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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

  • ἡ δὲ προφητείη δίησ φρενόσ ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 40:3)
  • ἦ πολλὰ μὲν ζῶν, πολλὰ δ’ εἰσ Αἵδου μολών, Φιλάμμονοσ παῖ, τῆσ ἐμῆσ ἥψω φρενόσ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 1:1)
  • Ἑκάβη, διδάσκου, μηδὲ τῷ θυμουμένῳ τὸν εὖ λέγοντα δυσμενῆ ποιοῦ φρενόσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 2:1)
  • καὶ νῦν τὸ μὲν σὸν ὥστε μὴ στένειν πάθοσ οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην ἐξαλείψασθαι φρενόσ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 5:3)
  • πάλιν ἔμολεν ‐ ἃ πάροσ οὔποτε διὰ φρενὸσ ἤλπισ’ ἂν παθεῖν ‐ γᾶσ ἄναξ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, strophe 17)

Synonyms

  1. The seat of emotions

  2. will

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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