ἄγνοια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (v. <b class="b3">γιγνώσκω</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">want of perception, ignorance</b>, ἀγνοίᾳ <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1596</span>; ἀγνοίας ὕπο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>499</span>; <b class="b3">ἣν ὑπ' ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς</b> whom seeing you <b class="b2">pretend not to know</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>419</span>; ἀγνοίᾳ ἐξαμαρτάνειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>577</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.64</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιστήμη</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 199d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>66b26</span>; ἄ. κενότης ἐστὶ τῆς περὶ ψυχὴν ἕξεως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 585b</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἄγνοιαν πράττειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀγνοῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1110b25</span>: in Logic, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ ἐλέγχου ἄ</b>. <b class="b2">ignoratio elenchi, ignorance</b> of the conditions of a valid proof, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">SE</span>168a18</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">mistaken conduct, a mistake</b>, <span class="bibl">D.18.133</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.</span>2.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.27.2.2</span>. [In Poets sts. <b class="b3">ἀγνοίᾱ</b>,<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>350</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>129</span>; old Att., acc. to Ael. Dion.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Moer.191</span>; Ion. ἀγνοίη Phot.]</span>