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διανο-έω

dianoeo

have in mind

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What it meant

διανο-έω · diano-eō — LSJ

have in mind, to be minded, intend, purpose

have in mind, Philostr. Im. 2.1:—but in early writers always διανο-έομαι, fut. -νοήσομαι: aor. διενοήθην, part. διανοηθείς in pass. sense, Pl. Lg. 654c: aor. Med. -ησάμην D.S. 20.3: pf. διανενόημαι Pl. Alc. 1.106a: (νοέω):—to be minded, intend, purpose, c. inf. pres., fut., or aor., Hdt. 2.121.δʹ and 126, Ar. Lys. 724, Pl. R. 504e, etc.; μηδὲ δ. περὶ παραθήκης ἄλλο γε ἢ ἀποδιδόναι Hdt. 6.86.δʹ; διανενοημένοι βοηθεῖν Th. 4.72, cf. 7.56; δ. τὴν ἀπόβασιν Id. 4.29; διανοήθητε ἢ ὑπακούειν ἢ μὴ εἴξοντ

II have in mind, meant, think, suppose, think, the process of thought

have in mind, τι Hp. VM 7; τί διανοούμενος εἶπε what he really meant by his words, Pl. Tht. 184a; περί τινος δ. οὑτωσί, ὀρθῶς περί τι, Id. Lg. 644d, 686d: c. acc. et inf., think or suppose that . ., Id. Prt. 324b, etc.: c. gen. abs., διανοεῖσθαί τινων ὡς διαλλαγησομένων Id. R. 470e: abs., think, λέγω νοῦν ᾧ δ. … ἡ ψυχή Arist. de An. 429a23; τὸ διανοεῖσθαι the process of thought, Pl. Tht. 189e; opp. νοεῖν, Arist. de An. 408b25.

2 bethink oneself

bethink oneself, LXX Ge. 6.6.

III to be minded, disposed, are affected

with Advbs., to be minded or disposed so and so, ἄλλως πως πρός τινας, Pl. R. 343b; κακῶς δ. περὶ τῶν οἰκείων Isoc. 1.35: with ὡς and part., ὅταν ὡς πετόμενοι διανοῶνται when they are affected as if flying, Pl. Tht. 158b.

Where it came from

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