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διάνοια

dianoia

thought

Appears 158 times across Plato's dialogues.

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διάνοια, ἡ, Aeol. διανοιΐα Alc. Supp. 1a.1 (nisi leg. διʼ ἀνοιΐα[ν]), poet. also διανοίᾱ acc. to Eust. 1679.29:—A. thought, i.e. intention, purpose, Hdt. 1.46,90, And. 4.35, etc.; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, D. 21.219; ὤλοντʼ ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ A. Th. 831 (lyr.); μαινόλις δ. Id. Supp. 109 (lyr.); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. Id. Ag. 797 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 1013 (anap.); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν Th. 5.9; ἐπί τινι Isoc. 5.14; πρός τινι Anaxipp. 1.37; ἐπʼ ἄλλο τι . . τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. Pl. Euthd. 275b; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all oneʼs heart, Arr. Epict. 2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. Ep.Col. 1.21. 2. thought, notion, Hdt. 2.169, Pl. Phd. 63d, Arist. Metaph. 986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. D. 18.210. II. process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος . . ἐπωνομάσθη δ. Pl. Sph. 263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική Arist. Metaph. 1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις Id. LI 968a25; esp. discursive thought, opp. νόησις, Procl. Inst. 123. III. thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν Pl. R. 511d, al.; opp. σῶμα, Id. Lg. 916a, cf. R. 395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας Arist. Pol. 1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν Id. de An. 433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXXDe. 28.28. IV. thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, Pl. Ly. 205b, Phdr. 228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. Id. Cra. 418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. Arist. de An. 404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου Aristeas171; so δ., opp. ῥητόν, spirit, opp. letter, Hermog. Stat. 2. V. intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, Arist. Po. 1450a6, b11, 1456a34, Rh. 1404a19, al. (Rare in Poetry.)
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