Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἀνόητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνόητος ἀνόητη ἀνόητον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νοητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not thought on, unheard of
  2. not within the province of thought, unintelligent
  3. not understanding, unintelligent, oh you fool, follies

Examples

  • εἰ μέντοι βουλόμεθ’ ἡμεῖσ μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν ἡμῖν, ἀνοητότατοσ πάντων ἂν εἰή τῶν ὄντων ἀνθρώπων, εἰ τοῦτ’ ἐξελέγχοι. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 68:2)
  • εἰ μέντοι βουλόμεθ’ ἡμεῖσ μὴ προσποιεῖσθαι πολεμεῖν ἡμῖν ἐκεῖνον, ἀνοητότατοσ πάντων ἂν εἰή, εἰ τοῦτ’ ἐξελέγχοι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 69:3)
  • ἐπεὶ εἴ τισ τοιαύτησ ἐξουσίασ ἐπιλαβόμενοσ μηδέν ποτε ἐθέλοι ἀδικῆσαι μηδὲ ἅψαιτο τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, ἀθλιώτατοσ μὲν ἂν δόξειεν εἶναι τοῖσ αἰσθανομένοισ καὶ ἀνοητότατοσ, ἐπαινοῖεν δ’ ἂν αὐτὸν ἀλλήλων ἐναντίον ἐξαπατῶντεσ ἀλλήλουσ διὰ τὸν τοῦ ἀδικεῖσθαι φόβον. (Plato, Republic, book 2 39:1)

Synonyms

  1. not thought on

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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