ἀγνέω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
An affixed form of Proto-Hellenic *ágō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (“to be driving”), from the root *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡné.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈɡne.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɣne.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈɣne.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈɣne.o/
Verb
ἀγνέω • (agnéō)
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- [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
Usage notes
The Aeolian form ἀχνηκότας (akhnēkótas) is attested.
Conjugation
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| 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.
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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.
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References
- “ἀγνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἀγνέω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011