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ἐπίγνωσις

ἐπίγνωσις

Ancient Greek

Noun

ἐπίγνωσις • ‎(epígnōsis) f ‎(genitive ἐπιγνώσεως); third declension

examination, scrutiny
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 3.7.6
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 3.31.4
1. acquaintance, full knowledge
  - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 5.1145.A
- 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus 7.6
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 10.2
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 1.28
an acknowledgement

Inflection

Third declension of ἐπίγνωσῐς, ἐπιγνώσεως

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐπίγνωσῐς	ἐπιγνώσει	ἐπιγνώσεις
Genitive	ἐπιγνώσεως	ἐπιγνωσέοιν	ἐπιγνώσεων
Dative	ἐπιγνώσει	ἐπιγνωσέοιν	ἐπιγνώσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἐπίγνωσῐν	ἐπιγνώσει	ἐπιγνώσεις
Vocative	ἐπίγνωσῐ	ἐπιγνώσει	ἐπιγνώσεις

Dialectal forms:
Notes:

Third declension of ἐπίγνωσῐς, ἐπιγνώσιος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐπίγνωσῐς	ἐπιγνώσιε	ἐπιγνώσιες
Genitive	ἐπιγνώσιος	ἐπιγνωσίοιν	ἐπιγνωσίων
Dative	ἐπιγνώσῑ, ἐπιγνώσει	ἐπιγνωσίοιν	ἐπιγνώσῐσῐ(ν), ἐπιγνωσίεσῐ(ν), ἐπιγνώσεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἐπίγνωσῐν	ἐπιγνώσιε	ἐπιγνώσῑς, ἐπιγνώσιᾰς
Vocative	ἐπίγνωσῐ	ἐπιγνώσιε	ἐπιγνώσιες

Dialectal forms:
Notes:

References

ἐπίγνωσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐπίγνωσις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
«ἐπίγνωσις» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“G1922”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979