εὔνοια

See also: έννοια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐνοέω (eunoéō, “to wish well to somebody”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.noi̯.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ny.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βny.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vny.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vni.a/

Noun

εὔνοιᾰ • (eúnoiă) f (genitive εὐνοίᾱς); first declension

goodwill, favour

Declension

First declension of ἡ εὔνοιᾰ; τῆς εὐνοίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὔνοιᾰ hē eúnoiă	τὼ εὐνοίᾱ tṑ eunoíā	αἱ εὔνοιαι hai eúnoiai
Genitive	τῆς εὐνοίᾱς tês eunoíās	τοῖν εὐνοίαιν toîn eunoíain	τῶν εὐνοιῶν tôn eunoiôn
Dative	τῇ εὐνοίᾳ tēî eunoíāi	τοῖν εὐνοίαιν toîn eunoíain	ταῖς εὐνοίαις taîs eunoíais
Accusative	τὴν εὔνοιᾰν tḕn eúnoiăn	τὼ εὐνοίᾱ tṑ eunoíā	τᾱ̀ς εὐνοίᾱς tā̀s eunoíās
Vocative	εὔνοιᾰ eúnoiă	εὐνοίᾱ eunoíā	εὔνοιαι eúnoiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: εύνοια (évnoia)

“εὔνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“εὔνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
εὔνοια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
εὔνοια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G2133 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- adhesion idem, page 11.
- affection idem, page 16.
- backing idem, page 58.
- benevolence idem, page 74.
- bias idem, page 78.
- countenance idem, page 177.
- favour idem, page 311.
- favouritism idem, page 312.
- feeling idem, page 313.
- fondness idem, page 333.
- fraternity idem, page 343.
- friendliness idem, page 345.
- good-will idem, page 367.
- grace idem, page 368.
- graciousness idem, page 368.
- interest idem, page 450.
- kindness idem, page 469.
- liking idem, page 492.
- love idem, page 502.
- loving-kindness idem, page 502.
- loyalty idem, page 503.
- partiality idem, page 594.
- partisanship idem, page 594.
- patriotism idem, page 599.
- popularity idem, page 626.
- predilection idem, page 634.
- prejudice idem, page 634.
- recommendation idem, page 680.
- smile idem, page 787.
- support idem, page 841.
- sympathy idem, page 850.
- tenderness idem, page 861.
- welcome idem, page 973.
- will idem, page 979.
- wish idem, page 983.