ἀμαθής
Etym. 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.