διάνοια

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Aeol. διανοιΐα Alc.Supp.1a.1 (nisi leg. δι' ἀνοιΐα[ν]), poet. also διανοίᾱ acc. to Eust.1679.29:—

   A thought, i.e. intention, purpose, Hdt.1.46,90, And.4.35, etc.; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, D.21.219; ὤλοντ' ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ A.Th.831 (lyr.); μαινόλις δ. Id.Supp.109 (lyr.); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. Id.Ag.797 (lyr.), cf. Eu.1013 (anap.); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν Th.5.9; ἐπί τινι Isoc.5.14; πρός τινι Anaxipp.1.37; ἐπ' ἄλλο τι . . τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. Pl. Euthd.275b; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, Arr.Epict.2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ δ. Ep.Col.1.21.    2 thought, notion, Hdt.2.169, Pl. Phd.63d, Arist.Metaph.986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. D.18.210.    II process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος . . ἐπωνομάσθη δ. Pl.Sph.263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική Arist.Metaph.1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις Id.LI968a25; esp. discursive thought, opp. νόησις, Procl.Inst.123.    III thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν Pl.R.511d, al.; opp. σῶμα, Id.Lg.916a, cf. R.395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας Arist.Pol.1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν Id.de An.433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXXDe.28.28.    IV thought expressed, meaning of a word or passage, Pl.Ly.205b, Phdr.228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. Id.Cra.418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. Arist.de An.404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ δ. τοῦ νόμου Aristeas171; so δ., opp. ῥητόν, spirit, opp. letter, Hermog.Stat.2.    V intellectual capacity revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, Arist.Po.1450a6, b11, 1456a34, Rh.1404a19, al. (Rare in Poetry.)