astrognosy
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astrognosy
- /əˈstɹɒɡnəsi/ UK
- /əˈstɹɑɡnəsi/ US
Where it comes from
From astro- (prefix meaning ‘star’) + -gnosy (suffix denoting the scientific knowledge of a subject), modelled on German Astrognosie, or its etymon Late Latin astrognosia, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body; (specifically) fixed star; planet”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn; to glow”)) + -γνωσία (-gnōsía) (from γνῶσις (gnôsis, “inquiry; knowledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know; to recognize”)).
noun
- Knowledge of the stars, especially the fixed stars; the branch of astronomy dealing with the fixed stars. It is curious at least, that his Philosophy obliged Pythagoras, to make the Solar System #61;10, tho' his imperfect Astrognosy reduced him to the shift of including the moon, and imagining an Antiχθων ["anti-earth, anti-world"] and taking the whole as a completory Unit—Sun, Mer[cury,] Ven[us,] Earth
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noun knowledge of the stars; branch of astronomy dealing with the fixed stars
| Español | astrognosia |
|---|---|
| Français | astrognosie |
| Deutsch | Astrognosie |
| Русский | астрогнозия astrognozija |
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title = {astrognosy},
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