ἘΠΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ, ἐπιστικος
EPISTIKOS, epistikos
Sounds Like: ep-is-tee-KOS
Translations: knowing, knowledgeable, understanding, a knowing one, a knowledgeable one, an understanding one
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is knowing, knowledgeable, or understanding. It is likely derived from the Greek word for 'knowledge' (ἐπιστήμη). In the provided context, it appears alongside negative traits like 'irascible' and 'jealous', suggesting it might be used in a negative sense, perhaps implying someone who is overly confident in their own knowledge, or perhaps even a misinterpretation or misspelling of a similar word like 'ἐπιστημονικός' (scientific, knowing). However, without further context, its precise negative connotation is unclear, but it generally refers to someone possessing knowledge.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 3:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΞἘΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ — from knowledge, with knowledge, with skill, expertly, knowingly, by design
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, a knowledge, an understanding, a skill
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, a knowledge, an understanding, a skill
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΝ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science, a knowledge, an understanding
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science, a science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΝ — knowledge, a knowledge, understanding, skill
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ — of knowledge, of understanding, of skill, of science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜ‾Η‾ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΣΗΣ — (of) knowledge, (of) understanding, (of) skill
- ΣΤΗΜΗΝ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science
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