νόος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology, perhaps from νέω (néō, “I spin”), here meaning “to spin the thread of the mind”.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νόος • (nóos) m (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
Second declension of ὁ νόος; τοῦ νόου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νόος
ho nóos		 τὼ νόω
tṑ nóō		 οἱ νόοι
hoi nóoi
Genitive τοῦ νόου
toû nóou		 τοῖν νόοιν
toîn nóoin		 τῶν νόων
tôn nóōn
Dative τῷ νόῳ
tôi nóōi		 τοῖν νόοιν
toîn nóoin		 τοῖς νόοις
toîs nóois
Accusative τὸν νόον
tòn nóon		 τὼ νόω
tṑ nóō		 τοὺς νόους
toùs nóous
Vocative νόε
nóe		 νόω
nóō		 νόοι
nóoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Irregular declension of ὁ νόος; τοῦ νόος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νόος
ho nóos		 — οἱ νόες
hoi nóes
Genitive τοῦ νόος
toû nóos		 τοῖν νόοιν
toîn nóoin		 τῶν νόων
tôn nóōn
Dative τῷ νοΐ
tôi noḯ		 τοῖν νόοιν
toîn nóoin		 τοῖς νόσῐ / νόσῐν
toîs nósi(n)
Accusative τὸν νόᾰ
tòn nóa		 — τοὺς νόᾰς
toùs nóas
Vocative νόε
nóe		 — νόες
nóes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Third declension only found in later writers

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • 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
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