The corpus record

διανό-ησις

dianoesis · ἡ

process of thinking, thought

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Where it lives

Timaeus 3 · 1.27/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Enneads 5 · 0.24/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

διανό-ησις · diano-ēsis — LSJ

process of thinking, thought, cunning, skill

process of thinking, thought, Pl. Plt. 306e; opp. βούλευσις, Plot. 5.8.6: in pl., Pl. Ti. 87c, Phld. Herc. 1003, Vit.Philonid. p.4C., Plu. Sollert. 2.961d; διανοήσεως ἐκπίπτοντα πάσης, i.e. absurd, Phld. Rh. 1.223S.; cunning, skill, LXX 2 Ch. 2.14(13).

II way of thinking

way of thinking, Pl. Lg. 888c.

In the wild

διανοήσεις · dianoēseis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8952)
διανοήσει · dianoēsei Plato, Laws 888
διανοήσεώς · dianoēseōs Plato, Statesman 306
διανοήσεως · dianoēseōs Plato, Timaeus 47 (DIORISIS sentence 355)
διανοήσεων · dianoēseōn Plato, Timaeus 87 (DIORISIS sentence 840)
διανοήσεις · dianoēseis Plato, Timaeus 90 (DIORISIS sentence 875)

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