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|Definition=Ep. ἀνοίη <span class="bibl">Thgn.453</span>, ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the character of an</b> <b class="b3">ἄνοος</b>, <b class="b2">want of understanding, folly</b>, ἀνοίη <b class="b2">in folly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.69</span>; ὑπ' ἀνοίας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1079</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.143</span>; νεότητι καὶ ἀνοία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>716a</span>; ἄ. λόγου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>603</span>; τὴν ἄ. εὖ φέρειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>398</span>; <b class="b3">πολλῆ ἀνοια χρῆσθαι</b> to be <b class="b2">a</b> great <b class="b2">fool</b>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.2</span>; πολλὴ ἄ. [ἐστι] πολεμῆσαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνοιαν ὀφλισκάνειν</b> to be thought <b class="b2">a fool</b>, <span class="bibl">D.1.26</span>; δύο ἀνοίας γένη, τὸ μὲν μανίαν, τὸ δ' ἀμαθίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>86b</span>; but opp. <b class="b3">μανία</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>382c</span>, <span class="bibl">382e</span>, etc.: pl., <b class="b2">follies</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.7</span>. [In Trag. sts. paroxyt. <b class="b3">ἀνοίᾱ</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἀγνοίᾱ</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>402</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>583.5</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>519</span>.]</span>