νόος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, though likely inherited (as opposed to borrowed from a substrate). Has been compared to Proto-Germanic *snutraz (wise, clever), νεύω (neúō, to nod, grant), Proto-Indo-European *nes- (to return home safely),[1] νέω (néō, I spin) (with sense development "to spin" > "to spin the thread of the mind" > "mind, thought").

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νόος (nóosm (genitive νόου); second declension

  1. mind
    1. perception, sense
    2. mind as used in feeling, the heart, soul
    3. the mind as used in resolving and purposing, will
  2. an act of mind
    1. thought
    2. purpose, design
  3. the sense or meaning of a word
  4. (in Attic philosophy) intelligence, intellect, reason
  5. (as named by Anaxagoras) the principle which acts on elementary particles of matter

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: nous
  • Greek: νους (nous)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νόος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1023

Further reading

  • νόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • νόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • νόος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • νόος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter