Give me a good Greek, Latin or English equivalent for 'Insights' or
'Clarity of Vision' ; The name should be one word and not more than2
syllables - it should be easy to remember and catchy instantly.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 03 Jul 2005 14:08 PDT

Are you looking for a noun, as in insight(s) = wisdom, or an
adjective, as in sage, keen, canny, astute, sharp, shrewd?

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Clarification of Question by psn4565-ga on 06 Jul 2005 21:18 PDT

The word should be a noun

Hi, psn4565-ga:

The English word "prescience" (presh'-ens) comes from the Latin
infinitive form "pręscire", meaning to know in advance. (Both are two
syllables.)

[Online Etymology Dictionary]
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=29

[A Greek equivalent "pronoia" has three syllables, but also the cachet
of appearing twice in the Greek New Testament, once in Acts 24:2
(trans. "foresight" in the KJV, referring to Felix) and once in Romans
13:14 (trans. "provision" or in more modern terms providence, of
God).]

The word "prescience" has a fair amount of cachet owing to the
popularity of Frank Herbert's book Dune (together with various sequels
and prequels, and movie adaptations).

If gimmickiness is desirable, you might prefer to play around with the
more mutable "foresight", permitting for example "phorsyte" as a
"corrupted" form (among many others, eg. 4syte, etc.) and which has
limited presence on the Internet as revealed by a Google search:

[Google Search: phorsyte]
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=phorsyte&btnG=Search


regards, mathtalk-ga

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Clarification of Answer by mathtalk-ga on 30 Jul 2005 11:02 PDT

I should correct my claim that the Latin infinitive form "pręscire"
has two syllables.  Any good Latin student would spot that the final E
is pronounced.

Sorry for the confusion!

-- mathtalk-ga

Satori

How about "savvy"? I've always thought this was a really neat word.

"The name should be one word and not more than2
syllables - it should be easy to remember and catchy instantly."

How about "Pinkfreud"? :  name, one word, not more than two syllables,
easy to remember and catchy instantly, and lots and lots of insight
and clarity of vision!

OK, "savvy" may have broader acceptance outside this community,

Horse sense?

Third Eye

Acuity

Unfortunately it's four syllables.

http://www.answers.com/acuity&r=67

Auspex

seer 

2: an observer who perceives visually
URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=seer

Two syllables.

websearcher

pellucidity - Transparently clear in style or meaning

Its long but it makes a great statement.

Mother911-ga

Eureka! isn't a noun, but it conveys the meaning.

Brilliants is a fun plural pun on brilliance.

perspicacious, perspicacity,
perspicuity

Rare characteristics don't come in short, pithy words in Latin.

A couple of one syllable English candidates:

ken (n., perception, understanding)
http://www.answers.com/ken&r=67


wit (n., the natural ability to perceive and understand, intelligence)
http://www.answers.com/wit&r=67

dredging up attic greek class:  sophia, synesis (NOT synthesis),
saphenia, pronoia, gnomon: wisdom, insight, clarity, foresight, one
who knows.

i like gnomon because it means "one who knows/has insight" and it also
refers to the part of a sundial that casts the shadow.  so it's
poetic.

the rest are more than two syllables, but you might want to change
your requirements, because you're not going to find too many
interesting words with only two syllables!

I'm also fond of the word gnomon, partly for its geometric meaning,
but perhaps the word gnosis would better convey a meaning of
knowledge/understanding.

Both are ultimately derived from the same Greek verb "to know".

-- mathtalk-ga

Vides

Vidis

How about one of these?
acumen, aha, awareness, click, comprehension, discernment, divination,
drift, hep to, intuition, judgment, observation, penetration,
perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity,
sageness, sapience, savvy, shrewdness, theosophy, understanding,
vision, wavelength, wisdom, wise to

"acumen" or "sapience" - sorry, didn't follow the syllables
requirement, but that's too restricted anyway.

Lumens  = greek for light of clarity