νόημα (noema)

Where it lives

2 Corinthians 5 · 11.15/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 2 · 8.32/10k
Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Parmenides 6 · 3.96/10k
Baruch 1 · 3.96/10k
De Interpretatione 2 · 3.21/10k
Clouds 3 · 3.12/10k
Sophist 4 · 2.5/10k
Meno 2 · 2.04/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Odyssey 16 · 1.84/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

νό-ημα · no-ēma — LSJ

that which is perceived, perception, thought, lightning

that which is perceived, perception, thought, τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι, ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημα Od. 7.36 (cf. ὀξύτερον νοήματος Lib. Or. 59.148; ἅμα νοήματι ‘in the twinkling of an eye’, Epicur. Ep. 1p.11U.: hence ἡ ἅμα ν. περίοδος lightning survey, ib. p.32 U., cf. Phld. Mort. 37, Plu. Alex. 35); ν. φρενός Ar. Nu. 704 (lyr.).

2 thought, purpose, idea, design

thought, purpose, idea, design, τοιοῦτον ἐνὶ στήθεσσι νόημα Od. 13.330; Ζεὺς . . ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα ποίησʼ 14.273; νοήματα . . ἐκτελέει Il. 10.104, cf. Alc. 77, Pi. P. 6.29; σοφώτατα νοήματα Id. O. 7.72; οὐκ οἶδʼ ὄττι θέω· δίχα μοι τὰ ν. Sapph. 36; ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐωθότων ν. στῆσαί τινα Hdt. 3.80; τὸ μὲν ν. τῆς θεοῦ, τὸ δὲ κλέμμʼ ἐμόν Ar. Eq. 1203, cf. Nu. 743.

3 thought, concept, discursive thinking

in Philos., thought, concept, opp. sensation, sense-presentation, Parm. 8.34, etc.; φύσει διῄρηται τά τε ν. καὶ τὰ αἰσθήματα Arist. Fr. 87; σύνθεσίς τις νοημάτων Id. de An. 430a28; discursive thinking, as the function of διάνοια, Herm. ap. Stob. 2.8.31.

4 thought

Rhet., thought as expressed in literary form, D.H. Amm. 2.24, Longin. 12.1.

II understanding, mind

understanding, mind, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ νόημα Od. 20.346, cf. Il. 19.218, Thgn. 435, Emp. 110.10; αἷμα γὰρ ἀνθρώποις περικάρδιόν ἐστι ν. Id. 105.3; θεὸς . . οὔ τι δέμας θνητοῖσιν ὁμοίιος οὐδὲ ν. Xenoph. 23.2.

In the wild

νόημα · noēma Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 186)
νόημα · noēma Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 210)
νόημα · noēma Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 541)
νοημάτων · noēmatōn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 578)
νόημα · noēma Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 867)
νόημʼ · noēmʼ Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 2 (DIORISIS sentence 353)

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Where it came from

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