A. flow, ἐν δὲ κρήνη νάει Od. 6.292; καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν Il. 21.197; ὄφρʼ ἂν ὕδωρ τε νάῃ Epigr. ap. Pl. Phdr. 264d; οἴνῳ Ἁχελῷος ἆρα νᾷ S.l.c.; ὕδατι νᾶε was running with . . , A.R. 1.1146; νᾶεν φόνῳ Call. Dian. 224:—Pass., to be watered, νᾱομένοισι τόποις Nic. Fr. 74.58. [ᾰ in Hom. and presupposed by νᾷ, νῶντας, cf. ἀέναος: ᾱ v.l. in Od. 9.222, always in late Ep. exc. Euph. 23; ναῖον (so Aristarch. and some codd.) δʼ ὀρῷ ἄγγεα πάντα is prob. correct in Od.l.c., cf. ἔναιεν ἐν ἅλμῃ (with pun on ναίω dwell) Matro Conv. 77, and ναιομένοισι (νεομ- codd.) shd. perh. be read in Nic. l.c.] (Cf. ἔννυθεν, ναύω, νόα, Skt. snaúti (pf. part. Pass. snutás) ‘drip’, MIr. snuadh ‘river’, etc.: νάω [ᾰ] from snǎw-w, ναίω and νάω [ᾱ] from snǎw-yw.)

1. mind, as employed in perceiving and thinking, sense, wit, οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. Il. 15.461; ν. πολυκερδέα Od. 13.255; ν. ὁρῇ καὶ ν. ἀκούει, τἄλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά Epich. 249, cf. S. OT 371; νόῳ prudently, Od. 6.320; παρὲκ νόον senselessly, Il. 20.133; σὺν νόῳ wisely, Hdt. 8.86, 138; ξὺν νῷ with play on ξυνῷ, Heraclit. 114 (νόῳ codd. Stob.); ξὺν νῷ ἑλομένῳ Pl. R. 619b; οὐδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Id. Cri. 48c; μηδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Ar. Nu. 580; τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς S. OT 550; τοῦ ν. κενός Id. OC 931; νόῳ λαβεῖν τι to apprehend it, Hdt. 3.51; νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν, recall, remember, Id. 5.92.ηʹ, Pl. R. 490a; κοινὸς ν. Phld. Rh. 1.37 S., Arr. Epict. 3.6.8; ἀγαθὸς ν., σπουδαῖος ν., Phld. Rh. 2.61, 1.252 S.

2. νοῦν ἔχειν in two senses,

a. to have sense, be sensible, S. Tr. 553, El. 1013, 1465, Ar. Ra. 535, etc.; ὁ νοῦς ὅδʼ αὐτὸς ν. ἔχων οὐ τυγχάνει E. IA 1139; so ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος Ar. Ec. 747; σμικρὸν νοῦ κεκτῆσθαι Pl. Lg. 887e; impers., τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει ν. οὐδένα S. Ant. 68, cf. Pl. Ti. 68b; cf. νουνεχόντως.

b. νοῦν or τὸν ν. ἔχειν to have oneʼs mind directed to something, ἄλλοσʼ ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν S. Tr. 272, cf. Sapph. Supp. 25.2; τὸν ν. πρὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ ἔχων, ἐκεῖσε δέ E. Ph. 1418; δεῦρο ν. ἔχε Id. Or. 1181; οἴκοι τὸν ν. ἔχειν Id. Ion 251; ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχεις; Ar. Ec. 156; τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τι (like προσέχειν τὸν ν.) Th. 7.19, Pl. Grg. 504d; πρός τινι Id. Prt. 324a, etc.; περί τινος Id. R. 534b; ἐν πέρδιξιν AP 7.206 (Damoch.): conversely, ἐπὶ νοῦν ἐλθεῖν τινι to occur to one, D.H. 3.15, Arr. An. 7.24.3.

3. mind, more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc., heart, χαῖρε νόῳ Od. 8.78; κεῦθε νόῳ Il. 1.363; [χόλος] οἰδάνει νόον 9.554; ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀτάρβητος ν. ἐστί 3.63; ν. ἔμπεδος, ἀκήλητος, ἀπηνής, 11.813, Od. 10.329, 18.381; ν. εὐμενής, ἄγναμπτος, etc., Pi. P. 8.18, A. Pr. 164 (lyr.), etc.; πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων νόον ἔγνω Od. 1.3; ἐκ παντὸς νόου with all his heart and soul, Hdt. 8.97; τῷ νῷ . . κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης in heart as well as tongue, S. OC 936: freq. in phrase κατὰ νόον according to oneʼs mind, Hdt. 1.117, 7.104; εἰ τάδʼ ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ S. OC 1768 (anap.); πράξειας κατὰ ν. τὸν ἐμόν Id. Fr. 469 (anap.); κατὰ ν. πράξας Ar. Eq. 549; χωρεῖ κατὰ ν. Id. Pax 940, cf. Pl. Euthphr. 3e.

4. mind, resolve, purpose, ἀγαθῷ νόῳ, i.e. kindly, Hdt. 1.60; τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέειν; what do you intend to do? ib.109; ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν Id. 9.46; ἐν ν. ἔχειν c. fut. inf., to intend . . , Id. 1.10 (v.l.): c. pres. inf., ib. 27, Pl. R. 344d; ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί to put into his mind to do . . , Hdt. 1.27; ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί . . Id. 3.21; ταύτῃ <ὁ> ν. ἔφερε Id. 9.120.

5. reason, intellect, νόου φρενί Xenoph. 25, cf. Parm. 16.2, etc.; θεῖος ν. Democr. 112, cf. Id. ap. Arist. de An. 404a28; opp. δόξα, Pl. Ti. 51d, cf. Arist. de An. 428a5.

b. Mind as the active principle of the Universe, Anaxag. 12, etc.; Θαλῆς νοῦν τοῦ κόσμου τὸν θεόν Placit. 1.7.11; ἡ τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ νοῦ συστάσεως Pl. Ti. 48a, cf. Sph. 249a, Phlb. 30c, Arist. Metaph. 1072b20, de An. 430a17, Zeno Stoic. 1.28, Plot. 5.1.4.

II. act of mind, thought, ἡμῖν δʼ οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων Il. 15.509; οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 9.104; οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτον μὲν ἐβούλευσας νόον αὐτή Od. 5.23.

2. purpose, design, νόον τελεῖν τινι Il. 23.149; σάφα οἶσθʼ οἷος ν. Ἀτρεΐωνος 2.192.

III. sense, meaning of a word, etc., οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος Hdt. 7.162, cf. Ar. Ra. 1439, Plb. 5.83.4, Phld. Rh. 1.106 S., etc.; ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης cj. for νόμος in Hdt. 1.216; meaning of a work of art, Philostr. VA 4.28; πολὺς ν. ἐν ὀλίγῃ λέξει συνέσταλται Plu. 2.510e; πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν to the same effect, Str. 15.3.7; πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες to the point, Phld. Mus.p.96K.; οὐδὲ νοῦν ἔχον senseless, Id. Po. 5.29.

IV. Pythag. name for μονάς, Theol.Ar. 6. (Etym. dub.; the pr.n. Πολυνόϝα IG 9(1).870 hardly proves νόϝος.)