ἐμπειρία

See also: εμπειρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Abstract noun from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.peː.rí.aː/ → /em.piˈri.a/ → /em.biˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.peː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /em.piˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /em.piˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /em.piˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /em.biˈri.a/

Noun

ἐμπειρίᾱ • (empeiríā) f (genitive ἐμπειρίᾱς); first declension

1. experience; mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine; empiricism

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐμπειρίᾱ; τῆς ἐμπειρίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐμπειρίᾱ hē empeiríā	τὼ ἐμπειρίᾱ tṑ empeiríā	αἱ ἐμπειρίαι hai empeiríai
Genitive	τῆς ἐμπειρίᾱς tês empeiríās	τοῖν ἐμπειρίαιν toîn empeiríain	τῶν ἐμπειριῶν tôn empeiriôn
Dative	τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ têi empeiríāi	τοῖν ἐμπειρίαιν toîn empeiríain	ταῖς ἐμπειρίαις taîs empeiríais
Accusative	τὴν ἐμπειρίᾱν tḕn empeiríān	τὼ ἐμπειρίᾱ tṑ empeiríā	τᾱ̀ς ἐμπειρίᾱς tā̀s empeiríās
Vocative	ἐμπειρίᾱ empeiríā	ἐμπειρίᾱ empeiríā	ἐμπειρίαι empeiríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐμπειρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐμπειρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐμπειρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμπειρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • acquaintance idem, page 8.
  • empiricism idem, page 269.
  • experience idem, page 294.
  • familiarity idem, page 305.
  • intimacy idem, page 454.
  • knowledge idem, page 472.
  • proficiency idem, page 653.
  • skill idem, page 780.
  • training idem, page 887.
  • understanding idem, page 913.