νόησις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νῶσῐς (nôsĭs) — Ionic

Etymology

From νοέω (noéō, “to perceive, to think”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming deverbal nouns).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νόησῐς • (nóēsĭs) f (genitive νοήσεως); third declension

  1. intelligence, understanding, mental perception
  2. processes of thought
  3. (concrete) idea, concept

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νόησῐς; τῆς νοήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νόησῐς
hē nóēsĭs 		τὼ νοήσει
tṑ noḗsei 		αἱ νοήσεις
hai noḗseis
Genitive τῆς νοήσεως
tês noḗseōs 		τοῖν νοησέοιν
toîn noēséoin 		τῶν νοήσεων
tôn noḗseōn
Dative τῇ νοήσει
tēî noḗsei 		τοῖν νοησέοιν
toîn noēséoin 		ταῖς νοήσεσῐ / νοήσεσῐν
taîs noḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν νόησῐν
tḕn nóēsĭn 		τὼ νοήσει
tṑ noḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς νοήσεις
tā̀s noḗseis
Vocative νόησῐ
nóēsĭ 		νοήσει
noḗsei 		νοήσεις
noḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

Descendants

  • → English: noesis
  • Greek: νόηση (nóisi)

See also

Further reading

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