ἄνοια,
Epic dialect ἀνοίη [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 453] Refs 6th c.BC+], ἡ:— the character of an ἄνοος, want of understanding, folly, ἀνοίη in folly, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69; ὑπ᾽ ἀνοίας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1079, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 143; νεότητι καὶ ἀνοία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 716a; ἄ. λόγου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 603; τὴν ἄ. εὖ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 398] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῆ ἀνοια χρῆσθαι to be a great fool, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.2; πολλὴ ἄ. [ἐστι] πολεμῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνοιαν ὀφλισκάνειν to be thought a fool, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.26; δύο ἀνοίας γένη, τὸ μὲν μανίαν, τὸ δ᾽ ἀμαθίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 86b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but opposed to μανία, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 382c, 382e, etc.] Refs]: plural, follies, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7. [In Trag. sometimes paroxyt. ἀνοίᾱ (compare ἀγνοίᾱ),compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 402, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.5, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 519.]] Refs 5th c.BC+]