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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γνώμη]], ἡ, [[ἀξίωμα]], τό, [[βούλευμα]], τό, [[ἔννοια]], ἡ, [[ἐπίνοια]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διάνοια]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[φρόνησις]], ἡ.

[[deliberate choice of action]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προαίρεσις]], ἡ.

[[make it one's purpose to]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προαιρεῖσθαι]] (infin.).

[[keep to your present purpose]]: [[verse|V.]] [[σῶζε τὸν παρόντα νοῦν]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Prometheus Vinctus]]'' 392).

[[for this very purpose]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπ' αὐτὸ τοῦτο]], [[prose|P.]] [[εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο]], [[αὐτοῦ τούτου ἕνεκα]].

[[a sickle made for the purpose]]: [[prose|P.]] [[δρέπανον ἐπὶ τοῦτο εἰργασθέν]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 353A).

[[for what purpose]]? [[prose|P.]] [[τοῦ ἕνεκα]]; [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπὶ]] τῷ; see [[why]].

[[on purpose]], [[deliberately]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκ προνοίας]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hercules Furens]]'' 598), [[prose|P.]] [[ἐκ παρασκευῆς]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίτηδες]], [[ἐξεπίτηδες]]; see also [[intentionally]].

[[voluntarily]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἑκουσίως]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξ ἑκουσίας]].

[[done on purpose]], [[voluntary]] (of things): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἑκούσιος]].

[[to good purpose]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰς καιρόν]], [[verse|V.]] [[πρὸς καιρόν]].

[[to no purpose]]: see [[in vain]], under [[vain]].

[[without purpose]], [[at random]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰκῆ]].

[[vainly]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μάτην]], [[verse|V.]] [[ματαίως]].

[[not without purpose]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὐκ ἀφροντίστως]].

===verb transitive or absolute===

With infin., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βουλεύειν]], [[ἐννοεῖν]], [[νοεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διανοεῖσθαι]], [[ἐπινοεῖν]].

[[be about to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέλλειν]] (infin.).
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