μάθησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of μᾰνθᾰ́νω (manthánō, “I learn”) +‎ -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.tʰɛː.sis/ → /ˈma.θi.sis/ → /ˈma.θi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.tʰɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.tʰe̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.θi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.θi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.θi.sis/

Noun

μᾰ́θησῐς • (máthēsis) f (genitive μᾰθήσεως); third declension

1. the act of learning, getting of knowledge

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2. desire for learning
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1032
3. education, instruction

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Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μᾰ́θησῐς; τῆς μᾰθήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰ́θησῐς hē máthēsis	τὼ μᾰθήσει tṑ mathḗsei	αἱ μᾰθήσεις hai mathḗseis
Genitive	τῆς μᾰθήσεως tês mathḗseōs	τοῖν μᾰθησέοιν toîn mathēséoin	τῶν μᾰθήσεων tôn mathḗseōn
Dative	τῇ μᾰθήσει têi mathḗsei	τοῖν μᾰθησέοιν toîn mathēséoin	ταῖς μᾰθήσεσῐ / μᾰθήσεσῐν taîs mathḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μᾰ́θησῐν tḕn máthēsin	τὼ μᾰθήσει tṑ mathḗsei	τᾱ̀ς μᾰθήσεις tā̀s mathḗseis
Vocative	μᾰ́θησῐ máthēsi	μᾰθήσει mathḗsei	μᾰθήσεις mathḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (desire for learning): χρηστομᾰ́θειᾰ (khrēstomátheia)

Descendants

• Greek: μάθηση (máthisi)
• Latin: mathēsis
  • English: mathesis
  • Middle French: mathesie

Further reading

• “μάθησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μάθησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μάθησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • comprehension idem, page 153.
  • education idem, page 262.
  • information idem, page 439.
  • instruction idem, page 447.
  • intelligence idem, page 448.
  • knowledge idem, page 472.
  • learning idem, page 483.
  • schooling idem, page 739.
  • study idem, page 829.