ἔννοια

ennoia

act of thinking, reflection, cogitation

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book IX 2
Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28

1171a32
1171b14
Book X 2
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8

1177a15

Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23

1179b15
On Dreams 1
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Chapter 3 460b28–462b11

462a28
Movement of Animals 1
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Chapter 7 701a7–701b32

701b17
Metaphysics 1
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Book Λ 1
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14

1073b12
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 99 838b3–11

838b7
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

813a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔννοια, ἡ, (νοῦς) A. act of thinking, reflection, cogitation (συντονία διανοίας Pl. Def. 414a); ἄξιον ἐννοίας Id. Lg. 657a,al. 2. notion, conception, χρόνου ἔννοια Id. Ti. 47a; ἐν ταῖς περὶ τὸ ὂν . . ἐννοίαις Id. Phlb. 59d; ἔ. λαβεῖν to form an idea, opp. αἴσθησιν λαβεῖν, Id. Phd. 73c; τοῦ καλοῦ ἔ. ἔχειν Arist. EN 1179b15; ἐννοίας χάριν λέγειν Id. Metaph. 1073b12; ἔννοιαι, opp. φαντασίαι, αἰσθήσεις, Id. MA 701b17; κατὰ ἀθρόαν ἔ. Epicur. Ep. 1p.23U. (but κατὰ πᾶσαν ἔ. θυμοῦ every kind, variety of anger, Phld. Ir.p.90 W.); δοξαστικαὶ ἔ. Epicur. Sent. 24; εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος Plb. 1.57.4; εἰς ἔ. τινὸς ἄγειν τινά ib.49.10; ἡ κοινὴ ἔ. the common notion, Id. 10.27.8; κοιναὶ ἔ. axioms, heading in Euc.; general ideas, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.154, etc.; ψιλὴ ἔ. mere, i.e. vague, notion, Simp. in Ph. 18.1. 3. intent, E. Hel. 1026; ἔννοιαν λαβεῖν form a design, Id. Hipp. 1027; intention of a testator, Is. 1.13; ἔ. ἔχειν περί τι Pl. Lg. 769e; ἔ. ἐμποιεῖν put an idea into oneʼs head, Isoc. 5.150; ἔ. ἐμπίπτει τινί X. An. 3.1.13. 4. good sense, better judgement, παρὰ τὴν ἔννοιαν Plu. 2.1077d. II. sense of a word, D.C. 69.21. III. Rhet., thought, opp. diction (λέξις), Hermog. Id. 2.4, cf. Prog. 6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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