# γνωρίζω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) (whence γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)). Compare γνώριμος (gnṓrimos) and gnarus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡnɔː.ríz.dɔː/ → /ɣnoˈri.zo/ → /ɣnoˈri.zo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ɡnɔː.ríz.dɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ɡnoˈri.zo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ɣnoˈri.zo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ɣnoˈri.zo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ɣnoˈri.zo/

### Verb

γνωρίζω • (gnōrízō)
* to make known (in passive: become known)
* to learn, discover

#### Derived terms

* ἀναγνωρίζω (anagnōrízō)

#### Descendants

* Greek: γνωρίζω (gnorízo)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γνωρίμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280

### Further reading

* “γνωρίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “γνωρίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* γνωρίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* γνωρίζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* G1107 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. acquaint idem, page 8.detect idem, page 219.discover idem, page 231.identify idem, page 413.know idem, page 471.leak idem, page 482.recognise idem, page 680.
* “γνωρίζω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνωρίζω (gnōrízō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣnoˈɾi.zo/
* Hyphenation: γνω‧ρί‧ζω

### Verb

γνωρίζω • (gnorízo) (past γνώρισα, passive γνωρίζομαι)
* to know (something), be aware, recognize
** Σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν κόψι τοῦ σπαθιοῦ τὴν τρομερή, σὲ γνωρίζω ἀπὸ τὴν ὄψι ποὺ μὲ βία μετράει τὴν γῆ.Se gnorízo apó tin kópsi tou spathioú tin tromerí, se gnorízo apó tin ópsi pou me vía metráei tin gi.I know you from the blade of the fearsome sword, I know you from the face which with haste gazes the land
    Dionysios Solomos, Hymn to Liberty (1823), 1st stanza
* to know (someone); get to know, meet
* to introduce, make acquaintance

#### Derived terms

* αναγνωρίζω (anagnorízo, “to recognise”)
* παραγνωρίζω (paragnorízo, “overlook”)
* πρωτογνωρίζω (protognorízo, “meet for the first time”)

#### Related terms

* αγνώριστος (agnóristos)
* γνώριμος (gnórimos, “familiar”)
* γνώρισμα n (gnórisma, “characteristic”)
* γνώση f (gnósi, “knowledge”)
* γνώστης m (gnóstis, “expert”)
* γνωστός m (gnostós, “acquaintance”)
* γνωστός (gnostós, “known”)
* γνώστρια f (gnóstria, “expert”)
* διαγιγνώσκω (diagignósko, “diagnose”)
* εγνωσμένος (egnosménos, “known”, passive perfect participle)
* and see: γνώση f (gnósi, “knowledge”)

#### See also

* ξέρω (xéro, “to know a fact”)

### Further reading

* γνωρίζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language