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ἀμαθής μανθάνω

I.unlearned, ignorant, stupid, boorish (v. ἀμαθία), Hdt., etc.; ἀμαθὴς τὴν ἐκείνων ἀμαθίαν stupid with their stupidity, Plat.; ἀμαθέστερον τῶν νόμων ὑπεροψίας παιδεύεσθαι to be educated with too little learning to despise the laws, Thuc.:—adv., ἀμαθῶς ἁμαρτεῖν to err through ignorance, Eur.
2.c. gen. rei, without knowledge of a thing, id=Eur.; περί τινος, πρός τι Plat.
II.not heard of, unknown, ἀμ. ἔρρει Eur.:—adv., ἀμαθῶς χωρεῖν of events, to take an unforeseen course, Thuc.

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