διάνοια
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δῐᾰνοιĭ̈́ᾱ (dianoiḯā) — Aeolic
Etymology
δια- (dia-) + νόος (nóos) + -ια (-ia). Compare διανοέομαι (dianoéomai).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.noi̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.ny.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ny.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ny.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.ni.a/
Noun
δῐᾰ́νοιᾰ • (diánoia) f (genitive δῐᾰνοίᾱς); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
- intention, purpose
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.46.2:
- μετὰ ὦν τὴν διάνοιαν ταύτην αὐτίκα ἀπεπειρᾶτο τῶν μαντείων τῶν τε ἐν Ἕλλησι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Λιβύῃ, διαπέμψας ἄλλους ἄλλῃ, τοὺς μὲν ἐς Δελφοὺς ἰέναι, τοὺς δὲ ἐς Ἄβας τὰς Φωκέων, τοὺς δὲ ἐς Δωδώνην
- metà ôn tḕn diánoian taútēn autíka apepeirâto tôn manteíōn tôn te en Héllēsi kaì toû en Libúēi, diapémpsas állous állēi, toùs mèn es Delphoùs iénai, toùs dè es Ábas tàs Phōkéōn, toùs dè es Dōdṓnēn
- μετὰ ὦν τὴν διάνοιαν ταύτην αὐτίκα ἀπεπειρᾶτο τῶν μαντείων τῶν τε ἐν Ἕλλησι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Λιβύῃ, διαπέμψας ἄλλους ἄλλῃ, τοὺς μὲν ἐς Δελφοὺς ἰέναι, τοὺς δὲ ἐς Ἄβας τὰς Φωκέων, τοὺς δὲ ἐς Δωδώνην
- process of thinking
- 360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 263e:
- οὐκοῦν διάνοια μὲν καὶ λόγος ταὐτόν: πλὴν ὁ μὲν ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος ἄνευ φωνῆς γιγνόμενος τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ ἡμῖν ἐπωνομάσθη, διάνοια;
- oukoûn diánoia mèn kaì lógos tautón: plḕn ho mèn entòs tês psukhês pròs hautḕn diálogos áneu phōnês gignómenos toût’ autò hēmîn epōnomásthē, diánoia?
- οὐκοῦν διάνοια μὲν καὶ λόγος ταὐτόν: πλὴν ὁ μὲν ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος ἄνευ φωνῆς γιγνόμενος τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ ἡμῖν ἐπωνομάσθη, διάνοια;
- capacity of thought: intelligence, understanding
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 511d:
- διάνοιαν δὲ καλεῖν μοι δοκεῖς τὴν τῶν γεωμετρικῶν τε καὶ τὴν τῶν τοιούτων ἕξιν ἀλλ’ οὐ νοῦν, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν διάνοιαν οὖσαν.
- diánoian dè kaleîn moi dokeîs tḕn tôn geōmetrikôn te kaì tḕn tôn toioútōn héxin all’ ou noûn, hōs metaxú ti dóxēs te kaì noû tḕn diánoian oûsan.
- You seem to call the habit of geometers and others like them understanding and not reason, as understanding is something intermediate between reason and opinion.
- διάνοιαν δὲ καλεῖν μοι δοκεῖς τὴν τῶν γεωμετρικῶν τε καὶ τὴν τῶν τοιούτων ἕξιν ἀλλ’ οὐ νοῦν, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν διάνοιαν οὖσαν.
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῐᾰ́νοιᾰ hē diánoia |
τὼ δῐᾰνοίᾱ tṑ dianoíā |
αἱ δῐᾰ́νοιαι hai diánoiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῐᾰνοίᾱς tês dianoíās |
τοῖν δῐᾰνοίαιν toîn dianoíain |
τῶν δῐᾰνοιῶν tôn dianoiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῐᾰνοίᾳ têi dianoíāi |
τοῖν δῐᾰνοίαιν toîn dianoíain |
ταῖς δῐᾰνοίαις taîs dianoíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῐᾰ́νοιᾰν tḕn diánoian |
τὼ δῐᾰνοίᾱ tṑ dianoíā |
τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰνοίᾱς tā̀s dianoíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́νοιᾰ diánoia |
δῐᾰνοίᾱ dianoíā |
δῐᾰ́νοιαι diánoiai | ||||||||||
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References
- “διάνοια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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