ἐπίγνωσις
κείνους δὲ κλαίω ξυμφορᾷ κεχρημένους (Euripides' Medea 347) → I weep for those who have suffered disaster
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A recognition, c.gen., Phld.Lib. p.49O.; σφραγίδων Hdn.7.6.7; [τινῶν] διὰ βοῆς, δι' ὀμμάτων, J.BJ6.2.6; ἐς ἐπίγνωσιν App.Praef.13; recognition of a mistake, D.S.17.114; determination of a fact, PTeb.24.23 (ii B.C.). 2. knowledge, τινός Plb.3.7.6, 3.31.4, Attal. ap. Hipparch.1.8.10, cf.Ph.Bel.59.2; τοῦ μέλλοντος Ph.2.222; μουσικῆς Plu.2.1145a; θεοῦ LXXPr.2.5, cf.Ep. Rom.10.2, etc.; τὸν θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει ib.1.28, etc.; λαβὼν κανόνας εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τῆς ἀληθείας Arr.Epict.2.20.21, cf. S.E.M.7.259; ἐ. ἐπιστημονική scientific theory, Theol.Ar.17. II. decision, πρὸς -σιν κεκαθίκασιν SIG826D16; θεῶν ἐ. Him. Or.1.17.
German (Pape)
[Seite 933] ἡ, das Anerkennen, τῶν σφραγίδων Hdn. 7, 6, 15; übh. Erkenntniß, Pol. 2, 7, 6; Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίγνωσις: -εως, ἡ, ἐξέτασις, ἔρευνα, Πολύβ. 3. 7, 6.. 31, 4. 2) γνῶσις πράγματός τινος, μουσικῆς Πλούτ. 5. 1145Α· διάγνωσις, τῶν σφραγίδων ἐπίγωσιν Ἡρῳδιαν. 7. 6, 7:- ἐντελής, πλήρης γνῶσις, Ἐπιστ. π. Ρωμ. ι΄, 2. κτλ.· ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει αὐτοθι α΄, 28, κτλ. ΙΙ. ἀναγνώρισις, μετὰ τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν Διόδ. 17. 114.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
action de connaître, de pratiquer (qch).
Étymologie: ἐπιγιγνώσκω.
English (Strong)
from ἐπιγινώσκω; recognition, i.e. (by implication) full discernment, acknowledgement: (ac-)knowledge(-ing, - ment).
English (Thayer)
ἐπιγνώσεως, ἡ (ἐπιγινώσκω, which see (cf. also Lightfoot on Trench, § 75 at the end)), precise and correct knowledge; used in the N. T. of the knowledge of things ethical and divine: absolutely, κατ' ἐπίγνωσιν, τῆς ἀληθείας, τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Θεόν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει i. e. to keep the knowledge of the one true God which has illumined the soul, Polybius, Plutarch, Herodian, (others); the Sept. occasionally for דַּעַת; 2 Maccabees 9:11.)
Greek Monotonic
ἐπίγνωσις: -εως, ἡ (ἐπιγιγνώσκω), πλήρης, ολοκληρωμένη γνώση, σε Καινή Διαθήκη
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπίγνωσις: εως ἡ1) знакомство, (по)знание (μουσικῆς Plut.);
2) исследование, рассмотрение (τῶν προειρημένων Polyb.): κατ᾽ ἐπίγνωσιν NT путем исследования, т. е. рассудочно.
