"ἐπιστήμη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐπιστήμη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pis.tɛ̌ː.mɛː/, /e.pisˈti.mi/, /e.pisˈti.mi/, /e.pis.tɛ̌ː.mɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e.pisˈte̝.me̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /e.pisˈti.mi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /e.pisˈti.mi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /e.pisˈti.mi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai), from ἐπί (epí) + ἵστημι (hístēmi). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ἐπίσταμαι}} ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai), {{compound|grc|ἐπί|ἵστημι}} ἐπί (epí) + ἵστημι (hístēmi) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐπιστήμης|f|first}} ἐπιστήμη • (epistḗmē) f (genitive ἐπιστήμης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐπιστήμη|ης}} Forms: epistḗmē [romanization], ἐπιστήμης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐπιστήμη [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐπιστήμᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐπιστῆμαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐπιστήμης [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐπιστήμαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐπιστήμῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐπιστήμαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐπιστήμαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐπιστήμην [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐπιστήμᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐπιστήμᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐπιστήμη [singular, vocative], ἐπιστήμᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐπιστῆμαι [plural, vocative]
  1. science
    Sense id: en-ἐπιστήμη-grc-noun-eQ-tR0Sp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
  2. knowledge
    Sense id: en-ἐπιστήμη-grc-noun-4PiVhy1l Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 50 50

Inflected forms

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