Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • καὶ ὅμωσ αὐτοσχέδια ὄντα οὕτω τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ πέπεικεν, ὥστε οὐδεὶσ ἡμῖν οὐδὲ θύειν βούλεται, εἰδὼσ ὅτι, κἂν μυρίασ ἑκατόμβασ παραστήσῃ, ὅμωσ τὴν τύχην πράξουσαν τὰ μεμοιραμένα καὶ ἃ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἑκάστῳ ἐπεκλώσθη. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:4)
  • ‐ ὀκτώ μοι χρησμοὺσ ἔπεμψεν, οὔτε γῆσ φασιν οὔτε οὐρανοῦ ἁπτομένουσ, ἀνοήτουσ δὲ καὶ δυσνοήτουσ ἅπαντασ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 54:6)
  • ταῦτα γὰρ ἀνθεῖ διὰ τουτουσὶ τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, proagon11)
  • καὶ γνωσθήσει ποτ’ Ἀθηναίοισ οἰᾶ διδάσκεισ τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, proagon36)
  • ἄγε δὴ χαίρων Αἰσχύλε χώρει, καὶ σῷζε πόλιν τὴν ἡμετέραν γνώμαισ ἀγαθαῖσ καὶ παίδευσον τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Exodus, anapests1)

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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