διάνοιᾰ, ἡ,
Aeolic dialect διανοιΐα [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 1a.1 (nisi to be read δι᾽ ἀνοιΐα[ν])] Refs 7th c.BC+], poetry also διανοίᾱ accusative to [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1679.29 ] Refs]:— thought, i.e. intention, purpose, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, 90, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.35, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.219; ὤλοντ᾽ ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 831 (Lyric poetry); μαινόλις δ. [prev. author] “Supp.” 109 (Lyric poetry); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 797 (Lyric poetry), compare “Eu.” 1013 (_anapaest meter_); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.14; πρός τινι 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.37; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλο τι.. τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. NT.Col.1.21. ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__2 thought, notion, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 63d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.210. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος.. ἐπωνομάσθη δ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις [prev. author] “LI” 968a25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially discursive thought, opposed to νόησις, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 123. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]