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

  • διαδεδεγμένοσ τὰ πολιτεύματα τοῦ πατρόσ, καὶ ὅτ’ αὐτὸσ εἶχε τὴν ὕπατον ἀρχὴν κωλύσασ δοθῆναι τοῖσ δημάρχοισ τὴν κατὰ τῶν ἱππέων τῶν ἐπὶ τῇ συνωμοσίᾳ διαβαλλομένων ἐξέτασιν, καὶ μακρὸν διεξελθὼν λόγον ἐδίδασκεν, ὅτι μετριώτεροσ μὲν ὁ δῆμοσ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ χρηστότεροσ ἔσται διπλασιασθείσησ αὐτῷ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ, ἀνοητότεροσ δὲ καὶ βαρύτεροσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 30 5:1)

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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