Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σωφρονικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σωφρονικός σωφρονική σωφρονικόν

Structure: σωφρονικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sw/frwn

Sense

  1. naturally temperate, moderate, sober

Examples

  • ἤδη δ’ εὐθὺσ καὶ κυομένουσ ἔχειν ἐπιμελητὰσ λογίουσ ἄνδρασ, οὓσ προσιόντασ λόγῳ μὲν ἐπᾴδειν δοκεῖν καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὸν κυόμενον εἰσ εὐτεκνίαν, τὸ δ’ ἀληθὲσ σωφρονικάσ τινασ παραινέσεισ καὶ ὑποθήκασ διδόναι· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 118:4)

Synonyms

  1. naturally temperate

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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