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|Definition=Ep. [[ἀνοίη]] <span class="bibl">Thgn.453</span>, ἡ:—[[stupidity]], [[lack of reason]], [[inconsiderateness]], [[madness]], the character of an [[ἄνοος]], [[want of understanding]], [[folly]], [[ἀνοίη]] = [[in folly]], <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 a great [[fool]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.2</span>; πολλὴ ἄ. [ἐστι] πολεμῆσαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>; ἄνοιαν [[ὀφλισκάνειν]] = [[to be thought a fool]], <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. [[μανία]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>382c</span>, <span class="bibl">382e</span>, etc.: pl., [[follies]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.7</span>. [In Trag. sometimes paroxyt. [[ἀνοίᾱ]] (cf. [[ἀγνοίᾱ]]), 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>.]