ἐπιστήμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπί (epi) +‎ ἵστημι (histēmi)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /epistɛ͜ɛ́mɛ͜ɛ/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛpistéːmeː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /epistími/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /epistími/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /epistími/

Noun

ἐπιστήμη (genitive ἐπιστήμης) f, first declension; (epistēmē)

1. science
2. knowledge

Descendants

• επιστήμη (epistími) f (science)

References

• ἐπιστήμη in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• 2001, Catriona Hanley, 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.