νο-έω · no-eō — LSJ
perceive by the eyes, observe (οἱ ἀρχαῖοι τὸ ν. σωματικὸν . . ὑπολαμβάνουσιν Arist. de An. 427a26), Il. 3.396; ὀξὺ ν. ib. 374, Hes. Th. 838, etc.; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ν., Il. 15.422, 24.294.
perceive by the mind, apprehend, τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε 11.599; οὐ . . ἴδον οὐδʼ ἐνόησα Od. 13.318, cf. Il. 10.550, 24.337, etc.; ἡ δʼ οὔτʼ ἀθρῆσαι δύνατʼ ἀντίη οὔτε νοῆσαι Od. 19.478; ἢ λάθετʼ ἢ οὐκ ἐνόησεν or did not take notice, Il. 9.537, cf. 5.665; νοέεις δὲ καὶ αὐτός thou thyself art aware of it, Od. 21.257; θυμῷ νοέω καὶ οἶδα ἕκαστα 18.228; ν. τῇ καρδίᾳ LXX Is. 44.18; πρὸ ὃ τοῦ ἐνόησεν one perceives before the other, Il. 10.224: abs., [θεὸς] οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δὲ τʼ ἀκούει Xenoph
think, consider, reflect, φρεσὶ ν. ἔνθʼ εἴην ἢ ἔνθα" Il. 15.81; μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι νόησον Αἰνείαν, ἤ κέν μιν ἐρύσσεαι ἦ κεν ἐάσῃς 20.311; οὐδʼ ἐνόησε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν ὡς . . ib. 264; ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα ν. look to both sides, Hdt. 8.22: c. acc. cogn., ἄλλα νοέειν to be other wise minded, Id. 7.168; also εἰπὲ δʼ ᾗ νοεῖς S. Tr. 1135, cf. El. 1435: part. νοέων, έουσα, wary, discreet, Il. 1.577; τὴν μέν κεν ἐπαινέσσειε νοήσας Hes. Op. 12, cf. Od. 15.170; τὰ νοέων λέγει what he says advisedly, Hdt. 8.
consider, deem, presume to be so and so, ὡς μηκέτʼ ὄντα κεῖνον . . νόει S. Ph. 415; τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον ib. 1176; δεῖ ν. συνεχῆ τὰ ἔνοπτρα Arist. Mete. 373a19: c. inf., δεῖ νοῆσαι τὸ μὲν ὑγρὸν εἶναι ib. 340b24, etc.; cf. νοητέον.
think out, devise, conceive, τοῦτό γ’ ἐναίσιμον οὐκ ἐνόησε Od. 2.122; ἔνθʼ αὖτʼ ἄλλʼ ἐνόησε θεά ib. 382; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται 3.26; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει Il. 9.104: freq. with neut. pl. Adj., πεπνυμένα πάντα νοῆσαι Od. 18.230; ἄνδρων πλεῖστα νοησάμενος most cunning of men, of Sisyphus, Alc. Supp. 7.6; ὀρθὰ ν. Hdt. 8.3:—Pass., ἐνθύμημα νενοημένον οὐκ ἀτόπως D.H. Th. 37.
purpose, intend, ἐσθλά τινι Hes. Op. 286; κακόν τινι Hdt. 3.81, cf. X. Hier. 1.15.
c. inf., to be minded, intend, οὐδʼ ἐνόησε ἐξερύσαι δόρυ bethought himself, Il. 5.665; νοέω φρεσὶ τιμήσασθαι 22.235; νοέω δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς Ἕκτορά τοι λῦσαι 24.560; ἦ γὰρ νοεῖς θάπτειν σφε; S. Ant. 44, cf. 770, El. 389, etc.:—Med., once in Hom., μάστιγα . . νοήσατο χερσἰν ἑλέσθαι he thought with himself to take the scourge, Il. 10.501; ἐνένωτο στρατεύειν he was minded to march, Hdt. 1.77, cf. 7.206, 9.53.
of words, bear a certain sense, mean, πυθοίμεθʼ ἂν τὸν χρησμὸν ὅ τι νοεῖ Ar. Pl. 55, cf. Nu. 1186, Pl. Cra. 407e; [εἰ] τοῦτο . . νοεῖ αὐτῷ if this means for him that . . , Id. R. 335e; also ἐπιδεῖξαι ἐθέλω τὸ νυνί μοι συμβεβηκὸς τί ποτε νοεῖ Id. Ap. 40a; τὸ νοούμενον the sense, meaning, Phld. Po.Herc. 991.4, al.—Not in Th. or Oratt.