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|Definition=<b class="b3">νόου, ὁ,</b> Att. contr. [[νοῦς]], gen. [[νοῦ]]: Hom. uses the contr. form once, in nom., Od.10.240, cf. Hes.''Fr.''205 ([[Herodotus|Hdt.]] never): Trag. use contr. form, exc. in A.''Ch.''742 (iamb.), S.''Ph.''1209 (lyr.): Aeol. gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> νῶ Alc.''Supp.''9.1; acc. [[νῶν]] Sapph.ib.25.2; [[νόον]] Ead.70 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]): heterocl. forms are found in [[NT]] and later writers, gen. νοός ''Ep.Rom.''7.23, [[LXX]] ''4 Ma.''1.35; dat. νοΐ ''1 Ep.Cor.''1.10, [Aristid.] ''Or.''35(9).26; nom. pl. νόες Ph.1.86, Plot.6.7.17, Dam.''Pr.''96; acc. pl. νόας Plu. ''Fr.''7.27, Iamb.''Myst.''1.15, Ammon.''in Int.''243.3 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), Dam.''Pr.''103: Att. pl. [[νοῖ]], acc. [[νοῦς]], gen. [[νόων]] ib.122, dat. [[νοῖς]] ibid., is rare in early writers, as Ar.''Fr.''471, but freq. in later philosophy:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[mind]], as employed in perceiving and thinking, [[sense]], [[wit]], οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. Il.15.461; ν. πολυκερδέα Od.13.255; ν. ὁρῇ καὶ ν. ἀκούει, τἄλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά Epich.249, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''371; νόῳ [[prudently]], Od.6.320; παρὲκ νόον [[senselessly]], Il.20.133; σὺν νόῳ [[wisely]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.86, 138; <b class="b3">ξὺν νῷ</b> with play on [[ξυνῷ]], Heraclit.114 ([[νόῳ]] codd. Stob.); ξὺν νῷ ἑλομένῳ Pl. ''R.''619b; οὐδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Id.''Cri.''48c; μηδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Ar.''Nu.''580; τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''550; τοῦ ν. κενός Id.''OC''931; <b class="b3">νόῳ λαβεῖν τι</b> to apprehend it, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.51; <b class="b3">νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν</b>, [[recall]], [[remember]], Id.5.92.ή, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 490a; κοινὸς ν. Phld.''Rh.''1.37 S., Arr.''Epict.''3.6.8; <b class="b3">ἀγαθὸς ν., σπουδαῖος ν.</b>, Phld.''Rh.''2.61, 1.252 S.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">νοῦν ἔχειν</b> in two senses,<br><span class="bld">a</span> to have [[sense]], be [[sensible]], S.''Tr.''553, ''El.''1013, 1465, Ar.''Ra.''535, etc.; ὁ νοῦς ὅδ' αὐτὸς ν. ἔχων οὐ τυγχάνει E.''IA''1139; so <b class="b3">ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος</b> Ar.''Ec.''747; σμικρὸν νοῦ κεκτῆσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''887e; impers., τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει ν. οὐδένα S.''Ant.''68, cf. Pl.''Ti.''68b; cf. [[νουνεχόντως]].<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[νοῦν]] or <b class="b3">τὸν ν. ἔχειν</b> to have one's [[mind]] [[direct]]ed to something, ἄλλοσ' ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν S.''Tr.''272, cf. Sapph.''Supp.''25.2; τὸν ν. πρὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ ἔχων, ἐκεῖσε δέ E.''Ph.''1418; δεῦρο ν. ἔχε Id.''Or.'' 1181; οἴκοι τὸν ν. ἔχειν Id.''Ion'' 251; <b class="b3">ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχεις</b>; Ar.''Ec.''156; <b class="b3">τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα</b> or τι (like <b class="b3">προσέχειν τὸν ν.</b>) Th.7.19, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 504d; πρός τινι Id.''Prt.''324a, etc.; περί τινος Id.''R.''534b; ἐν πέρδιξιν ''AP''7.206 (Damoch.): conversely, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ νοῦν ἐλθεῖν τινι</b> to [[occur]] to one, D.H.3.15, Arr.''An.''7.24.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[mind]], more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc., [[heart]], χαῖρε νόῳ Od.8.78; κεῦθε νόῳ Il.1.363; [χόλος] οἰδάνει νόον 9.554; ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν [[ἀτάρβητος]] ν. ἐστί 3.63; ν. [[ἔμπεδος]], [[ἀκήλητος]], [[ἀπηνής]], 11.813, Od.10.329, 18.381; ν. [[εὐμενής]], [[ἄγναμπτος]], etc., Pi.''P.''8.18, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''164 (lyr.), etc.; πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων νόον ἔγνω Od.1.3; <b class="b3">ἐκ παντὸς νόου</b> with all his [[heart and soul]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.97; <b class="b3">τῷ νῷ… κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης</b> in [[heart]] as well as tongue, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]'' 936: freq. in phrase <b class="b3">κατὰ νόον</b> according to one's [[mind]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.117, 7.104; εἰ τάδ' ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1768 (anap.); πράξειας κατὰ ν. τὸν ἐμόν Id.''Fr.''469 (anap.); κατὰ ν. πράξας [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''549; χωρεῖ κατὰ ν. Id.''Pax''940, cf. Pl.''Euthphr.''3e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[mind]], [[resolve]], [[purpose]], <b class="b3">ἀγαθῷ νόῳ</b>, i.e. kindly, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60; <b class="b3">τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέειν</b>; what do you [[intend]] to [[do]]? ib.109; ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν Id.9.46; <b class="b3">ἐν ν. ἔχειν</b> c. fut. inf., to [[intend]]... Id.1.10 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]): c. pres. inf., ib. 27, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 344d; <b class="b3">ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί</b> to put into his [[mind]] to do... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.27; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί</b>… Id.3.21; ταύτῃ ν. ἔφερε Id.9.120.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[reason]], [[intellect]], νόου φρενί Xenoph.25, cf. Parm.16.2, etc.; θεῖος ν. Democr.112, cf. Id. ap. Arist. ''de An.''404a28; opp. [[δόξα]], Pl.''Ti.''51d, cf. Arist. ''de An.''428a5.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ''Mind'' as the active principle of the Universe, Anaxag. 12, etc.; Θαλῆς νοῦν τοῦ κόσμου τὸν θεόν ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''1.7.11; ἡ τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ νοῦ συστάσεως Pl. ''Ti.''48a, cf. ''Sph.''249a, ''Phlb.''30c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1072b20, ''de An.''430a17, Zeno Stoic.1.28, Plot.5.1.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[act of mind]], [[thought]], ἡμῖν δ' οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων Il.15.509; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 9.104; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτον μὲν ἐβούλευσας νόον αὐτή Od.5.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[purpose]], [[design]], νόον τελεῖν τινι Il.23.149; σάφα οἶσθ' οἷος ν. Ἀτρεΐωνος 2.192.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[sense]], [[meaning]] of a word, etc., οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.162, cf. Ar.''Ra.''1439, Plb.5.83.4, Phld.''Rh.'' 1.106 S., etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης</b> cj. for [[νόμος]] in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.216; [[meaning]] of a work of art, Philostr.''VA''4.28; πολὺς ν. ἐν ὀλίγῃ λέξει συνέσταλται Plu.2.510e; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν</b> to the same [[effect]], Str.15.3.7; <b class="b3">πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες</b> to the [[point]], Phld.''Mus.''p.96K.; οὐδὲ νοῦν ἔχον [[senseless]], Id.''Po.''5.29.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Pythagorean name for [[μονάς]], ''Theol.Ar.''6. (Etym. dub.; the pr.n. Πολυνόϝα ''IG''9(1).870 hardly proves [[νόϝος]].)