κατανοέω

katanoeo

observe well, understand, apprehend

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

533b17
Book IX 2
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612a13
612b9
Prior Analytics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 15 63b22–64b27

64a33
64b17
Politics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1259a10
Book VII 1
Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20

1327b20
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29

1175a33
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

756a7
Metaphysics 1
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Book Ι 1
Chapter 1 1052a15–1053b8

1052b1
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 86 837a12–23

837a20
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 210b32–212a30

211a12
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 33 182b6–183a26

182b6
Topics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 129b1–130b37

129b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατανοέω, A. observe well, understand, apprehend, ὡς ἐμὲ κατανοέειν Hdt. 2.28, cf. 93; οὐ χαλεπὸν τῷ βουλομένῳ κ. Lys. 25.34; οὐ . . κατανοῶ τὸ νῦν ἐρωτώμενον Pl. Sph. 233a; κ. ὅ τι λέγω Id. Grg. 455b; οὐ πάνυ κατανοῶ Id. Phlb. 48a; κ. ὅτι . . Id. Sph. 264b; κατανοεῖς τίς ποτʼ ἐστίν . . ; Antiph. 33.1; ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι . . Epicur. Ep. 1p.30U.; ἐκ τίνων . . καὶ πότε . . καὶ πῶς . . Plb. 1.12.9:—Pass., of a doctrine, to be grasped and hence accepted, μᾶλλον μᾶλλον κ. Epicur. Nat. 138G.; εἰς καρδίαν -εῖται is understood of . . , Heph.Astr. 1.1. 2. perceive, τῷ κατανοουμένῳ τὸ κατανοοῦν ἐξομοιῶσαι the percipient to the perceived, Pl. Ti. 90d, etc.: c. part., κ. οὐ πολλοὺς ὄντας Th. 2.3. 3. learn, τῆς Περσίδος γλώσσης ὅσα ἐδύνατο κατενόησε Id. 1.138. 4. consider, περί τινος X. Cyr. 1.6.20. 5. look at, view, τὴν οἰκίαν Ath. 5.179a. II. to be in oneʼs right mind, in oneʼs senses, Hp. Epid. 1.26.γʹ, 5.39.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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