νόημα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νῶμᾰ (nôma) — Ionic

Etymology

From νοέω (noéō, “to intend, to perceive, to see, to understand”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nó.ɛː.ma/ → /ˈno.i.ma/ → /ˈno.i.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.ɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.e̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.i.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.i.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.i.ma/

Noun

νόημᾰ • (nóēma) n (genitive νοήμᾰτος); third declension

1. perception
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 7.36
   • «τῶν νέες ὠκεῖαι ὡς εἰ πτερὸν ἠὲ νόημᾰ»
   • ‘tō̂n nées ōkeîai hōs ei pteròn ēè nóēmă.’
   • ‘and the ships of those [men] as swift as [a bird’s] wing or a thought’.
2. thought, purpose, design
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.330
   • «τὸν δ’ ἠείβετ’ ἔπειτᾰ θεᾱ̀ γλαυκῶπῐς Ἀ̆θήνη: ‹αἰεί τοι τοιοῦτον ἐνῐ στήθεσσῐ νόημᾰ:»
   • ‘tòn d’ ēeíbet épeită t͡heā̀ glaukō̂pĭs Ăt͡hḗnē: “aieí toi toioûton enĭ stēt͡hessĭ nóēmă:’
   • ‘and-but thereupon the bright-eyed Athena answered him: “ever is a thought such as this in the breasts:’
3. understanding, mind
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.346
   • «ὣς φᾰτο Τηλέμᾰχος : μνησῆσῐ δὲ Πᾰλλᾰς Ἀ̆θήνη ἄ̆σβεστον γέλω ὦρσε, πᾰρέπλᾰγξεν δὲ νόημᾰ.»
   • ‘hṓs p͡hăto Tēlémăc͡hos: mnēsē̂sĭ dè Păllăs Ăt͡hḗnē ắsbeston gélō ō̂rse păréplăɡxen dè nóēmă.’
   • ‘And-but Telemachos was saying [in his own interest]: “And-but amongst the wooers, Pallas Athena excited unquenchable laughter and turning the thought from the sane path.’

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νόημᾰ; τοῦ νοήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νόημᾰ tò nóēma	τὼ νοήμᾰτε tṑ noḗmate	τᾰ̀ νοήμᾰτᾰ tà noḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ νοήμᾰτος toû noḗmatos	τοῖν νοημᾰ́τοιν toîn noēmátoin	τῶν νοημᾰ́των tôn noēmátōn
Dative	τῷ νοήμᾰτῐ tôi noḗmati	τοῖν νοημᾰ́τοιν toîn noēmátoin	τοῖς νοήμᾰσῐ / νοήμᾰσῐν toîs noḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νόημᾰ tò nóēma	τὼ νοήμᾰτε tṑ noḗmate	τᾰ̀ νοήμᾰτᾰ tà noḗmata
Vocative	νόημᾰ nóēma	νοήμᾰτε noḗmate	νοήμᾰτᾰ noḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• νοήμων (noḗmōn)
• νοητός (noētós)

References

• “νόημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νόημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νόημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νόημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νόημα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “νόημα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3540 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conceit idem, page 154.
  • concept idem, page 155.
  • conception idem, page 155.
  • fancy idem, page 306.
  • idea idem, page 413.
  • notion idem, page 562.
  • thought idem, page 868.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόημα (nóēma, “thought, perception, understanding”), with semantic loan from German Noem, itself from the Ancient Greek term, and Wink (“sign, wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.i.ma/

Noun

νόημα • (nóima) n (plural νοήματα)

1. sense, meaning
2. gesture

Declension

Declension of νόημα

	singular	plural
nominative	νόημα •	νοήματα •
genitive	νοήματος •	νοημάτων •
accusative	νόημα •	νοήματα •
vocative	νόημα •	νοήματα •

Synonyms

• (meaning): σημασία f (simasía)
• (gesture): νεύμα n (névma)

Related terms

• νοημοσύνη f (noïmosýni, “intelligence”)