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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

  • καὶ σὺ τοίνυν, φαῖεν ἄν, οὐχ ὑποκριτήσ, ἀλλὰ ποιητὴσ τῶν καλλίστων καὶ νομοθέτησ γενόμενοσ ὑπὸ ταυτησὶ τῆσ ἰσχάδοσ παραφανείσησ ἠλέγχθησ πίθηκοσ ὢν καὶ ἀπ̓ ἄκρου χείλουσ φιλοσοφῶν καὶ ἕτερα μὲν κεύθων ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλα δὲ λέγων, ὡσ εἰκότωσ ἄν τινα ἐπὶ σοῦ εἰπεῖν ὅτι ἃ λέγεισ καὶ ἐφ̓ οἷσ ἐπαινεῖσθαι ἀξιοῖσ, χείλεα μέν σου ἐδίηνεν, ὑπερῴην δὲ αὐχμῶσαν καταλέλοιπε. (Lucian, Apologia 15:1)
  • οὗ δὴ ἐγὼ οὐδὲν οἶμαι ἀδικώτερον οὐδὲ δουλοπρεπέστερον, ἐνδακόντα τὸ χεῖλοσ ὑποτρέφειν τὴν χολὴν καὶ τὸ μῖσοσ ἐν αὑτῷ κατάκλειστον αὔξειν ἕτερα μὲν κεύθοντα ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλα δὲ λέγοντα καὶ ὑποκρινόμενον ἱλαρῷ καὶ κωμικῷ τῷ προσώπῳ μάλα περιπαθῆ τινα καὶ ἰοῦ γέμουσαν τραγῳδίαν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 24:3)
  • πατὴρ δ’ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε ἄλλην μῆτιν ὕφαινε μετὰ φρεσίν, ὥσ ῥα θεοῖσιν ἀνδράσι τ’ ἀλφηστῇσιν ἀρῆσ ἀλκτῆρα φυτεύσαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:13)
  • ἐχθρὸσ γάρ μοι κεῖνοσ ὁμῶσ Αἰ̈́δαο πύλῃσιν, ὃσ χρυσὸν φιλέει μὲν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλο δ’ εἴπῃ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 30:5)
  • τοῦτὸ τί μοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι, οὐχ ἕτερόν τι, ἐξ ὧν φησιν, ἢ τὸ παρασιτεῖν εὔδαιμον νομίζων. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 10:4)

Synonyms

  1. The seat of emotions

  2. will

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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