know thyself

English

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnôthi seautón), one of the Delphic maxims, popularly attributed to various Ancient Greek sages. The proverb in Latin is given as nōsce tē ipsum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlf

Proverb

know thyself

1. (also philosophy) Be aware of your own strengths and limitations.

Translations

be aware of both your strengths and limitations

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: ծանի՛ր զքեզ (canír zkʻez)

• Azerbaijani: özünü tanı
• Breton: en em anavez da-unan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 認識你自己／认识你自己, 认识你自己 (rènshi nǐ zìjǐ)

• Dutch: ken uzelf
• Esperanto: konu vin mem
• Finnish: tunne itsesi
• French: connais-toi toi-même (fr)
• Galician: coñécete a ti mesmo
• German: erkenne dich selbst
• Greek: γνώθι σαυτόν (el) (gnóthi saftón)

  Ancient: γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnôthi seautón), γνῶθι σαυτόν (gnôthi sautón)

• Italian: conosci te stesso
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• Japanese: 汝自身を知れ (なんじじしんをしれ, nanjijishin o shire), 汝自らを知れ (なんじみずからをしれ, nanjimizukara o shire)
• Korean: 너 자신을 알라 (neo jasineul alla)
• Latin: nōsce tē ipsum, tēmet nōsce
• Persian: خودت رو بشناس (xodat row bešenâs)
• Polish: poznaj samego siebie
• Portuguese: conhece-te a ti mesmo, conhece a ti mesmo
• Punjabi: ਆਪੇ ਨੂੰ ਪਛਾਣੋ (āpe nū̃ pachāṇo)
• Russian: позна́й самого́ себя́ (poznáj samovó sebjá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀зна̄ј се̏бе, спо̀зна̄ј се̏бе

  Roman: pòznāj sȅbe, spòznāj sȅbe

• Slovak: poznaj sám seba
• Spanish: conócete a ti mismo
• Turkish: kendini bil
• Ukrainian: пізна́й само́го себе́ (piznáj samóho sebé)

Further reading

• know thyself on Wikipedia.Wikipedia