ἀνόητος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[not thought on]], [[unheard of]], ἄφραστ' ἠδ' ἀνόητα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>80</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[not within the province of thought]], νοήματα ὄντα ἀνόητα εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>132c</span>; [[not the object of thought]], [[unthinkable]], <span class="bibl">Plot.5.3.6</span> and <span class="bibl">10</span>. Adv. [[ἀνοήτως]] = [[without discursive thought]], of vision, βλέψαι ἀ. <span class="bibl">Id.6.7.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[not understanding]], [[unintelligent]], [[senseless]], [[silly]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.87</span>, <span class="bibl">8.24</span>; [[ὦ ἀνόητοι]] = [[oh fools]]! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>572</span>; ὦνόητε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>252</span>; opp. [[προνοητικός]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.9</span>: Comp. -ότερος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Peregr.</span>33</span>; [[τὸ ἀνόητον]], opp. <b class="b3">τὸ νοῦν ἔχον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>30b</span>; τῷ θνητῷ καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>80b</span>; [[τὸ ἀνόητον]] [τῆς ψυχῆς] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span> 605b</span>, etc.:—of animals, τὸ τῶν προβάτων ἦθος εὔηθες καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 610b23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">622a3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., [[not understanding]], θεοῦ <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr. 41.5</span>; τῆς φωνῆς <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>44</span>, cf. Ecphant. ap. Stob.4.7.64. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of acts, thoughts, etc., ἀ. γνῶμαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>162</span> (lyr.); δόξαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span> 12d</span>; εὐχειρίη <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>35</span>; ἀ. καὶ κενόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>530</span>; <b class="b3">οἴνου . . καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνοήτων</b> and all other [[follies]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>417</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[without mind]], ἀνόητα καὶ ἄνευ ζωῆς <span class="bibl">Plot.5.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀνοήτως]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>518</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>336e</span>, etc.; [[ἀνοήτως]] διακεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Lys.10.4</span>: Sup. ἀνοητότατα <span class="bibl">D.C.44.35</span>:—also ἀνο-ητεί, <span class="title">AB</span>1327, <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.313.</span>