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κατανοέω

katanoeo

observe well, understand, apprehend

Appears 57 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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