ἀνόητος: Difference between revisions

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