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ἐπίνοια

ἐπίνοια, a thinking on

ἐπίνοια, ἡ,
  • thinking on or of a thing, thought, notion, οὐδʼ ἐς ἐπίνοιαν ἰέναι τινός Th. 3.46; ὡς . . Id. 4.92; οὐδʼ ἐπίνοιαν ποιήσασθαί τινος Plb. 1.20.12; τὰς ἐ. εἴς τι φέρειν D.H. Pomp. 1; πάσαις ταῖς ἐ. γίγνεσθαι περί τι Plb. 5.110.10; conception, idea, ἐναργὴς τοῦ πράγματος ἐ. Epicur. Fr. 255, cf. Phld. D. 3.8, al.; κατʼ ἐπίνοιαν in idea, opp. κατὰ περίπτωσιν (q.v.), Stoic. 2.29; κατʼ ἐ. ψιλὴν ὑφεστάναι ib. 159; πᾶσαν ἐ. ἀτοπίας ὑπερβάλλειν Plu. Comm.not. 2.1065d.
      • 2 power of thought, inventiveness, οἶνον σὺ τολμᾶς εἰς ἐ. λοιδορεῖν; Ar. Eq. 90, cf. X. Cyr. 2.3.19; κατὰ τέχνην καὶ ἐ. γίγνεσθαι Thphr. Od. 7.
      • 3 invention, device, conceit, ἐ. ἀστειόταται Ar. Eq. 539; ζητεῖν καινὴν ἐ. Id. V. 346; θαυμαστὰς ἐξευρίσκων ἐ. Id. Eq. 1322, etc.; τέχνης ἐπίνοιαι Arist. Mu. 399b17; πενία ἐπινοιῶν διδάσκαλος Secund. Sent. 10.
      • 4 purpose, design, τίνʼ ἐ. ἔσχεθες; E. Ph. 408, cf. Med. 760 (lyr.); τίς ἐ.; Ar. Th. 766, cf. Av. 405 (lyr.); ἥτις ἡ ʼπίνοια τῆς ἐγκεντρίδος Id. V. 1073, cf. Pl. 45; κατὰ τὴν ἐκφορὰν καὶ τὴν ἐ. Stoic. 2.128; ἡ ἐ. τῆς καρδίας Act.Ap. 8.22: pl., ἐξ οἰκείων ἐ., = sua sponte, OGI 580.7 (Cilicia, iv A.D.).
    • II afterthought, second thoughts, ψεύδει γὰρ ἡ ʼπίνοια τὴν γνώμην S. Ant. 389.
    • III intelligence, κοινὴ ἐ. Plb. 6.5.2, cf. Longin. ap. Eus. PE 15.20.
      • 2 Psychol., reflection on experience, retrospection, Plot. 2.9.1, 6.8.7.

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