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φρόνησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φρόνησις φρονήσεως

Structure: φρονησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: frone/w

Sense

  1. practical wisdom

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φρόνησις φρονήσει φρονήσεις
Genitive φρονήσεως φρονήσοιν φρονήσεων
Dative φρονήσει φρονήσοιν φρονήσεσιν*
Accusative φρόνησιν φρονήσει φρονήσεις
Vocative φρόνησι φρονήσει φρονήσεις

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

  • Κύριοσ ἀσθενῆ ποιήσει ἀντίδικον αὐτοῦ, Κύριοσ ἅγιοσ. μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ φρόνιμοσ ἐν τῇ φρονήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ δυνατὸσ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ καυχάσθω ὁ πλούσιοσ ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ̓ ἐν τούτῳ καυχάσθω ὁ καυχώμενοσ, συνιεῖν καὶ γινώσκειν τὸν Κύριον καὶ ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην ἐν μέσῳ τῆσ γῆσ. Κύριοσ ἀνέβη εἰσ οὐρανοὺσ καὶ ἐβρόντησεν, αὐτὸσ κρινεῖ ἄκρα γῆσ, καὶ δίδωσιν ἰσχὺν τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν ἡμῶν καὶ ὑψώσει κέρασ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 2:10)
  • Καὶ ἐμεγαλύνθη Σαλωμὼν ὑπὲρ πάντασ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ τῆσ γῆσ πλούτῳ καὶ φρονήσει. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 10:24)
  • ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺσ ἐν τῇ φρονήσει, βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 5:13)
  • ὁ Θεὸσ τῇ σοφίᾳ ἐθεμελίωσε τὴν γῆν, ἡτοίμασε δὲ οὐρανοὺσ φρονήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:19)
  • μακρόθυμοσ ἀνὴρ πολὺσ ἐν φρονήσει, ὁ δὲ ὀλιγόψυχοσ ἰσχυρῶσ ἄφρων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 14:29)

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