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φρήν

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φρήν φρενός

Structure: φρην (Stem)

Sense

  1. The midriff or breast
  2. The seat of emotions
  3. The seat of intellect, wits
  4. will, purpose

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Μεγάλωσ δὲ καὶ διηνεκῶσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ χαρᾷ πεπληρωμένοσ, συμπόσια ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν εἰδώλων συνιστάμενοσ, πεπλανημένῃ πόρρω τῆσ ἀληθείασ φρενὶ καὶ βεβήλῳ στόματι, τὰ μέν κωφὰ καὶ μὴ δυνάμενα αὐτοῖσ λαλεῖν ἢ ἀρήγειν ἐπαινῶν, εἰσ δὲ τὸν μέγιστον Θεὸν τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα λαλῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:16)
  • ὕποπτον δ’ ἐστὶ κάρτ’ ἐμῇ φρενί. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode15)
  • ἦ πόλλ’ ἀγρώταισ σκαιὰ πρόσκειται φρενί· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode2)
  • ὦ μῆτερ, ὦ τεκοῦσα , κάλλιστον λόγον ἄκουσον, ὥσ σοι τέρψιν ἐμβαλῶ φρενί. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 2:1)
  • πυκνῇ γὰρ λεπτὰ μηχανᾷ φρενί. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:38)

Synonyms

  1. The seat of emotions

  2. will

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