νοημοσύνη

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, since 1856[1] from νοήμων, νοημ(ον)- (noḯmon, noïm(on)-, intelligent) + -οσύνη (-osýni, suffix for feminine abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /no.i.moˈsi.ni/
  • Hyphenation: νο‧η‧μο‧σύ‧νη

Noun

νοημοσύνη • (noïmosýni) f (usually uncountable, plural νοημοσύνες)

  1. intelligence as the capacity of mind

Declension

Derived terms

  • νόημα n (nóima, sense, meaning)
  • and see: νοήμων (noḯmon) / νοήμονας (noḯmonas, intelligent) & νους m (nous, mind)

See also

References

  1. νοημοσύνη p.700, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:12. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).

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