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σωφροσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σωφροσύνη σωφροσύνης

Structure: σωφροσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from sw/frwn

Sense

  1. soundness of mind, prudence, discretion; sanity
  2. moderation in sensual desires, self-control, temperance
  3. (politics) a moderate form of government

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

  • ψυχικῶσ οὖν ὁ Ἀντίοχοσ ἐπιλυπηθεὶσ καὶ τραπεὶσ εἰσ ἔλεον καὶ δακρύσασ διὰ τὴν τοῦ μετηλλαχότοσ σωφροσύνην καὶ πολλὴν εὐταξίαν (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:37)
  • καὶ εἰ δικαιοσύνην ἀγαπᾷ τισ, οἱ πόνοι ταύτησ εἰσὶν ἀρεταί. σωφροσύνην γὰρ καὶ φρόνησιν ἐκδιδάσκει, δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἀνδρείαν, ὧν χρησιμώτερον οὐδέν ἐστιν ἐν βίῳ ἀνθρώποισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:7)
  • σωφροσύνην τε γὰρ ἡμᾶσ ἐκδιδάσκει ὥστε πασῶν τῶν ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν καὶ ἀνδρείαν ἐξασκεῖν, ὥστε πάντα πόνον ἑκουσίωσ ὑπομένειν (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:23)
  • σωφροσύνην γὰρ λαβοῦσαι αἱ πόλεισ καὶ ἄδειαν τῶν πρασσομένων ἐχώρησαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἄντικρυσ ἐλευθερίαν, τῆσ ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὑπούλου εὐνομίασ οὐ προτιμήσαντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 11 1:1)
  • σωφροσύνην γὰρ λαβοῦσαι αἱ πόλεισ καὶ ἄδειαν τῶν πρασσομένων ἐχώρησαν ἐπὶ τὴν ἄντικρυσ ἐλευθερίαν, τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὕπουλον εὐνομίαν οὐ προτιμήσασαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 11 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a moderate form of government

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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