νόημα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νῶμᾰ (nôma) — Ionic

Etymology

From νοέω (noéō, “to intend, to perceive, to see, to understand”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

Noun

νόημᾰ • (nóēma) n (genitive νοήμᾰτος); third declension

1. perception
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 7.36
   • «τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημᾰ»
   • ‘tō̂n nées ōkeîai hōs ei pteròn ēè nóēmă.’
   • ‘and the ships of those as swift as wing or a thought’.
2. thought, purpose, design
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.330
   • «τὸν δ’ ἠείβετ’ ἔπειτᾰ θεᾱ̀ γλαυκῶπῐς Ἀ̆θήνη: ‹αἰεί τοι τοιοῦτον ἐνῐ στήθεσσῐ νόημᾰ:»
   • ‘tòn d’ ēeíbet épeită t͡heā̀ glaukō̂pĭs Ăt͡hḗnē: “aieí toi toioûton enĭ stēt͡hessĭ nóēmă:’
   • ‘and-but thereupon the bright-eyed Athena answered him: “ever is a thought such as this in the breasts:’
3. understanding, mind
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.346
   • «ὣς φᾰτο Τηλέμᾰχος : μνησῆσῐ δὲ Πᾰλλᾰς Ἀ̆θήνη ἄ̆σβεστον γέλω ὦρσε, πᾰρέπλᾰγξεν δὲ νόημᾰ.»
   • ‘hṓs p͡hăto Tēlémăc͡hos: mnēsē̂sĭ dè Păllăs Ăt͡hḗnē ắsbeston gélō ō̂rse păréplăɡxen dè nóēmă.’
   • ‘And-but Telemachos was saying : “And-but amongst the wooers, Pallas Athena excited unquenchable laughter and turning the thought from the sane path.’

Inflection

Related terms

• νοήμων (noḗmōn)
• νοητός (noētós)

References

• “νόημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νόημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νόημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νόημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νόημα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “νόημα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3540 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conceit idem, page 154.
  • concept idem, page 155.
  • conception idem, page 155.
  • fancy idem, page 306.
  • idea idem, page 413.
  • notion idem, page 562.
  • thought idem, page 868.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

νόημα • (nóima) n (plural νοήματα)

1. sense, meaning
2. gesture

Declension

Synonyms

• (meaning): σημασία f (simasía)
• (gesture): νεύμα n (névma)

Related terms

• νοημοσύνη f (noïmosýni, “intelligence”)