ἄγνοια

See also: άγνοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”) +‎ -ιᾱ (-iā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡnoi̯.a/ → /ˈa.ɣny.a/ → /ˈa.ɣni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡnoi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡny.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣny.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣny.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣni.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓́γνοιᾰ • (ắgnoiă) f (genitive ᾰ̓γνοίᾱς); first declension

1. The state of not knowing or perceiving: ignorance, unawareness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́γνοιᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓γνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́γνοιᾰ hē ắgnoiă	τὼ ᾰ̓γνοίᾱ tṑ ăgnoíā	αἱ ᾰ̓́γνοιαι hai ắgnoiai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γνοίᾱς tês ăgnoíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓γνοίαιν toîn ăgnoíain	τῶν ᾰ̓γνοιῶν tôn ăgnoiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γνοίᾳ têi ăgnoíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γνοίαιν toîn ăgnoíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓γνοίαις taîs ăgnoíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́γνοιᾰν tḕn ắgnoiăn	τὼ ᾰ̓γνοίᾱ tṑ ăgnoíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γνοίᾱς tā̀s ăgnoíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γνοιᾰ ắgnoiă	ᾰ̓γνοίᾱ ăgnoíā	ᾰ̓́γνοιαι ắgnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• άγνοια f (ágnoia, “ignorance”)

References

• “ἄγνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγνοια 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
• ἄγνοια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G52 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.
  • blindness idem, page 83.
  • ignorance idem, page 414.
  • unconsciousness idem, page 910.