ἄνοος, ον,
contraction ἄνους, ουν, without understanding, silly, κραδίη[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.441; ψυχή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 44a, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 99; ἄνους τε καὶ γέρων ἅμα [prev. work] 281] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλοῦτος ἄ. wealth without wit, [[ Anthologia Graeca 9.43 (Parmenio Epigrammaticus)] Refs]: comparative ἀνούστερος[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 987] Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative ἀνούστατος[[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 19D.] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, comparative ἀνουστέρως[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 589.1.] Refs 5th c.BC+]