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ἐπινοέω

ἐπινοέω, to think on

ἐπινο-έω,
  • think on or of, contrive, τι Hdt. 1.48, Hp. Art. 42, 77, Ar. Eq. 884, Pl. Lg. 677b; φάρμακον τῇ ψύξει Ael. NA 9.7, etc.: c. inf., πῶς ἐπενόησας ἁρπάσαι; Ar. Eq. 1202, cf. Nu. 1039: abs., form plans, opp. δρᾶν, Antipho 3.2.7; opp. ἐπεξελθεῖν, Th. 1.70; opp. ἐξεργάσασθαι, Ph. Bel. 58.43.
      • 2 have in oneʼs mind, intend, purpose, ὀλίγον οὐδέν Th. 2.8, cf. X. An. 2.5.4, etc.: c. pres. inf., Hdt. 1.27, Ar. Th. 338, X. An. 6.4.9, etc.: fut., Hdt. 3.134: aor., Id. 2.152, 5.24, 65, E. Rh. 195 (lyr., nowhere else in Trag.), Pl. Ti. 37c:—Pass., Philostr. Her. 10.6.
      • 3 note, observe, Phld. Po. 5.11; perceive, Plu. Per. 6.
      • 4 conceive, Epicur. Ep. 1 p.23 U.:—Pass., ib. p.6U., S.E. M. 8.381.
    • II invent, contrive, κατασκευήν Gal. UP 12.6, etc.:—Med., aor. -ησάμην Luc. Astr. 17:—Pass., ὀνόματα ὑπὸ τῶν φιλοσόφων ἐπινοηθέντα Id. Deor.Conc. 13, etc.; but aor. Pass. ἐπινοηθῆναι in act. sense in Hdt. 3.122, 6.115, Luc. Am. 16, 31.

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