"ἐπίνοια" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐπίνοια in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pí.noi̯.a/, /eˈpi.ny.a/, /eˈpi.ni.a/, /e.pí.noi̯.a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eˈpi.ny.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eˈpi.ny.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈpi.ny.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈpi.ni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐπινοέω (epinoéō, “to invent, contrive”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐπινοέω|-ῐᾰ|t1=to invent, contrive}} ἐπινοέω (epinoéō, “to invent, contrive”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐπινοίᾱς|f|first|head=ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ}} ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ • (epĭ́noiă) f (genitive ἐπινοίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ|ᾱς}} Forms: ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ [canonical], epĭ́noiă [romanization], ἐπινοίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ [nominative, singular], ἐπῐνοίᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐπῐ́νοιαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐπῐνοίᾱς [genitive, singular], ἐπῐνοίαιν [dual, genitive], ἐπῐνοιῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐπῐνοίᾳ [dative, singular], ἐπῐνοίαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐπῐνοίαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐπῐ́νοιᾰν [accusative, singular], ἐπῐνοίᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐνοίᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐπῐ́νοιᾰ [singular, vocative], ἐπῐνοίᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐπῐ́νοιαι [plural, vocative]
  1. power of thought, imagination, inventiveness
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