[300] ὦ πάντα νωμῶν νωμάω （νεμ） means （1） to distribute, （2） to dispose, and so to wield, ply, （3） figuratively, to ponder, animo versare: “ἐνὶ φρεσὶ κέρδε᾽ ἐνώμας” Hom. Od. 18.216: “ἐν ὠσὶ νωμῶν καὶ φρεσὶν πυρὸς δίχα ι χρηστηρίους ὄρνιθας ἀψευδεῖ τέχνῃ” Aesch. Seven 25 （of Teiresias）: （4） then, absolutely, to observe: Hdt. 4.128 “νωμῶντες ... σῖτα ἀναιρεομένους,” observing the moment when they were cutting forage. Similarly here, —with the idea of mental grasp unaided by eyesight. Plato （Plat. Crat. 411d） fancifully connects γνώμη with νώμησις, —τὸ γὰρ νωμᾶν καὶ τὸ σκοπεῖν ταὐτόν.
διδακτά τε—ἄρρητά τε cp. the colloquial ῥητὸν ἄρρητόν τ᾽ ἔπος（Soph. OC 1001 dicenda tacenda）: ἄρρητα = ἀπόρρητα: Hdt. 6.135 “ἄρρητα ἱρὰ ἐκφήνασαν.”This text is part of:
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