A.want of perception, ignorance, “ἀγνοίᾳ” A. Ag.1596; “ἀγνοίας ὕπο” Supp.499; ἣν ὑπ᾽ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς whom seeing you pretend not to know, S.Tr.419; “ἀγνοίᾳ ἐξαμαρτάνειν” X.Cyr.3.1.38, cf. Th.8.92, Ar.Av.577, D.9.64, etc.; opp. ἐπιστήμη, Pl.Tht. 199d, Arist.APr.66b26; “ἄ. κεϝότης ἐστὶ τῆς περὶ ψυχὴν ἕξεως” Pl.R. 585b; δι᾽ ἄγνοιαν πράττειν, opp. ἀγνοῶν, Arist.EN1110b25: in Logic, ἡ τοῦ ἐλέγχου ἄ. ignoratio elenchi, ignorance of the conditions of a valid proof, Arist.SE168a18, al.
ἄγνοια^ , ἡ, (v. γιγνώσκω)