νόος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νοῦς (noûs) — Attic

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, though likely inherited (as opposed to borrowed from a substrate). Has been compared to Proto-Germanic *snutraz (“wise, clever”), νεύω (neúō, “to nod, grant”), Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home safely”), νέω (néō, “I spin”) (with sense development "to spin" > "to spin the thread of the mind" > "mind, thought").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nó.os/ → /ˈno.os/ → /ˈno.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.os/

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

Second declension of νόος; νόου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νόος nóos	νόω nóō	νόοι nóoi
Genitive	νόου / νοοῖο / νόοιο / νοόο / νόοο nóou / nooîo / nóoio / noóo / nóoo	νόοιῐν nóoiin	νόων nóōn
Dative	νόῳ nóōi	νόοιῐν nóoiin	νόοισῐ / νόοισῐν / νόοις nóoisi(n) / nóois
Accusative	νόον nóon	νόω nóō	νόους nóous
Vocative	νόε nóe	νόω nóō	νόοι nóoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ἀριστόνοος (Aristónoos)
• Αρσινόη (Arsinóē)
• Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos)
• Ἀστύνοος (Astúnoos)
• Αὐτονόη (Autonóē)
• ἔχω νοῦν (ékhō noûn)
• Ἡγησίνους (Hēgēsínous)
• νοέω (noéō)
• νοόω (noóō)
• νουθετέω (nouthetéō)
• Πεισινόη (Peisinóē)

 

Descendants

• → English: nous
• Greek: νους (nous)

Further reading

• “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