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νοέω

noeo

perceive by the eyes, observe

Appears 104 times across Plato's dialogues.

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νοέω, Aeol. νόημι (q.v.): Ep. aor. 1 νόησα Il. 8.91; Ion. ἔνωσα (ἐν-) Hdt. 1.86: pf. νενόηκα, Ion. νένωκα (ἐν-) Id. 3.6; imper. νενόηθι Hilgard Excerpta e libris Herodiani 30:—Med., Ep. aor. νοήσατο Il. 10.501; part. νοησάμενος Alc. Supp. 7.6, νωσάμενος Thgn. 1298, Theoc. 25.263, Call. Fr. 345, etc.:—Pass. (mostly in med. sense), fut. νοηθήσομαι S.E. P. 2.175, Gal. UP 17.1: aor. ἐνοήθην Pl. Lg. 692c; also Ion. (ἐπ-) Hdt. 3.122, 6.115: pf. νενόημαι, Ion. νένωμαι Anacr. 10, Hdt. 9.53, S. Fr. 182, Aëthlius 4: 3sg. plpf. ἐνένωτο (in med. sense) Hdt. 1.77. Hdn.Gr.2.253 cites νοῦνται from Democr. (v. infr.) and pf. Pass. νένοται. —The compds. with ἀπό, διά, ἐν, ἐπί, μετά, πρό are used chiefly in Med.:—A. perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν . . ὑπολαμβάνουσιν Arist. de An. 427a26), Il. 3.396; ὀξὺ ν. ib.374, Hes. Th. 838, etc.; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., Il. 15.422, 24.294. 2. perceive by the mind, apprehend, τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε 11.599; οὐ . . ἴδον οὐδʼ ἐνόησα Od. 13.318, cf. Il. 10.550, 24.337, etc.; ἡ δʼ οὔτʼ ἀθρῆσαι δύνατʼ ἀντίη οὔτε νοῆσαι Od. 19.478; ἢ λάθετʼ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, Il. 9.537, cf. 5.665; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, Od. 21.257; θυμῷ νοέω καὶ οἶδα ἕκαστα 18.228; ν. τῇ καρδίᾳ LXX Is. 44.18; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, Il. 10.224: abs., [θεὸς] οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δὲ τʼ ἀκούει Xenoph. 24; ταὐτὸν δʼ ἐστὶ νοεῖν τε καὶ οὕνεκέν ἐστι νόημα Parm. 8.34: freq. in Philos., of thought, μάλιστα ἔοικεν ἴδιον [ψυχῆς] τὸ ν. Arist. de An. 403a8; ἔοικε δὴ τὸ ζῆν εἶναι κυρίως τὸ αἰσθάνεσθαι ἢ ν. Id. EN 1170a19, cf. 1166a22; καλῶς ν. καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν X. Cyn. 1.18: also with part. added, ὡς ἐνόησεν ἔμʼ ἥμενον Od. 10.375; of a future event, νοέω κακὸν ὔμμιν ἐρχόμενον 20.367: c. inf., οὐκ ἐνόησα ἄψορρον καταβῆναι 11.62; πίστει νοοῦμεν κατηρτίσθαι τοὺς αἰῶνας Ep.Hebr. 11.3: folld. by ὡς . . , Od. 22.32, cf. Pl. Epin. 977c; νόει θʼ ᾗ δῆλον ἕκαστον Emp. 4.13:—Med., νωσάμενος Thgn. 1298; νοούμενος S. OT 1487:—Pass., to be apprehended by thought, τὰς ἰδέας νοεῖσθαι μὲν ὁρᾶσθαι δʼ οὔ Pl. R. 507b; τὰ νοούμενα, opp. τὰ αἰσθητά, ib.508c; τὰ ἀόρατα τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα Ep.Rom. 1.20. 3. think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθʼ εἴην ἢ ἔνθα" Il. 15.81; μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι νόησον Αἰνείαν, ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς 20.311; οὐδʼ ἐνόησε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ὡς . . ib. 264; ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, Hdt. 8.22: c. acc. cogn., ἄλλα νοέειν to be other wise minded, Id. 7.168; also εἰπὲ δʼ ᾗ νοεῖς S. Tr. 1135, cf. El. 1435: part. νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, Il. 1.577; τὴν μέν κεν ἐπαινέσσειε νοήσας Hes. Op. 12, cf. Od. 15.170; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, Hdt. 8.102; νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν sane and in his right mind, in wills, Test.Epict. 1.1, PPetr. 3p.4 (iii B.C.), etc.:— in Med., φρενὶ θεῖα νοῦνται Democr. 129; ὑψηλὰ νενωμένος Anacr. 10. 4. consider, deem, presume to be so and so, ὡς μηκέτʼ ὄντα κεῖνον . . νόει S. Ph. 415; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον ib.1176; δεῖ ν. συνεχῆ τὰ ἔνοπτρα Arist. Mete. 373a19: c. inf., δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι ib. 340b24, etc.; cf. νοητέον. II. think out, devise, conceive τοῦτό γ’ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε Od. 2.122; ἔνθʼ αὖτʼ ἄλλʼ ἐνόησε θεά ib.382; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται 3.26; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει Il. 9.104: freq. with neut. pl. Adj., πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι Od. 18.230; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, Alc. Supp. 7.6; ὀρθὰ ν. Hdt. 8.3:—Pass., ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως D.H. Th. 37. 2. purpose, intend, ἐσθλά τινι Hes. Op. 286; κακόν τινι Hdt. 3.81, cf. X. Hier. 1.15. III. c. inf., to be minded, intend, οὐδʼ ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, Il. 5.665; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήςuσθαι 22.235; νοέω δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἕκτορά τοι λῦσαι 24.560; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφε; S. Ant. 44, cf. 770, El. 389, etc.:—Med., once in Hom., μάστιγα . . νοήσατο χερσἰν ἑλέσθαι he thought with himself to take the scourge, Il. 10.501; ἐνένωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, Hdt. 1.77, cf. 7.206, 9.53. IV. of words, bear a certain sense, mean, πυθοίμεθʼ ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ Ar. Pl. 55, cf. Nu. 1186, Pl. Cra. 407e; [εἰ] τοῦτο . . νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that . . , Id. R. 335e; also ἐπιδεῖξαι ἐθέλω τὸ νυνί μοι συμβεβηκὸς τί ποτε νοεῖ Id. Ap. 40a; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, Phld. Po.Herc. 991.4, al.—Not in Th. or Oratt.
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