ἀγνώς
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Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀγνώς, ῶτος, ὁ, ἡ, (γνῶ-ναι): I. Pass., unknown, mostly of persons, ἀγνῶτες ἀλλήλοις Od. 5.79; ἀγνὼς πρὸς ἀγνῶτʼ εἶπε Ch. 677, cf. Supp. 993, Ph. 1008; ἀ. πατρί clam patre, Ion 14: in Prose, ἀ. τοῖς ἐν τῇ νηΐ 1.137, cf. R. 375e, etc. b. of things, obscure, unintelligible, ἀ. φωνὴ βάρβαρος Ag. 1051, cf. Ant. 1001; ἀ δόκησις dark, vague suspicion, OT 681. 2. obscure, ignoble, ἀ. ἀκλεής IA 18; οὐκ ἀ. νίκαν a victory not unknown to fame, I. 2.12; ἀ.διὰ νεότητα Or. 3.116b. II. Act., ignorant, OT 1133; ἀ. τί δύναται . . Oec. 20.13. III. c. gen., where the sense fluctuates between Pass. and Act., [χθὼν] οὐκ ἀ. θηρῶν P. 9.58, cf. I. 2.30; ἀγνῶτες ἀλλήλων 3.53; ὁ ἀ. τῶν λόγων SE 178a26.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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