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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

  • ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ὡσ ἤκουσαν οἱ βασιλεῖσ τῶν Ἀμορραίων, οἳ ἦσαν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖσ τῆσ Φοινίκησ οἱ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν, ὅτι ἀπεξήρανε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν Ἰορδάνην ποταμὸν ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ διαβαίνειν αὐτούσ, καὶ ἐτάκησαν αὐτῶν αἱ διάνοιαι καὶ κατεπλάγησαν καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖσ φρόνησισ οὐδεμία ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 5:1)
  • καὶ ἤκουσαν πᾶσ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ κρίμα τοῦτο, ὃ ἔκρινεν ὁ βασιλεύσ, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ βασιλέωσ, ὅτι εἶδον ὅτι φρόνησισ Θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ τοῦ ποιεῖν δικαίωμα. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 3:28)
  • ἐμὴ βουλὴ καὶ ἀσφάλεια, ἐμὴ φρόνησισ, ἐμὴ δὲ ἰσχύσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 8:14)
  • ἀφρονέστατοσ γάρ εἰμι ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων, καὶ φρόνησισ ἀνθρώπων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἐμοί. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:28)
  • πολιὰ δέ ἐστι φρόνησισ ἀνθρώποισ καὶ ἡλικία γήρωσ βίοσ ἀκηλίδωτοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:9)
  • ΣΥ τὴν σοφίαν κηρύξεισ, ἵνα φρόνησίσ σοι ὑπακούσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 8:1)

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