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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

  • οὔποτ’ ἐμὰ φρὴν ὧδ’ ἀλίαστοσ φρίσσει, ταρβεῖ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 1:6)
  • μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῦθ’, ὅτι ἡ φρὴν ὤμοσεν, ἡ γλῶττα δ’ οὐκ ὀμώμοκ’· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 3:10)
  • πολλοὶ δ’ ἐπιστέλλουσιν, ἑρμηνεὺσ δ’ ἐγώ, αἱ χεῖρεσ ἡ γλῶσσ’ ἡ ταλαίπωρόσ τε φρήν, κάρα τ’ ἐμὸν ξυρῆκεσ, ὅ τ’ ἐκεῖνον τεκών. (Euripides, episode 3:2)
  • κακῶν γυναικῶν ἔργα καὶ θήλεια φρὴν ποιεῖ μ’ ἄθυμον περιπατεῖν τ’ ἄνω κάτω. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode2)
  • ἔτι γὰρ ἀμφίλογα δίδυμα μέμονε φρήν, σὲ πάροσ ἢ σὲ ἀναστενάξω γόοισ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric5)

Synonyms

  1. The seat of emotions

  2. will

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