act of thinking, reflection, cogitation
ἔννοια,ἡ, (νοῦς)
A. act of thinking, reflection, cogitation( συντονία διανοίας
Pl. Def. 414a
); ἄξιον ἐννοίας
Id. Lg. 657a
,al.
2. notion, conception,
χρόνου ἔννοια
Id. Ti. 47a
; ἐν ταῖς περὶ τὸ ὂν . . ἐννοίαις
Id. Phlb. 59d
;ἔ. λαβεῖνto forman idea,opp.αἴσθησιν λαβεῖν,
Id. Phd. 73c ; τοῦ καλοῦ ἔ. ἔχειν
Arist. EN 1179b15
; ἐννοίας χάριν λέγειν
Id. Metaph. 1073b12
;ἔννοιαι,opp.φαντασίαι, αἰσθήσεις,
Id. MA 701b17 ; κατὰ ἀθρόαν ἔ.
Epicur. Ep. 1p.23U.
(butκατὰ πᾶσαν ἔ. θυμοῦeverykind, varietyof anger, Phld. Ir. p.90 W.); δοξαστικαὶ ἔ.
Epicur. Sent. 24
; εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος
Plb. 1.57.4
;εἰς ἔ. τινὸς ἄγειν τινάib. 49.10 ;ἡ κοινὴ ἔ.the commonnotion,
Id. 10.27.8 ;κοιναὶ ἔ. axioms,heading in Euc. ; generalideas,
Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.154 , etc.;ψιλὴ ἔ.mere, i.e. vague,notion,
Simp. in Ph. 18.1 .
3. intent,
E. Hel. 1026 ;ἔννοιαν λαβεῖνforma design,
Id. Hipp. 1027 ;intentionof a testator, Is. 1.13 ; ἔ. ἔχειν περί τι
Pl. Lg. 769e
;ἔ. ἐμποιεῖνput anideainto one's head, Isoc. 5.150 ; ἔ. ἐμπίπτει τινί
X. An. 3.1.13
.
4. good sense, better judgement,
παρὰ τὴν ἔννοιαν
Plu. 2.1077d
.
II. senseof a word, D.C. 69.21 .
III. Rhet.,thought,opp.diction(λέξις), Hermog. Id. 2.4 , cf. Prog. 6 .
