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ἄγνοια

agnoia

want of perception, ignorance

Appears 54 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγνοια, ἡ, (v. γιγνώσκω) A. want of perception, ignorance, ἀγνοίᾳ A. Ag. 1596; ἀγνοίας ὕπο Supp. 499; ἣν ὑπʼ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς whom seeing you pretend not to know, S. Tr. 419; ἀγνοίᾳ ἐξαμαρτάνειν X. Cyr. 3.1.38, cf. Th. 8.92, Ar. Av. 577, D. 9.64, etc.; opp. ἐπιστήμη, Pl. Tht. 199d, Arist. APr. 66b26; ἄ. κενότης ἐστὶ τῆς περὶ ψυχὴν ἕξεως Pl. R. 585b; διʼ ἄγνοιαν πράττειν, opp. ἀγνοῶν, Arist. EN 1110b25: in Logic, ἡ τοῦ ἐλέγχου ἄ. ignoratio elenchi, ignorance of the conditions of a valid proof, Arist. SE 168a18, al. II. mistaken conduct, a mistake, D. 18.133, Ep. 2.19, Plb. 27.2.2. [In Poets sts. ἀγνοίᾱ,S. Tr. 350, Ph. 129; old Att., acc. to Ael. Dion.Fr. 11, cf. Moer. 191; Ion. ἀγνοίη Phot.]
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