νοέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νόος (nóos, mind) +‎ -έω (-éō, denominative verbal suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

νοέω • (noéō) (Contracted: νοῶ (noô))

  1. to perceive, observe, see, notice
  2. to think, suppose
  3. to think out, devise, contrive
    1. (in infinitive) to be minded to do a thing
  4. to conceive of, to deem
  5. (of words) to bear a certain sense, to mean

Usage notes

A distinction is typically made between simply seeing (εἴδω (eídō)) and seeing accompanied by mental perception (νοέω (noéō)).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: νοώ (noó) (learned) from contracted νοῶ (noô)

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

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