ἀνόητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “without”) + νοέω (noéō, “to perceive”) +‎ -τός (-tós, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nó.ɛː.tos/ → /aˈno.i.tos/ → /aˈno.i.tos/

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

Adjective

ἀνόητος • (anóētos) m or f (neuter ἀνόητον); second declension

1. not thought on
2. not understanding, foolish

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆νόητος; ἀ̆νόητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆νόητος anóētos	ἀ̆νόητον anóēton		ἀ̆νοήτω anoḗtō	ἀ̆νοήτω anoḗtō		ἀ̆νόητοι anóētoi	ἀ̆νόητᾰ anóēta
Genitive		ἀ̆νοήτου anoḗtou	ἀ̆νοήτου anoḗtou		ἀ̆νοήτοιν anoḗtoin	ἀ̆νοήτοιν anoḗtoin		ἀ̆νοήτων anoḗtōn	ἀ̆νοήτων anoḗtōn
Dative		ἀ̆νοήτῳ anoḗtōi	ἀ̆νοήτῳ anoḗtōi		ἀ̆νοήτοιν anoḗtoin	ἀ̆νοήτοιν anoḗtoin		ἀ̆νοήτοις anoḗtois	ἀ̆νοήτοις anoḗtois
Accusative		ἀ̆νόητον anóēton	ἀ̆νόητον anóēton		ἀ̆νοήτω anoḗtō	ἀ̆νοήτω anoḗtō		ἀ̆νοήτους anoḗtous	ἀ̆νόητᾰ anóēta
Vocative		ἀ̆νόητε anóēte	ἀ̆νόητον anóēton		ἀ̆νοήτω anoḗtō	ἀ̆νοήτω anoḗtō		ἀ̆νόητοι anóētoi	ἀ̆νόητᾰ anóēta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆νοήτως anoḗtōs			ἀ̆νοητότερος anoētóteros			ἀ̆νοητότᾰτος anoētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀνόητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνόητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνόητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette