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νοητός
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Ancient Greek
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Etymology
From νοέω (noéō, “to perceive”) + -τός (-tós, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /no.ɛː.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /no.e̝ˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /no.iˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /no.iˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /no.iˈtos/
Adjective
νοητός • (noētós) m (feminine νοητή, neuter νοητόν); first/second declension
- perceptible to the mind, thinkable, imaginable
- Antonym: ὁρᾱτός (horātós)
Declension
Further reading
- “νοητός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νοητός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νοητός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek νοητός (noētós), from Ancient Greek νοέω (noéō, “to perceive, to think out”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
νοητός • (noïtós) m (feminine νοητή, neuter νοητό)
- (formal) conceivable, perceptible, intelligible, comprehensible (able to be imagined in the mind)
- Δεν είναι νοητό να διακινδυνεύσεις τη ζωή σου γι’ αυτήν.
- Den eínai noïtó na diakindynéfseis ti zoḯ sou gi’ aftín.
- It's not conceivable for you to risk your life for her.
- 1964, “Της Δικαιοσύνης Ήλιε Νοητέ [Tis Dikaiosýnis Ílie Noïté, Comprehending Sun Of Justice]”, in Odysseas Elytis (lyrics), Mikis Theodorakis (music), Το Άξιον Εστί [To Áxion Estí, The Axion Esti], performed by Grigoris Bithikotsis:
- Της δικαιοσύνης ήλιε νοητέ,
Και μυρσίνη συ δοξαστική.- Tis dikaiosýnis ílie noïté,
Kai myrsíni sy doxastikí. - Comprehending sun of justice,
And you, glorious myrtle.
- Tis dikaiosýnis ílie noïté,
- (formal, by extension) imaginary, notional (that which exists only in the mind)
- ο νοητός άξονας της Γης ― o noïtós áxonas tis Gis ― the Earth's notional axis
Declension
Synonyms
- (conceivable, comprehensible): κατανοητός (katanoïtós), καταληπτός (kataliptós), αντιληπτός (antiliptós)
- (imaginary): φανταστικός (fantastikós), ιδεατός (ideatós)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “conceivable, comprehensible”): ακατανόητος (akatanóitos, “incomprehensible”), ακαταλαβίστικος (akatalavístikos, “incomprehensible”)
- (antonym(s) of “imaginary”): πραγματικός (pragmatikós, “real, true”), αισθητός (aisthitós, “tangible”), υπαρκτός (yparktós, “existing”)
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