imagination
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
the faculty: P. φαντασία, ἡ (Plato).
fancy, conceit: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ, δόξασμα, τό, ἔννοια, ἡ, V. δόκημα, τό.
opposed to reality: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ.
he was at Mycenae in imagination: V. ἦν ἐν Μυκήναις τῷ λόγῳ (Euripides, Hercules Furens 963).
false picture (as opposed to truth): P. εἴδωλον, τό.
mind: P. and V. νοῦς, ὁ, Ar. and P. διάνοια, ἡ, Ar. and V. φρήν, ἡ, or pl.; see mind.
suspicion: P. and V. ὑπόνοια, ἡ, ὑποψία, ἡ.
speculation: P. θεωρία, ἡ.
