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κατανό-ησις

katanoesis · ἡ

observation, consideration

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Enneads 8 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

κατανό-ησις · katano-ēsis — LSJ

observation, consideration, introspection

observation, consideration, Pl. Ti. 82c, Criti. 107d, LXX Si. 41.21; ἡ αὑτοῦ κ. introspection, Plot. 5.3.1; ἑαυτῆς (sc. ψυχῆς) Id. 4.7.10; of sense perception, ἡ διʼ αἰσθήσεως κ. Id. 6.2.4.

2 means of observing

means of observing, πολλὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρέχειν κ. Plu. Rom. 6.

In the wild

κατανόησιν · katanoēsin Plato, Critias 107
κατανόησις · katanoēsis Plato, Timaeus 82 (DIORISIS sentence 785)
κατανοήσεως · katanoēseōs Plotinus, Enneads 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 186)
κατανόησις · katanoēsis Plotinus, Enneads 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3436)
κατανοήσει · katanoēsei Plotinus, Enneads 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3427)
κατανόησιν · katanoēsin Plotinus, Enneads 5.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3688)

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