Ἀγνωμόνως
senselessly
Translated by Roger Travis · 23 Oct 2000 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] mindlessly, or gracelessly.1
The unlearned are called senseless -- without discernment -- in Plato.2
And Demosthenes in the Philippics [sc. uses the word] to meana)logi/stws ["without reason"] and a)bou/lws ["without counsel"].3
And the Theologian [writes]: "o [you], even more senseless than Jews."4 Meaning "more mindless".
The unlearned are called senseless -- without discernment -- in Plato.2
And Demosthenes in the Philippics [sc. uses the word] to mean
And the Theologian [writes]: "o [you], even more senseless than Jews."4 Meaning "more mindless".
Greek original
Ἀγνωμόνως· ἀνοήτως, ἢ ἀχαρίστως. λέγονται δὲ παρὰ Πλάτωνι ἀγνώμονες, ἀσύγγνωστοι, οἱ ἀμαθεῖς. καὶ Δημοσθένης ἐν τοῖς Φιλιππικοῖς ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀλογίστως καὶ ἀβούλως. καὶ ὁ Θεολόγος· ὦ καὶ Ἰουδαίων ἀγνωμονέστερε. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνοητότερε.
Betacode
*)agnwmo/nws: a)noh/tws, h)\ a)xari/stws. le/gontai de\ para\ *pla/twni a)gnw/mones, a)su/ggnwstoi, oi( a)maqei=s. kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs e)n toi=s *filippikoi=s a)nti\ tou= a)logi/stws kai\ a)bou/lws. kai\ o( *qeolo/gos: w)= kai\ *)ioudai/wn a)gnwmone/stere. a)nti\ tou= a)nohto/tere.
Notes (3)
- [1] Adverbial form of the adjective↩
a)gnw/mwn (for which see also alpha 283).- 2Plato, Republic 5.450D; likewise in Photius alpha217 Theodoridis. ↩
- 3Demosthenes 2.26. This paragraph of the entry comes from Harpokration s.v. ↩
- 4Gregory of Nazianzus, in Oration 38 (PG 36.329.13) and again in Oration 45 (PG 36.661.7).
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