ἄγνωστος, ον,
unknown, τινί[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.175] Refs 8th c.BC+]; unheard of, forgotten,[[ Mimn 5.7; ἄ. ἐς γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 94] Refs 5th c.BC+]; unfamiliar, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 149a5 (_comparative_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 not to be known, ἄγνωστόν τινα τεύχειν[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.191; πάντεσσι [prev. work] 397] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγνωστστατοι γλῶσσαν most unintelligible in tongue, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.94. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 not an object of knowledge, unknowable, ἄλογα καὶ ἄ.[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 202b; ἡ ὕλη ἄ. καθ᾽ αὑτήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1036a9] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in comparative, harder to know, [[[prev. work] 995a2. ] Refs]adverb -τως[[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.52C. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__4 as the name of a divinity at Athens, νὴ τὸν Ἄγνωστον Ps.-[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 9, cf. NT.Act.17.23; in _plural_, θεῶν.. ὀνομαζομένων ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.1.4. ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__II active, notknowing, ignorant of, ψευδέων[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.67 (variant{ἄγνωτον}),compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Halc.” 3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb -τως inconsiderately, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.29 O.] Refs 1st c.BC+]