ἀνόητος

anoetos

not thought on, unheard of

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book III 1
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18

1119b9
Book IV 1
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1123b4
Book X 1
Chapter 2 1172b9–1173a12

1173a2
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 3 1231b5–26

1231b10

Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30

1232b38
History of Animals 2
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Book IX 2
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4

610b23

Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

622a3
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 1 391a1–391b8

391a10
On Memory 1
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Chapter 1 449b4–451a17

450a18
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

810b32
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28

1269a6
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19

1391a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνόητος, ον, A. not thought on, unheard of, ἄφραστʼ ἠδʼ ἀνόητα h.Merc. 80. 2. not within the province of thought, νοήματα ὄντα ἀνόητα εἶναι Pl. Prm. 132c; not the object of thought, unthinkable, Plot. 5.3.6 and 10. Adv. -τως without discursive thought, of vision, βλέψαι ἀ. Id. 6.7.16. II. Act., not understanding, unintelligent, senseless, silly, Hdt. 1.87, 8.24; ὦ ἀνόητοι oh fools! Ar. Lys. 572; ὦνόητε Id. V. 252; opp. προνοητικός, X. Mem. 1.3.9: Comp. -ότερος Luc. Peregr. 33; τὸ ἀ., opp. τὸ νοῦν ἔχον, Pl. Ti. 30b; τῷ θνητῷ καὶ ἀ. Id. Phd. 80b; τὸ ἀ. [τῆς ψυχῆς] Id. R. 605b, etc.:—of animals, τὸ τῶν προβάτων ἦθος εὔηθες καὶ ἀ. Arist. HA 610b23, cf. 622a3. b. c. gen., not understanding, θεοῦ Max.Tyr. 41.5; τῆς φωνῆς Luc. Asin. 44, cf. Ecphant. ap. Stob. 4.7.64. 2. of acts, thoughts, etc., ἀ. γνῶμαι S. Aj. 162 (lyr.); δόξαι Pl. Phlb. 12d; εὐχειρίη Hp. Art. 35; ἀ. καὶ κενόν Ar. Ra. 530; οἴνου . . καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνοήτων and all other follies, Id. Nu. 417. b. without mind, ἀνόητα καὶ ἄνευ ζωῆς Plot. 5.5.1. III. Adv. -τως Ar. Lys. 518, Pl. R. 336e, etc.; ἀ. διακεῖσθαι Lys. 10.4: Sup. -ότατα D.C. 44.35:—also ἀνο-ητεί, AB 1327, An.Ox. 2.313.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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