proper nounThĕognisTHEOGNIS☆ KeepMeaningan ancient Greek poetLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879THEOGNISLEWIS & SHORTTHEOGNISThĕognis, ĭdis, m., = Θέογνις, I. an ancient Greek poet; hence, as a designation of a very ancient period: etiam priusquam Theognis nasceretur, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 3, 19.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyTheognisTheognis (Θέογνις). 1. Of Megara, an ancient elegiac and gnomic poet, whose reputed works form the most extensive collection of gnomic poetry, that ha…