νόος, νόου, ὁ,
Attic dialect contraction νοῦς,
genitive νοῦ: [
Refs 8th c.BC+] uses the
contraction form once, in
nominative, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: Trag. use
contraction form, except in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
Aeolic dialect genitive νῶ [
Refs 7th c.BC+]: irregular forms are found in “NT” and later writers,
genitive νοός [
LXX+NT+1st c.AD+], is rare in early writers, as [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
1)
mind, as employed in perceiving and thinking,
sense, wit, οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; νόῳ
prudently, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρὲκ νόον
senselessly, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὺν νόῳ
wisely, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξὺν νῷ with play on ξυνῷ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόῳ λαβεῖν τι to apprehend it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν,
recall, remember, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγαθὸς ν, σπουδαῖος ν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) νοῦν ἔχειν in two senses,
2.a) to have
sense, be
sensible, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare νουνεχόντως.
2.b) νοῦν or τὸν ν. ἔχειν to have
one's mind directed to something, ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχει; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τι (like προσέχειν τὸν ν.) [
Refs 5th c.BC+] to
occur to one, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
3)
mind, more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc,
heart, χαῖρε νόῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. ἔμπεδος, ἀκήλητος, ἀπηνής,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. εὐμενής, ἄγναμπτος, etc, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ παντὸς νόου with all his
heart and soul, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ νῷ. κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης in
heart as well as tongue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] according to one's
mind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
mind, resolve, purpose, ἀγαθῷ νόῳ, i.e. kindly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέει; what do you
intend to do? [
Refs]; ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν [
Refs]; ἐν ν. ἔχειν with
future infinitive,
to intend, [
Refs]: with
present infinitive,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί to put into his
mind to do, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί. [
Refs]
5)
reason, intellect, νόου φρενί [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to δόξα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5.b) “Mind” as the active principle of the Universe, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
act of mind, thought, ἡμῖν δ᾽ οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2)
purpose, design, νόον τελεῖν τινι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III)
sense, meaning of a word, etc, οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης conjecture for νόμος in [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
meaning of a work of art, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν to the same
effect, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες to the
point, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
senseless, [
Refs]
IV) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]