κατανοέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[observe well]], [[understand]], [[apprehend]], ὡς ἐμὲ κατανοέειν Hdt.2.28, cf. 93; <b class="b3">οὐ Χαλεπὸν τῷ βουλομένῳ κ.</b> Lys.25.34; οὐ… κατανοῶ τὸ νῦν ἐρωτώμενον Pl.''Sph.''233a; κ. ὅ τι λέγω Id.''Grg.''455b; οὐ πάνυ κατανοῶ Id.''Phlb.''48a; κ. ὅτι… Id.''Sph.''264b; <b class="b3">κατανοεῖς τίς ποτ' ἐστίν</b>…; Antiph.33.1; ἐκεῖνο, ὅτι… Epicur.''Ep.''1p.30U.; ἐκ τίνων… καὶ πότε… καὶ πῶς… Plb.1.12.9:—Pass., of a doctrine, to [[be grasped and]] hence [[accepted]], <b class="b3">μᾶλλον μᾶλλον κ.</b> Epicur.''Nat.''138G.; <b class="b3">εἰς καρδίαν -εῖται</b> [[is understood]] of... Heph.Astr.1.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[perceive]], <b class="b3">τῷ κατανοουμένῳ τὸ κατανοοῦν ἐξομοιῶσαι</b> [[the percipient to the perceived]], Pl.''Ti.''90d, etc.: c. part., <b class="b3">κ. οὐ πολλοὺς ὄντας</b> Th.2.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[learn]], τῆς Περσίδος γλώσσης ὅσα ἐδύνατο κατενόησε Id.1.138.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[consider]], περί τινος [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.20.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[look at]], [[view]], τὴν οἰκίαν Ath. 5.179a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be in one's right mind]], [[in one's senses]], Hp.''Epid.''1.26.γ, 5.39.