# γνωστός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From the root of γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”) +‎ -στός (-stós). A later variant form of γνωτός (gnōtós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡnɔːs.tós/ → /ɣnosˈtos/ → /ɣnosˈtos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ɡnɔːs.tós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ɡnosˈtos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ɣnosˈtos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ɣnosˈtos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ɣnosˈtos/

### Adjective

γνωστός • (gnōstós) m (feminine γνωστή, neuter γνωστόν); first/second declension
* known

#### Quotations

* New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 9:42:γνωστὸν δὲ ἐγένετο καθ’ ὅλης τῆς Ἰόππης, καὶ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.gnōstòn dè egéneto kath’ hólēs tês Ióppēs, kaì polloì epísteusan epì tòn Kúrion.Translation by KJVAnd it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

#### Derived terms

* γνωστικός (gnōstikós)

#### Descendants

* Greek: γνωστός (gnostós)

### Further reading

* γνωστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* γνωστός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
* “γνωστός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* “γνωστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* G1110 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. familiar idem, page 305.knowable idem, page 471.well-known idem, page 974.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνωστός (gnōstós), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).

### Adjective

γνωστός • (gnostós) m (feminine γνωστή, neuter γνωστό)
* known, familiar
    Synonyms: γνωστός (gnostós), γνώριμος (gnórimos)
    Antonym: άγνωστος (ágnostos)

#### Declension

| number case \ gender | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| number case \ gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | γνωστός • | γνωστή • | γνωστό • | γνωστοί • | γνωστές • | γνωστά • |
| genitive | γνωστού • | γνωστής • | γνωστού • | γνωστών • | γνωστών • | γνωστών • |
| accusative | γνωστό • | γνωστή • | γνωστό • | γνωστούς • | γνωστές • | γνωστά • |
| vocative | γνωστέ • | γνωστή • | γνωστό • | γνωστοί • | γνωστές • | γνωστά • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γνωστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γνωστός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γνωστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γνωστός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γνωστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γνωστός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γνωστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γνωστός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γνωστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γνωστός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γνωστός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γνωστός, etc.) |

#### Related terms

* see: γνωρίζω (gnorízo, “to know”)

### Noun

γνωστός • (gnostós) m (plural γνωστοί)
* acquaintance, a person whom one knows; a familiar

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | γνωστός • | γνωστοί • |
| genitive | γνωστού • | γνωστών • |
| accusative | γνωστό • | γνωστούς • |
| vocative | γνωστέ • | γνωστοί • |

#### Antonyms

* άγνωστος (ágnostos)