scientia
Pronunciation: [skiˈɛn.ti.a]
“scientia” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- knowledge, awareness, cognizance (the state of knowing a fact or situation)
- learning, learnedness, erudition (the state of having an extensive knowledge)
- expert understanding of a skill, art, science etc. (also as opposed to practice)
- that which is known (as opposed to a mere belief, translating Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē))
- knowledge (as distinguished according to the direction: from cause to effect or vice versa, corr. to Ancient Greek διότι (dióti) vs. ὅτι (hóti))
- the knowledge, lore, scholarship of a particular discipline
- the know-how, skill, expertise (applied knowledge)
- a science (an organized branch of methodically-acquired knowledge with a unified subject-matter)
In Latin
- (In sing. num.) actus sciendi, cognitio, intelligentia
- (In plur. num.) tanta memoria praeteritorum futurorumque prudentia
Etymology
From sciēns, scientem (“knowing, aware; having expertise”) + -ia (“abstract noun suffix”). Attested from Varro onwards (early 1st century BCE).
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