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Aeolic dialect νόημι (which see): Epic dialect aorist 1 νόησα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.91 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἔνωσα (ἐν-) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect νενόηκα, Ionic dialect νένωκα (ἐν-) [[ [prev. author] 3.6 ] Refs]; imperative νενόηθι Hilgard Excerpta e libris Herodiani [[ 30 ] Refs]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist νοήσατο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.501 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle νοησάμενος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 7.6, νωσάμενος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1298, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.263, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 345, etc.:] Refs 7th c.BC+] —passive (mostly in middle sense), future νοηθήσομαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.175, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 17.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐνοήθην [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also Ionic dialect (ἐπ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122, 6.115: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect νενόημαι, Ionic dialect νένωμαι [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 10, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.53, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 182, Aëthlius 4: _3rd.pers._ ] Refs 6th c.BC+]singular pluperfect ἐνένωτο (in middle sense) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77. Hdn.Gr. 2.253 cites νοῦνται from 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+] and perfect passive νένοται. —The compounds with ἀπό, διά, ἐν, ἐπί, μετά, πρό are used chiefly in middle:—perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν.. ὑπολαμβάνουσιν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 427a26), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.396 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀξὺ ν.[[ [prev. work] 374, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 838, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.422, 24.294. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 perceive by the mind, apprehend, τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε [[ 11.599; οὐ.. ἴδον οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.318, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.550, 24.337, etc.; ἡ δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀθρῆσαι δύνατ᾽ ἀντίη οὔτε νοῆσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.478 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἢ λάθετ᾽ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.537, compare 5.665 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.257; θυμῷ νοέω καὶ οἶδα ἕκαστα 18.228; ν. τῇ καρδίᾳ LXX.Isa.44.18 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.224: _absolutely_, [θεὸς] οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δὲ τ᾽ ἀκούει 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 24; ταὐτὸν δ᾽ ἐστὶ νοεῖν τε καὶ οὕνεκέν ἐστι νόημα 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.34 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in Philos., of thought, μάλιστα ἔοικεν ἴδιον [ψυχῆς] τὸ ν. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 403a8; ἔοικε δὴ τὸ ζῆν εἶναι κυρίως τὸ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ ν. [prev. author] “EN” 1170a19, compare 1166a22; καλῶς ν. καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 1.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle added, ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμ᾽ ἥμενον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.375 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a future event, νοέω κακὸν ὔμμιν ἐρχόμενον [[ 20.367 ] Refs]: with infinitive, οὐκ ἐνόησα ἄψορρον καταβῆναι [[ 11.62; πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας NT.Heb.11.3: followed by ὡς.., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.32, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 977c; νόει θ᾽ ᾗ δῆλον ἕκαστον 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 4.13 ] NT+8th c.BC+]:—middle, νωσάμενος [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1298; νοούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1487 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, to be apprehended by thought, τὰς ἰδέας νοεῖσθαι μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ νοούμενα, opposed to τὰ αἰσθητά,[[ [prev. work] 508c; τὰ ἀόρατα τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα NT.Rom.1.20. ] NT]
__3 think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθ᾽ εἴην ἢ ἔνθα” [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.81; μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι νόησον Αἰνείαν, ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς 20.311; οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ὡς.. [prev. work] 264 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἄλλα νοέειν] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be other wise minded, [[ [prev. author] 7.168; also εἰπὲ δ᾽ ᾗ νοεῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1135, compare “El.” 1435 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: participle νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.577; τὴν μέν κεν ἐπαινέσσειε νοήσας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 12, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.170 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν sane and in his right mind, in wills, [[ “Test.Epict.” 1.1, “PPetr.” 3p.4 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.:— in middle, φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 129; ὑψηλὰ νενωμένος 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 10. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__4 consider, deem, presume to be so and so, ὡς μηκέτ᾽ ὄντα κεῖνον.. νόει [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 415 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον[[ [prev. work] 1176; δεῖ ν. συνεχῆ τὰ ἔνοπτρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 373a19: with ] Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι[[ [prev. work] 340b24, etc.] Refs]; compare νοητέον.
__II think out, devise, conceive τοῦτό γ᾽ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.122; ἔνθ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ἐνόησε θεά [prev. work] 382 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται[[ 3.26; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.104 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently with neuter plural adjective, πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.230 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 7.6; ὀρθὰ ν. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.3 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 37. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 purpose, intend, ἐσθλά τινι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 286; κακόν τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.15. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III with infinitive, to be minded, intend, οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.665 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήςuσθαι[[ 22.235; νοέω δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἕκτορά τοι λῦσαι 24.560 ] Refs]; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφ; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 44, compare 770, “El.” 389, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, μάστιγα.. νοήσατο χερσἰν ἑλέσθαι] Refs 8th c.BC+] he thought with himself to take the scourge, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.501 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐνέ- νωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, compare 7.206, 9.53. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV of words, bear a certain sense, mean, πυθοίμεθ᾽ ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 55, compare “Nu.” 1186, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 407e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [εἰ] τοῦτο.. νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that.., [[ [prev. author] “R.” 335e; also ἐπιδεῖξαι ἐθέλω τὸ νυνί μοι συμβεβηκὸς τί ποτε νοεῖ [prev. author] “Ap.” 40a ] Refs]; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Po.Herc.” 991.4, +others—Not in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus or Oratt. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
