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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

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

  • μὴ γὰρ οὕτω γένοιτο κακῶσ τῇ πόλει ὥστ’ Ἀφοβήτου καὶ Αἰσχίνου σωφρονιστῶν δεηθῆναι τοὺσ νεωτέρουσ, ἀλλ’ ὅτι βουλεύων ἔγραψεν, ἄν τισ ὡσ Φίλιππον ὅπλ’ ἄγων ἁλῷ ἢ σκεύη τριηρικά, θάνατον εἶναι τὴν ζημίαν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 370:5)
  • ὅτι οὐ διδασκάλων οὐδὲ σωφρονιστῶν οὐδὲ βελτίουσ ποιεῖν βουλομένων τρόποισ χρῶνται, αὑτοὺσ γὰρ ἂν πρότερον ἐποίησαν βελτίουσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸσ ἔχθραν καὶ πρὸσ χάριν τὴν ἑτέρων, τὸν μὲν ἀργύριον αἰτήσαντεσ οὐ τυχόντεσ, τοῦ δ’ ἐρασθέντεσ οὐ πείσαντεσ, οὕτω ψέγουσι, καὶ πάλιν αὖ σιωπῶσι διὰ θάτερα, ὥστε οὐ τοὺσ αἰσχρῶσ ζῶντασ φανεροὺσ καθιστᾶσι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:11)

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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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