acatalepsia

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English

Noun

acatalepsia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of acatalepsy

Latin

Pronunciation 1

Noun

acatalēpsia f (genitive acatalēpsiae); first declension

  1. (Renaissance Latin) epistemological scepticism; acatalepsy
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • English: acatalepsy
  • Portuguese: acatalepsia

Pronunciation 2

Noun

acatalēpsiā f

  1. ablative singular of acatalēpsia

References

  • acatalepsia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

acatalepsia f (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) acatalepsy (the doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty)