διάγνωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “distinguish, discern”) +‎ -σしぐまῐς (-sis), from δでるたιいおたαあるふぁ- (dia-) +‎ γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.á.ɡnɔː.sis/ → /ðiˈa.ɣno.sis/ → /ðiˈa.ɣno.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.á.ɡnɔː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ɡno.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ɣno.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ɣno.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈa.ɣno.sis/

Noun

δでるたῐᾰ́γνωσῐς • (diágnōsis) f (genitive δでるたῐᾰγνώσῐος or δでるたῐᾰγνώσεως); third declension

1. distinguishing
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.50
2. means of distinguishing or discerning
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 926
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 18.128
   • 350 BCE, Aristotle, On the Heavens 2.9
   1. (medicine) diagnosis
      • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Injuries of the Head 10
      • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 8.766
   2. power of discernment
      • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 696
3. resolving, deciding
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 6.18
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 18.7
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 1.34
   • Metrodorus, Fragments 27
   1. (law, Christianity) examination, opinion, decision
      • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 25:21
      • «τたうοおみくろんῦ δでるたὲ Παύλου ἐπぱいῐκかっぱᾰλεσᾰμένου τたうηいーたρろーηいーたθしーたῆνにゅーαあるふぁιいおた αあるふぁὐτたうὸνにゅー εις τήν τたうοおみくろんῦ Σεβᾰστοῦ δでるたῐᾰ́γνωσῐνにゅー ἐκέλευσᾰ τηρεῖσθαι αυτόν, ἑώς οおみくろんὗ πέμψω αあるふぁυうぷしろんτたうὸνにゅー πぱいρろーὸς Καίσᾰρろーᾰ.» Acts of the Apostles 25:21 Scrivener’s 1894 Textus Receptus
      • ‘toû dè Paúlou epĭkălesăménou tērēt͡hē̂nai autòn eis tḕn toû Sebăstoû dĭắgnōsĭn ekéleusă tēreîst͡hai autòn, héōs hoû pémp͡sō autòn pròs Kaísără.’

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δでるたῐᾰ́γνωσῐς; τたうῆς δでるたῐᾰγνώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δでるたῐᾰ́γνωσῐς hē diágnōsis	τたうὼ δでるたῐᾰγνώσει tṑ diagnṓsei	αあるふぁἱ δでるたῐᾰγνώσεις hai diagnṓseis
Genitive	τたうῆς δでるたῐᾰγνώσεως tês diagnṓseōs	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー δでるたῐᾰγνωσέοιν toîn diagnōséoin	τたうῶνにゅー δでるたῐᾰγνώσεων tôn diagnṓseōn
Dative	τたうῇ δでるたῐᾰγνώσει têi diagnṓsei	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー δでるたῐᾰγνωσέοιν toîn diagnōséoin	τたうαあるふぁῖς δでるたῐᾰγνώσεσῐ / δでるたῐᾰγνώσεσῐνにゅー taîs diagnṓsesi(n)
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー δでるたῐᾰ́γνωσῐνにゅー tḕn diágnōsin	τたうὼ δでるたῐᾰγνώσει tṑ diagnṓsei	τたうᾱ̀ς δでるたῐᾰγνώσεις tā̀s diagnṓseis
Vocative	δでるたῐᾰ́γνωσῐ diágnōsi	δでるたῐᾰγνώσει diagnṓsei	δでるたῐᾰγνώσεις diagnṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: διάγνωση (diágnosi)
• Hungarian: diagnózis
• Latin: diagnōsis
  • English: diagnosis
  • Norman: dgiag'nose
• Russian: диагноз (diagnoz)

References

• “διάγνωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διάγνωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διάγνωσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάγνωσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1233 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adjudication idem, page 12.
  • award idem, page 56.
  • decision idem, page 201.
  • determination idem, page 219.
  • discernment idem, page 229.
  • discrimination idem, page 232.
  • distinction idem, page 241.
  • judgment idem, page 465.
  • sentence idem, page 753.