Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νῶμα ‎(nôma) (Ionic)

Noun

νόημα • ‎(nóēma) n ‎(genitive νοήματος); third declension

1. perception
   • Homer, Odyssey 7.36
2. thought, purpose, design
   • Homer, Odyssey 13.330
3. understanding, mind
   • Homer, Odyssey 20.346

Inflection

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, 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 561.
  • thought idem, page 868.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

νόημα • ‎(nóima) n ‎(plural νοήματα)

1. sense, meaning
2. gesture

Declension

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• νοημοσύνη f ‎(noimosýni, “intelligence”)