astrognosy

== English == === Etymology === 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”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɒɡnəsi/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɑɡnəsi/ Hyphenation: as‧tro‧gno‧sy === Noun === astrognosy (uncountable) (astronomy, archaic) Knowledge of the stars, especially the fixed stars; the branch of astronomy dealing with the fixed stars. [from early 19th c.] ==== Related terms ==== astrognostic astrognostical ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “astrognosy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.