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ἀδια-νόητος

adianoetos

unintelligible

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Where it lives

Hippias Major 1 · 1.18/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ἀδια-νόητος · adia-noētos — LSJ

unintelligible

unintelligible, -ητα σκώπτειν Did. ap. Sch. Ar. V. 1309. Adv. -τως D.H. Rh. 9.16.

2 inconceivable

inconceivable, Pl. Sph. 238c, Epicur. Fr. 606, cf. Ep. 2p.43U., Phld. Sign. 12, al., Arr. Epict. 2.20.18, S.E. M. 8.389.

II not understanding, silly, unreflecting

Act., not understanding, silly, Arist. Fr. 90; unreflecting, Phld. Ir. p.23 W.; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ πλήθους Id. Rh. 2.40 S. Adv. -τως Pl. Hp.Ma. 301c.

In the wild

ἀδιανόητον · adianoēton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8888)
ἀδιανόητον · adianoēton Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9080)
ἀδιανόητον · adianoēton Epictetus, Discourses 2.20 (DIORISIS sentence 3210)
ἀδιανόητόν · adianoēton Epictetus, Discourses 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 4122)
ἀδιανοήτως · adianoētōs Plato, Hippias Major 301
ἀδιανόητόν · adianoēton Plato, Sophist 238

Where it came from

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