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|Definition=ἡ, Aeol. διανοιΐα Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1a.1 (nisi leg. <b class="b3">δι' ἀνοιΐα[ν</b>]), poet. also διανοίᾱ acc. to <span class="bibl">Eust.1679.29</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">thought</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">intention, purpose</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.46</span>,<span class="bibl">90</span>, <span class="bibl">And.4.35</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τῇ διανοίᾳ</b> in the <b class="b2">spirit</b> of his action, <span class="bibl">D.21.219</span>; ὤλοντ' ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>831</span> (lyr.); μαινόλις δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>109</span> (lyr.); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>797</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>1013</span> (anap.); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Th.5.9</span>; ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.14</span>; πρός τινι <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.37</span>; ἐπ' ἄλλο τι . . τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>275b</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ</b>. with all one's <b class="b2">heart</b>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.2.13</span>; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Col.</span>1.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">thought, notion</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.169</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>63d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>986b10</span>; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. <span class="bibl">D.18.210</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">process of thinking, thought</b>, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος . . ἐπωνομάσθη δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>263d</span>; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1025b25</span>; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">LI</span>968a25</span>; esp. <b class="b2">discursive thought</b>, opp. <b class="b3">νόησις</b>, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Inst.</span>123</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding</b>, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>511d</span>, al.; opp. <b class="b3">σῶμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>916a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>395b</span>; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1270b40</span>; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>433a2</span>; ἔκστασις διανοίας <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">De.</span>28.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">thought expressed, meaning of</b> a word or passage, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>205b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>228d</span>; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>418a</span>; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>404a17</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου</b> Aristeas<span class="bibl">171</span>; so <b class="b3">δ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">ῥητόν</b>, <b class="b2">spirit</b>, opp. letter, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Stat.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">intellectual capacity</b> revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1450a6</span>, <span class="bibl">b11</span>, <span class="bibl">1456a34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1404a19</span>, al. (Rare in Poetry.)</span>

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