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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

  • τοῦ μὲν φρένασ ἐξέλετο Ζεύσ, ὃσ προλιπὼν σφέτερον τε δόμον σφετέρουσ τε τοκῆασ ᾤχετο, τιμήσων ἀλιτήμενον Εὐρυσθῆα, σχέτλιοσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 6:5)
  • τοῦ καὶ ὀδόντων μὲν πλῆτο στόμα λευκὰ θεόντων, δεινῶν ἀπλήτων, ἐπὶ δὲ βλοσυροῖο μετώπου δεινὴ Ἔρισ πεπότητο κορύσσουσα κλόνον ἀνδρῶν, σχετλίη, ἥ ῥα νόον τε καὶ ἐκ φρένασ εἵλετο φωτῶν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 12:4)
  • αἳ δὲ φρένασ εὖτ’ ἀρέσαντο αἵματοσ ἀνδρομέου, τὸν μὲν ῥίπτασκον ὀπίσσω, ἂψ δ’ ὅμαδον καὶ μῶλον ἐθύνεον αὖτισ ἰοῦσαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:6)
  • φαμὶ καὶ φάσω μέγιστον κῦδοσ ἔχειν ἀρετάν, πλοῦ‐ τοσ δὲ καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ, ἐθέλει δ’ αὔξειν φρένασ ἀν‐ δρόσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 1 14:2)
  • τὰσ ἐξ ἐρατῶν ἐφόβησεν παγκρατὴσ Ἥρα μελάθρων Προίτου, παραπλῆγι φρένασ καρτερᾷ ζεύξασ’ ἀνάγκᾳ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. The seat of emotions

  2. will

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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