ΠΡΙΝΓΝΩΝΑΙ, πρινγνωναι
PRINGNŌNAI, pringnōnai
Sounds Like: prin-GNO-nai
Translations: before knowing, before understanding
From the root: ΠΡΙΝ, ΓΙΝΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Unknown
Explanation: This word appears to be a compound word formed from 'πρίν' (prin), meaning 'before', and 'γνῶναι' (gnōnai), which is the aorist infinitive of 'γινώσκω' (ginōskō), meaning 'to know' or 'to understand'. However, the spelling 'ΠΡΙΝΓΝΩΝΑΙ' is highly unusual and likely a misspelling or a garbled form of 'πρὶν γνῶναι', which would mean 'before knowing' or 'before understanding'. It is not a standard Koine Greek word. If it were correctly spelled as 'πρὶν γνῶναι', it would function as a temporal phrase indicating an action occurring prior to the act of knowing or understanding.
Inflection: Does not inflect (likely a phrase or compound of an adverb and an infinitive)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 11:10
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΡΙΝ, ΓΙΝΩΣΚΩ, appear in our texts.
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