knowledge is power -> ἠ γνῶσις δύναμις

[marshall85]

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was wondering if anybody could help me translate this into ancient greek?
thanks,
alez

[wings]

Hi there.

You can say: "Δύναμις εστίν η γνώσις".

Have a nice weekend,

Vicky

[banned8]

You could actually paraphrase a well-known Greek proverb, η ισχύς εν τη ενώσει (strength in unity, there's strength in numbers) and have:

Η ισχύς εν τη γνώσει (Power is in knowledge). You need to change one letter only.

Alternatively:

Ἐν τῇ γνώσει ἡ ἰσχὺς

[marshall85]

That's brilliant guys, thanks a lot.
Could you just tell me what you mean i have to change one letter?
Regards,
Alex

[banned8]

What I meant is that the difference between "η ισχύς εν τη ενώσει" and "η ισχύς εν τη γνώσει" is just one letter: ε becomes γ.

[Shackleb0lt]

I'm writing a book, and the motto of some school in it is "Knowledge is Power", only that in ancient greek. I would love to know what the translation is, not in ancient characters, but in modern ones. I think power is "kratos" and knowledge is "gnosis", so would it be something like:

"Kratos [something] Gnosis"   ?

Pardon my ignorance.

[vbd.]

Gnosis dinamis (esti)

"esti" means "is" and it's up to you to omit it. Either way the meaning is the same. You are right about kratos meaning power, but it rather refers to physical strength. Dinamis is the most appropriate word.

You could also say "dinamis gnonai" which means "knowing (or 'to know') is power" (gnonai is the infinitive while gnosis is the noun so I went for gnosis in the first sentence because you worded it like that as well, using a noun [knowledge]).

[billberg23]

See also http://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=592.0

[Shackleb0lt]

Thanks a lot for the answers.

Okay, so if I were to use the noun of "knowledge" would it be:

"Kratos esti Gnosis" and/or "Kratos Gnosis", right?

And what does dinamis exactly mean? Okay, it refers to mental power, but what's the exact translation?

[billberg23]

Αs iTech pointed out, kratos isn't the word you want here, since it means "physical strength," "dominance," "domain."  You want the more general term for "power," "ability," "potential," and that's dynamis.  So "Knowledge is power" = Gnosis dynamis, or ἠ γνῶσις δύναμις, = (in caps) Η ΓΝΩΣΙΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΙΣ.