Strong G1106γνώμη
resolution
- Transliteration
- gnōmē
- Pronunciation
- gno'-may
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1097; cognition that is (subjectively) opinion or (objectively) resolve (counsel consent etc.): - advice + agree judgment mind purpose will.
Detailed definition
γνώμη, -ης, ἡ
(γιγνώσκω), [in LXX: Da TH 2:15 (דָּת), Ps 82(83):3 (סוֹד), elsewhere, chiefly II Es, for טְעֵם;]
1. a means of knowing, a token (Theogn.).
2. In Attic writers, the mind, its operations and results (see Edwards, Lex., App., A);
__(a) mind, understanding;
__(b) purpose, intention: Act.20:3;
__(with) judgment, opinion: 1Co.1:10, Rev.17:13;
__(d) counsel, advice: 1Co.7:25, 40 2Co.8:10, Phm 14;
__(e) royal purpose, decree (as in Da, I and II Es): Rev.17:17 (Cremer, 671).
† (AS)
(γιγνώσκω), [in LXX: Da TH 2:15 (דָּת), Ps 82(83):3 (סוֹד), elsewhere, chiefly II Es, for טְעֵם;]
1. a means of knowing, a token (Theogn.).
2. In Attic writers, the mind, its operations and results (see Edwards, Lex., App., A);
__(a) mind, understanding;
__(b) purpose, intention: Act.20:3;
__(with) judgment, opinion: 1Co.1:10, Rev.17:13;
__(d) counsel, advice: 1Co.7:25, 40 2Co.8:10, Phm 14;
__(e) royal purpose, decree (as in Da, I and II Es): Rev.17:17 (Cremer, 671).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1106 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- judgment3
- mind2
- advice1
- purpose1
- will1
First verses
- Acts 20:3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
- 1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 7:40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
- 2 Corinthians 8:10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
- Philemon 1:14But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
- Revelation 17:13These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
- Revelation 17:17For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γνώμ-η, ἡ,
means of knowing: hence, mark, token, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 60 (_plural_))]; of the teeth [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (γνώμων 111), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b15.)]
II organ by which one perceives or knows, intelligence,
II.1 thought, judgement (τῆς ψυχῆς ἡ γ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 672b), ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 176: _accusative_ _absolutely_, γνώμην ἱκανός)] intelligent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4)]; γ. ἀγαθός, κακός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 687, “Ph.” 910; τοιάδε τὴν γ. [prev. author] “El.” 1021; κατὰ γ. ἴδρις [prev. author] “OT” 1087 (Lyric poetry); γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.89; γνώμῃ μαθεῖν τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 403; γνώμῃ κυρήσας [prev. author] “OT” 398)]; γνώμῃ φρενῶν, opposed to ὀργῇ,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 524; γνώμης ξύνεσις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.75; γνώμης μᾶλλον ἐφόδῳ ἢ ἰσχύος [prev. author] 3.11; ταῖς γ. καὶ τοῖς σώμασι σφάλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.10, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; γνώμῃ, opposed to τύχῃ, σωφρονοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.47)]; γνώμης ἅπτεσθαι affect the head, of wine or fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 63, “Fract.” 11)]; γνώμην ἔχειν understand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 214 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 396; πάντων γ. ἴσχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 837 (Lyric poetry))]; προσέχειν γνώμην give heed, attend, δεῦρο τὴν γ. προσίσχετε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 37; πρὸς ἕτερον γνώμην ἔχειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.192)]; to be on one's guard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95)]; δηλοῦν τὴν γ. ἔν τινι to show one's wit in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.37; ἐν γνώμῃ τι παραστῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.17)]; ἀπὸ γνώμης φέρειν ψῆφον δικαίαν with a good conscience, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 674)]; but οὐκ ἀπὸ γ. λέγεις not without judgement, with good sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 389; ἄτερ γνώμης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 456; ἄνευ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 594)]; γνώμῃ κολάζειν with good reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.10)]; γνώμῃ τῇ ἀρίστῃ (i.e. κρίνειν or δικάζειν) to the best of one's judgement, in the dicasts' oath, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375a29; ἡ καλουμένη γ. τοῦ ἐπιεικοῦς κρίσις ὀρθή [prev. author] “EN” 1143a19; so περὶ ὧν ἂν νόμοι μὴ ὦσι, γνώμῃ τῇ δικαιοτάτῃ κρινεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.118; γ. τῇ δ. δικάσειν ὀμωμόκασιν [prev. author] 23.96, compare 39.40; τῇ δ. γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287a26)]; ὅστις γνώμῃ μὴ καθαρεύει has not a clear conscience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 355.)]
II.2 will, disposition, inclination, εὐσεβεῖ γνώμᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.41; γ. Διός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1003)]; ἐν γνώμῃ γεγονέναι τινί to stand high in his favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37)]; πάσῃ τῇ γ. with all one's zeal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.45; τίνα αὐτοὺς οἴεσθε γ. ἕξειν περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.104; γ. ἔ. περί τινα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.21)]; πρὸς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τὴν γ. ἔχειν to be inclined towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.44)]; ἐμπιμπλάναι τὴν γ. τινός satisfy his wishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.8, compare “HG” 6.1.15 (_plural_))]; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμης on his own initiative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68)]; ἐκ μιᾶς γ. of one accord, with one consent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.59; μιᾷ γνώμῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122, 6.17; διὰ μιᾶς γ. γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.139)]; κατὰ γνώμην according to one's mind or wishes, ὅταν τἀκεῖ θῶ κατὰ γνώμην ἐμήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 737; ἄν τι μὴ κατὰ γ. ἐκβῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16: in _plural_, φίλιαι γνῶμαι)] friendly sentiments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.4.)]
III judgement, opinion, βροτῶν γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.61)]; ταύτῃ.. τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι I in cline mostly to this view, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220 (assuming variant); also ταύτῃ πλεῖστος τὴν γνώμην εἰμί [prev. author] 1.120; ἡ πλείστη γ. ἐστί τινι [prev. author] 5.126; τλέον φέρει ἡ γ. τινί [prev. author] 8.100; τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς γ. εἶχεν.. προσμεῖξαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31; γνώμην τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80)]; οὕτως τὴν γ. ἔχειν to be of this opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 157; εἴ τινι γ. τοιαύτη παρειστήκει περὶ ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.54; τὴν αὐτὴν γ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.55)]; τῆς αὐτῆς γ. εἶναι, ἔχεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.113, 140; ὁ αὐτὸς εἰμὶ τῇ γ. [prev. author] 3.38)]; κατὰ γ. τὴν ἐμήν in my judgement or opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26, 5.3; elliptically, κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 153, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.1.18, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 3: _absolutely_, γνώμην ἐμήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 983, “Pax” 232)]; παρὰ γνώμην τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐγένετο contrary to general opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.40)]; but παρὰ γ. κινδυνευταί reckless venturers, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.70, compare 4.19)]; εἰπὲ μὴ παρὰ γ. ἐμοί either contrary to my wish, or contrary to your true opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 931, compare “Supp.” 454)]: frequently of opinions delivered publicly, ἑστάναι πρὸς τὴν γ. τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.56)]; Θεμιστοκλέους γνώμῃ by the advice of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, [prev. author] 1.90, 93)]; γνώμην ἀποφαίνειν deliver an opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.40)]; ἀποδείκνυσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 207; ἐκφαίνειν [prev. author] 5.36; τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1448 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 658; ἀποφαίνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 336; ποιεῖσθαι περί τινων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36)]; γνώμας κατέθεντο have made up their minds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.53.)]
III.b verdict, ἡ τοῦ δικαστοῦ γ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 4.364 (Corinth, 4th c.AD), compare 685.32 (_plural_, Cretan dialect, 2nd c.BC).)]
III.2 proposition, motion, γνώμην εἰσφέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, 81; εἰπεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68, etc.)]; (but γνώμας προτιθέναι hold a debate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36); γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83)]: frequently in Inscrr., resolution, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.118.28, etc.; γ. στρατηγῶν [prev. work]22.27; Κλεισόφου καὶ συμπρυτάνεων [prev. work]1; ἡ ἐκφερομένη γ. [prev. work]1051c26; γνώμην νικᾶν)] carry a motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 594, “Nu.” 432; κρατεῖν τῇ γ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 17.)]
III.3 γνῶμαι, αἱ, practical maxims, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1091, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.9, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1395a11 (_sing._, 1394a22).)]
III.4 in plural, fancies, illusions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 52.)]
III.5 intention, purpose, resolve, ἀπὸ τοιᾶσδε γνώμης with some such purpose as this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.92)]; γνώμην ποιεῖ σθαι, c.infinitive, propose to do, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.128)]; κατὰ γνώμην of set purpose, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.81 (so also γνώμης 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 33.13, 50.12))]; τίνα ἔχουσα γνώμη; with what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119)]; οἶδα δ᾽ οὐ γνώμῃ τίν; with what intent? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 527, compare “Aj.” 448)]; ἡ ξύμπασα γ. τῶν λεχθέντων the general purport.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22)]; ἦν τοῦ τείχους ἡ γνώμη.., ἵνα.. the purpose of it was.., that.., [Refs ([prev. author] 8.90.)]
means of knowing: hence, mark, token, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 60 (_plural_))]; of the teeth [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (γνώμων 111), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b15.)]
II organ by which one perceives or knows, intelligence,
II.1 thought, judgement (τῆς ψυχῆς ἡ γ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 672b), ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 176: _accusative_ _absolutely_, γνώμην ἱκανός)] intelligent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4)]; γ. ἀγαθός, κακός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 687, “Ph.” 910; τοιάδε τὴν γ. [prev. author] “El.” 1021; κατὰ γ. ἴδρις [prev. author] “OT” 1087 (Lyric poetry); γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.89; γνώμῃ μαθεῖν τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 403; γνώμῃ κυρήσας [prev. author] “OT” 398)]; γνώμῃ φρενῶν, opposed to ὀργῇ,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 524; γνώμης ξύνεσις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.75; γνώμης μᾶλλον ἐφόδῳ ἢ ἰσχύος [prev. author] 3.11; ταῖς γ. καὶ τοῖς σώμασι σφάλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.10, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; γνώμῃ, opposed to τύχῃ, σωφρονοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.47)]; γνώμης ἅπτεσθαι affect the head, of wine or fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 63, “Fract.” 11)]; γνώμην ἔχειν understand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 214 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 396; πάντων γ. ἴσχειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 837 (Lyric poetry))]; προσέχειν γνώμην give heed, attend, δεῦρο τὴν γ. προσίσχετε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 37; πρὸς ἕτερον γνώμην ἔχειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.192)]; to be on one's guard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95)]; δηλοῦν τὴν γ. ἔν τινι to show one's wit in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.37; ἐν γνώμῃ τι παραστῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.17)]; ἀπὸ γνώμης φέρειν ψῆφον δικαίαν with a good conscience, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 674)]; but οὐκ ἀπὸ γ. λέγεις not without judgement, with good sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 389; ἄτερ γνώμης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 456; ἄνευ γ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 594)]; γνώμῃ κολάζειν with good reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.10)]; γνώμῃ τῇ ἀρίστῃ (i.e. κρίνειν or δικάζειν) to the best of one's judgement, in the dicasts' oath, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375a29; ἡ καλουμένη γ. τοῦ ἐπιεικοῦς κρίσις ὀρθή [prev. author] “EN” 1143a19; so περὶ ὧν ἂν νόμοι μὴ ὦσι, γνώμῃ τῇ δικαιοτάτῃ κρινεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.118; γ. τῇ δ. δικάσειν ὀμωμόκασιν [prev. author] 23.96, compare 39.40; τῇ δ. γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287a26)]; ὅστις γνώμῃ μὴ καθαρεύει has not a clear conscience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 355.)]
II.2 will, disposition, inclination, εὐσεβεῖ γνώμᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.41; γ. Διός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1003)]; ἐν γνώμῃ γεγονέναι τινί to stand high in his favour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37)]; πάσῃ τῇ γ. with all one's zeal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.45; τίνα αὐτοὺς οἴεσθε γ. ἕξειν περὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.104; γ. ἔ. περί τινα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.21)]; πρὸς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους τὴν γ. ἔχειν to be inclined towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.44)]; ἐμπιμπλάναι τὴν γ. τινός satisfy his wishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.8, compare “HG” 6.1.15 (_plural_))]; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ γνώμης on his own initiative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68)]; ἐκ μιᾶς γ. of one accord, with one consent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.59; μιᾷ γνώμῃ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122, 6.17; διὰ μιᾶς γ. γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.139)]; κατὰ γνώμην according to one's mind or wishes, ὅταν τἀκεῖ θῶ κατὰ γνώμην ἐμήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 737; ἄν τι μὴ κατὰ γ. ἐκβῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16: in _plural_, φίλιαι γνῶμαι)] friendly sentiments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.4.)]
III judgement, opinion, βροτῶν γ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.61)]; ταύτῃ.. τῇ γνώμῃ πλεῖστός εἰμι I in cline mostly to this view, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.220 (assuming variant); also ταύτῃ πλεῖστος τὴν γνώμην εἰμί [prev. author] 1.120; ἡ πλείστη γ. ἐστί τινι [prev. author] 5.126; τλέον φέρει ἡ γ. τινί [prev. author] 8.100; τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς γ. εἶχεν.. προσμεῖξαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31; γνώμην τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80)]; οὕτως τὴν γ. ἔχειν to be of this opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.15, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 157; εἴ τινι γ. τοιαύτη παρειστήκει περὶ ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.54; τὴν αὐτὴν γ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.55)]; τῆς αὐτῆς γ. εἶναι, ἔχεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.113, 140; ὁ αὐτὸς εἰμὶ τῇ γ. [prev. author] 3.38)]; κατὰ γ. τὴν ἐμήν in my judgement or opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.26, 5.3; elliptically, κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 153, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.1.18, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 3: _absolutely_, γνώμην ἐμήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 983, “Pax” 232)]; παρὰ γνώμην τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐγένετο contrary to general opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.40)]; but παρὰ γ. κινδυνευταί reckless venturers, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.70, compare 4.19)]; εἰπὲ μὴ παρὰ γ. ἐμοί either contrary to my wish, or contrary to your true opinion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 931, compare “Supp.” 454)]: frequently of opinions delivered publicly, ἑστάναι πρὸς τὴν γ. τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.56)]; Θεμιστοκλέους γνώμῃ by the advice of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, [prev. author] 1.90, 93)]; γνώμην ἀποφαίνειν deliver an opinion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.40)]; ἀποδείκνυσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 207; ἐκφαίνειν [prev. author] 5.36; τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1448 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 658; ἀποφαίνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 336; ποιεῖσθαι περί τινων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36)]; γνώμας κατέθεντο have made up their minds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.53.)]
III.b verdict, ἡ τοῦ δικαστοῦ γ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 4.364 (Corinth, 4th c.AD), compare 685.32 (_plural_, Cretan dialect, 2nd c.BC).)]
III.2 proposition, motion, γνώμην εἰσφέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, 81; εἰπεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68, etc.)]; (but γνώμας προτιθέναι hold a debate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.36); γνῶμαι τρεῖς προεκέατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.83)]: frequently in Inscrr., resolution, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.118.28, etc.; γ. στρατηγῶν [prev. work]22.27; Κλεισόφου καὶ συμπρυτάνεων [prev. work]1; ἡ ἐκφερομένη γ. [prev. work]1051c26; γνώμην νικᾶν)] carry a motion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 594, “Nu.” 432; κρατεῖν τῇ γ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 17.)]
III.3 γνῶμαι, αἱ, practical maxims, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 78, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1091, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.9, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1395a11 (_sing._, 1394a22).)]
III.4 in plural, fancies, illusions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 52.)]
III.5 intention, purpose, resolve, ἀπὸ τοιᾶσδε γνώμης with some such purpose as this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.92)]; γνώμην ποιεῖ σθαι, c.infinitive, propose to do, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.128)]; κατὰ γνώμην of set purpose, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.81 (so also γνώμης 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 33.13, 50.12))]; τίνα ἔχουσα γνώμη; with what purpose? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.119)]; οἶδα δ᾽ οὐ γνώμῃ τίν; with what intent? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 527, compare “Aj.” 448)]; ἡ ξύμπασα γ. τῶν λεχθέντων the general purport.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22)]; ἦν τοῦ τείχους ἡ γνώμη.., ἵνα.. the purpose of it was.., that.., [Refs ([prev. author] 8.90.)]