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σωφρονιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σωφρονιστής σωφρονιστοῦ

Structure: σωφρονιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: swfroni/zw

Sense

  1. one that makes temperate, a chastener, chastiser
  2. counselor, preceptor

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σωφρονιστής σωφρονιστᾱ́ σωφρονισταί
Genitive σωφρονιστοῦ σωφρονισταῖν σωφρονιστῶν
Dative σωφρονιστῇ σωφρονισταῖν σωφρονισταῖς
Accusative σωφρονιστήν σωφρονιστᾱ́ σωφρονιστᾱ́ς
Vocative σωφρονιστά σωφρονιστᾱ́ σωφρονισταί

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

  • εὐμενῶσ δὴ σωφρονιοῦσιν, οὐκ ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ κολάζοντεσ οὐδ’ ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ, σωφρονισταὶ ὄντεσ, οὐ πολέμιοι. (Plato, Republic, book 5 529:1)

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

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