Ancient Greek

Noun

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

1. science
2. knowledge

Descendants

• Greek: επιστήμη f ‎(epistími)

References

• 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.”