νοήμων

Greek

Alternative forms

  • νοήμονας (noḯmonas)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νοήμων (noḗmōn).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noˈi.mon/
  • Hyphenation: νο‧ή‧μων

Adjective

νοήμων • (noḯmonm (feminine νοήμων, neuter νοήμον) (learned)

  1. intelligent (having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind)
    νοήμων ζωήnoḯmon zoḯintelligent life
    νοήμον ονnoḯmon onintelligent being
  2. intelligent (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
    Near-synonyms: έξυπνος (éxypnos), ευφυής (effyís)
  3. (nominalized) intelligence (an entity that is intelligent)

Declension

Declension of νοήμων
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative νοήμων (noḯmon) νοήμων (noḯmon) νοήμον (noḯmon) νοήμονες (noḯmones) νοήμονες (noḯmones) νοήμονα (noḯmona)
genitive νοήμονος (noḯmonos) νοήμονος (noḯmonos) νοήμονος (noḯmonos) νοημόνων (noïmónon) νοημόνων (noïmónon) νοημόνων (noïmónon)
accusative νοήμονα (noḯmona) νοήμονα (noḯmona) νοήμον (noḯmon) νοήμονες (noḯmones) νοήμονες (noḯmones) νοήμονα (noḯmona)
vocative νοήμων (noḯmon)
νοήμονα (noḯmona)
νοήμων (noḯmon) νοήμον (noḯmon) νοήμονες (noḯmones) νοήμονες (noḯmones) νοήμονα (noḯmona)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο νοήμων, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο νοήμων, etc.)

Antonyms

  • ανοήμων (anoḯmon)

Derived terms

  • νόημα n (nóima)
  • νοηματικός (noïmatikós)

References

  1. ^ νοήμων, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language