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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 μετὰ τὸ τέλοσ τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐγὼ Ναβουχοδονόσορ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμούσ μου εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνέλαβον, καὶ αἱ φρένεσ μου ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐπεστράφησαν, καὶ τῷ Ὑψίστῳ ηὐλόγησα καὶ τῷ ζῶντι εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα ᾔνεσα καὶ ἐδόξασα, ὅτι ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτοῦ ἐξουσία αἰώνιοσ καὶ ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ εἰσ γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν, (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 4:31)
  • αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ αἱ φρένεσ μου ἐπεστράφησαν ἐπ’ ἐμέ, καὶ εἰσ τὴν τιμὴν τῆσ βασιλείασ μου ἦλθον, καὶ ἡ μορφή μου ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπ’ ἐμέ, καὶ οἱ τύραννοί μου καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνέσ μου ἐζήτουν με, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἐκραταιώθην, καὶ μεγαλωσύνη περισσοτέρα προσετέθη μοι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 4:33)
  • μόνοσ γὰρ ὁ λόγοσ ἐν γήρᾳ, φιλεῖ ἐντελῆ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν ἀκμήν, εἲ γε ἀληθῆ ὑμῶν οἱ ποιηταὶ λέγουσιν, ὅτι αἱ μὲν τῶν ὁπλοτέρων φρένεσ ἠερέθονται, τὸ δὲ γῆρασ ἔχει; (Lucian, Hercules, 4:5)
  • οὐδ’ ἄρ’ ἔτι Ζεὺσ ἴσχεν ἑὸν μένοσ, ἀλλά νυ τοῦ γε εἶθαρ μὲν μένεοσ πλῆντο φρένεσ, ἐκ δέ τε πᾶσαν φαῖνε βίην· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 67:1)
  • σὺ δ’ εὔτροχον μὲν γλῶσσαν ὡσ φρονῶν ἔχεισ, ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισι δ’ οὐκ ἔνεισί σοι φρένεσ. (Euripides, episode 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. The seat of emotions

  2. will

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