν	ἀγνήκοιτε	ἀγνήκοιεν
	imperative		ἄγνηκε	ἀγνηκέτω	ἀγνήκετον	ἀγνηκέτων		ἀγνήκετε	ἀγνηκόντων
		active
infinitive		ἀγνηκέναι
participle	m	ἀγνηκώς
	f	ἀγνηκυῖᾰ
	n	ἀγνηκός
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Usage notes

The Aetolian form ἀχνηκότας (akhnēkótas) is attested.

References

• “ἀγνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)