ἀνό-ητος, ον,
not thought on, unheard of, ἄφραστ᾽ ἠδ᾽ ἀνόητα[[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 80. ] Refs]
__2 not within the province of thought, νοήματα ὄντα ἀνόητα εἶναι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 132c] Refs 5th c.BC+]; not the object of thought, unthinkable, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.6 and 10. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]adverb -τως without discursive thought, of vision, βλέψαι ἀ.[[ [prev. author] 6.7.16. ] Refs]
__II active, not understanding, unintelligent, senseless, silly, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87, 8.24] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ ἀνόητοι oh fools! [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 572; ὦνόητε [prev. author] “V.” 252] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to προνοητικός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.9] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Peregr.” 33] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ἀ., opposed to τὸ νοῦν ἔχον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 30b; τῷ θνητῷ καὶ ἀ. [prev. author] “Phd.” 80b; τὸ ἀ. [τῆς ψυχῆς] [prev. author] “R.” 605b, etc.:—of animals, τὸ τῶν προβάτων ἦθος εὔηθες καὶ ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610b23, compare 622a3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b with genitive, not understanding, θεοῦ[[ 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 41.5; τῆς φωνῆς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 44, cf. Ecphantus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.7.64. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 of acts, thoughts, etc., ἀ. γνῶμαι[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 162 (Lyric poetry); δόξαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 12d; εὐχειρίη 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 35; ἀ. καὶ κενόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 530] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἴνου.. καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνοήτων and all other follies, [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 417. ] Refs]