know
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, ἐξεπίστασθαι, γιγνώσκειν, V. ἐξειδέναι, κατειδέναι (also Plato but rare P.), ἱστορεῖν.
be acquainted with (things): use also P. and V. γνωρίζειν (acc.), μανθάνειν (acc.), ἐκμανθάνειν (acc.), P. καταμανθάνειν (acc.); see also learn.
be acquainted with (persons): P. and V. γιγνώσκειν (acc.), εἰδέναι (acc.), P. γνωρίζειν (acc.), V. ἱστορεῖν (acc.).
know beforehand: P. and V. προγιγνώσκειν, P. προειδέναι, προεπίστασθαι, V. προὐξεπίστασθαι.
know besides: P. προσεπίστασθαι.
know by heart: P. and V. ἐξεπίστασθαι.
know how to: P. and V. εἰδέναι (infin.), ἐπίστασθαι (infin.), V. γιγνώσκειν (infin.), ἐξεπίστασθαι (infin.), κατειδέναι (infin.).
not to know, be at a loss: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
make known: P. and V. φαίνειν, ἐκφαίνειν (Plato), ἀναφαίνειν, ἐκφέρω, ἐκφέρειν, V. γνωρίζειν.
