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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

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 φυγῇ φεύγει τότε ὅταν τισ πρόσ τινα φρόνησιν ἰῄ τῶν λεγομένων τεχνῶν ἢ φρονήσεων ἤ τινων ἄλλων τοιούτων ὡσ οἰόμεθα ἐπιστημῶν, ὡσ ἀξίασ τούτων οὐδεμιᾶσ οὔσησ ἐπίκλησιν ῥηθῆναι τῆσ περὶ ταῦτα σοφίασ τἀνθρώπινα, τῆσ δὲ ψυχῆσ σφόδρα πεποιθυίασ καὶ μαντευομένησ ὡσ οὔσησ αὐτῇ κατά τινα φύσιν ταύτησ, τίσ δέ ἐστιν καὶ πότε καὶ πῶσ, οὐ πάνυ δυναμένησ ἐξευρίσκειν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 8:1)

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