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

  • οὐ γὰρ τὸν ἐμὸν ἱδρῶτα καὶ φειδωλίαν οὐδὲν πρὸσ ἔποσ οὕτωσ ἀνοήτωσ ἐκβαλῶ, πρὶν <ἂν> ἐκπύθωμαι πᾶν τὸ πρᾶγμ’ ὅπωσ ἔχει. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode 1:4)
  • πῶσ ταῦτ’ ὦνερ διαπράττεσθ’ ὧδ’ ἀνοήτωσ; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, epirrheme57)
  • ἡγήσεται γὰρ ‐ ὅπερ δικαιότατον ‐ ὑπ̓ οὐδενὸσ τῶν νοῦν ἐχόντων αὐτὸσ ἕξειν τὴν αἰτίαν, ἢν τὰ δυστυχῶσ ἢ ἀνοήτωσ γεγενημένα ὡσ ἐπράχθη διηγῆται· (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 38 1:5)
  • οὐκ ἀνοήτωσ γε τοῦτο φήσασ ὁ αὐλητήσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 18 3:10)
  • καὶ μὴ προπετῶσ καὶ παντάπασιν ἀνοήτωσ πατρίσι καὶ γενεαῖσ καὶ σφίσιν αὐτοῖσ τὸν περὶ τῶν ἐσχάτων κακῶν κίνδυνον ἐπάγειν. (Flavius Josephus, 22:1)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION