scientia

scientia Vorlage:lat.

Latin

Etymology

From sciēns, scientem (“knowing, aware; having expertise”) +‎ -ia (“abstract noun suffix”). Attested from Varro onwards (early 1st century BCE).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skiˈen.ti.a/, [s̠kiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈen.t͡si.a/, [ʃiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

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Noun

scientia f (genitive scientiae); first declension

1. (abstract):
   1. knowledge, awareness, cognizance (the state of knowing a fact or situation) [ synonyms, antonym ▲]

      Synonyms: cognitiō, sapientia, nōtitia

      Antonym: ignōrantia

   2. learning, learnedness, erudition (the state of having an extensive knowledge) [ synonyms ▲]

      Synonyms: ēruditiō, sapientia

   3. expert understanding of a skill, art, science etc. (also as opposed to practice) [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]

      Synonyms: intellēctus, ars

      Antonyms: ūsus, experientia, exercitātiō

2. (concrete):
   1. (philosophy) that which is known (as opposed to a mere belief, translating Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē)) [ antonyms ▲][ quotations ▼]

      Antonyms: opīniō, suspiciō, coniectūra

1. 1. 1. (Medieval Latin, logic) knowledge (as distinguished according to the direction: from cause to effect or vice versa, corr. to Ancient Greek διότι (dióti) vs. ὅτι (hóti)) [ quotations ▼]

         scientia propter quid ― a knowledge derived from cause to effect

         scientia quia ― a knowledge derived from effect to cause

   2. the knowledge, lore, scholarship of a particular discipline [ synonyms ▲]

      Synonyms: doctrīna, ars

      scientia speculātīva (Medieval Latin) ― theoretical knowledge

   3. the know-how, skill, expertise (applied knowledge) [ synonyms ▲]

      Synonyms: perītia, ars

      scientia practica (Medieval Latin) ― practical knowledge

   4. (Medieval Latin) a science (an organized branch of methodically-acquired knowledge with a unified subject-matter) [ synonym ▲][ hyponyms ▼]

      Synonym: disciplīna

      (all "natural science")

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scientia	scientiae
Genitive	scientiae	scientiārum
Dative	scientiae	scientiīs
Accusative	scientiam	scientiās
Ablative	scientiā	scientiīs
Vocative	scientia	scientiae