ἐπίνοια, ἡ,
thinking on or of a thing, thought, notion, οὐδ᾽ ἐς ἐπίνοιαν ἰέναι τινός [[5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ὡς.. [prev. author] 4.92; οὐδ᾽ ἐπίνοιαν ποιήσασθαί τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.20.12; τὰς ἐ. εἴς τι φέρειν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάσαις ταῖς ἐ. γίγνεσθαι περί τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.110.10; conception, idea, ἐναργὴς τοῦ πράγματος ἐ. [[ Epicur. “fragment” 255, cf. Phld. “D.” 3.8, +others] Refs]; κατ᾽ ἐπίνοιαν in idea, opposed to κατὰ περίπτωσιν (which see), [[“Stoic.” 2.29; κατ᾽ ἐ. ψιλὴν ὑφεστάναι [prev. work]159; πᾶσαν ἐ. ἀτοπίας ὑπερβάλλειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1065d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2. power of thought, inventiveness, οἶνον σὺ τολμᾶς εἰς ἐ. λοιδορεῖ; [[ Ar. “Eq.” 90, cf. X. “Cyr.” 2.3.19; κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐ. γίγνεσθαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3. invention, device, conceit, ἐ. ἀστειοτάται [[5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 539; ζητεῖν καινὴν ἐ. [prev. author] “V.” 346 ] Refs]; θαυμαστὰς ἐξευρίσκων ἐ. [[ [prev. author] “Eq.” 1322, etc.; τέχνης ἐπίνοιαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 399b17; πενία ἐπινοιῶν διδάσκαλος 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4. purpose, design, τίν᾽ ἐ. ἔσχεθε; [[5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 408, compare “Medea” 760 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς ἐ.; [[ Ar. “Th.” 766, compare “Av.” 405 (Lyric poetry); ἥτις ἡ 'πίνοια τῆς ἐγκεντρίδος [prev. author] “V.” 1073, compare “Pl.” 45 ] Refs]; κατὰ τὴν ἐκφορὰν καὶ τὴν ἐ. [[“Stoic.” 2.128; ἡ ἐ. τῆς καρδίας “Act.Ap.” 8.22: _plural_, ἐξ οἰκείων ἐ] Refs]., = sua sponte, [[“OGI” 580.7 (Cilicia, 4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]