ἄγνωστος
agnostos
unknown
Appears 35 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄγνωστος, ον, A. unknown, τινί Od. 2.175; unheard of, forgotten, Mimn 5.7; ἄ. ἐς γῆν IT 94; unfamiliar, Top. 149a5 (Comp.). 2. not to be known, ἄγνωστόν τινα τεύχειν Od. 13.191; πάντεσσι ib.397; ἀγνωστστατοι γλῶσσαν most unintelligible in tongue, 3.94. 3. not an object of knowledge, unknowable, ἄλογα καὶ ἄ. Tht. 202b; ἡ ὕλη ἄ. καθʼ αὑτήν Metaph. 1036a9; in Comp., harder to know, ib. 995a2. Adv. -τως in Alc.p.52C. 4. as the name of a divinity at Athens, νὴ τὸν Ἄγνωστον Ps.- Philopatr. 9, cf. Act.Ap. 17.23; in pl., θεῶν . . ὀνομαζομένων ἀ. 1.1.4. II. Act., notknowing, ignorant of, ψευδέων O. 6.67 (v.l. ἄγνωτον), cf. Halc. 3. Adv. -τως inconsiderately, Lib.p.29 O.
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