ἐπιστήμη

See also: επιστήμη

Ancient Greek

From ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai), from ἐπί (epí) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi)

ἐπιστήμη • (epistḗmē) f (genitive ἐπιστήμης); first declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπιστήμη; τῆς ἐπιστήμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπιστήμη hē epistḗmē	τὼ ἐπιστήμᾱ tṑ epistḗmā	αἱ ἐπιστῆμαι hai epistêmai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπιστήμης tês epistḗmēs	τοῖν ἐπιστήμαιν toîn epistḗmain	τῶν ἐπιστημῶν tôn epistēmôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπιστήμῃ têi epistḗmēi	τοῖν ἐπιστήμαιν toîn epistḗmain	ταῖς ἐπιστήμαις taîs epistḗmais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπιστήμην tḕn epistḗmēn	τὼ ἐπιστήμᾱ tṑ epistḗmā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπιστήμᾱς tā̀s epistḗmās
Vocative	ἐπιστήμη epistḗmē	ἐπιστήμᾱ epistḗmā	ἐπιστῆμαι epistêmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἐπιστήμη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐπιστήμη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπιστήμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acquaintance idem, page 8.
- experience idem, page 294.
- familiarity idem, page 305.
- information idem, page 439.
- knowledge idem, page 472.
- learning idem, page 483.
- lore idem, page 500.
- proficiency idem, page 653.
- science idem, page 739.
- theory idem, page 865.
- understanding idem, page 913.
Catriona Hanley (2001) Being and God in Aristotle and Heidegger: The Role of Method in Thinking the Infinite, page 4: “"Ἐπιστήμη" comes from the composition of "επ-ἰσταμαι", formed from "επἰ", which means "upon"; plus the middle passive "ἵσταμαι", which means "to be set", or "to stand". "Ἐπιστήμη" then is the sort of knowledge that we can build upon, that which we set or stand other knowledge upon.”

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