ἐπίγνωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ γνῶσῐς (gnôsis, “inquiry, knowledge”), or from ἐπιγιγνώσκω (epigignṓskō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.ɡnɔː.sis/ → /eˈpi.ɣno.sis/ → /eˈpi.ɣno.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.ɡnɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɡno.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɣno.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɣno.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ɣno.sis/

Noun

ἐπῐ́γνωσῐς • (epígnōsis) f (genitive ἐπῐγνώσεως); third declension

1. 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 5.1145A
   • 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
2. an acknowledgement

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐ́γνωσῐς; τῆς ἐπῐγνώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐ́γνωσῐς hē epígnōsis	τὼ ἐπῐγνώσει tṑ epignṓsei	αἱ ἐπῐγνώσεις hai epignṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγνώσεως tês epignṓseōs	τοῖν ἐπῐγνωσέοιν toîn epignōséoin	τῶν ἐπῐγνώσεων tôn epignṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγνώσει têi epignṓsei	τοῖν ἐπῐγνωσέοιν toîn epignōséoin	ταῖς ἐπῐγνώσεσῐ / ἐπῐγνώσεσῐν taîs epignṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐ́γνωσῐν tḕn epígnōsin	τὼ ἐπῐγνώσει tṑ epignṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγνώσεις tā̀s epignṓseis
Vocative	ἐπῐ́γνωσῐ epígnōsi	ἐπῐγνώσει epignṓsei	ἐπῐγνώσεις epignṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible