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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

  • γ πυθομένου δέ μου τῶν συμβούλων, πῶσ ἂν ἀχθείη τοῦτο ἐπὶ πέρασ, ὁ σωφροσύνῃ παῤ ἡμῖν διενέγκασ καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐνοίᾳ ἀπαραλλάκτωσ καὶ βεβαίᾳ πίστει ἀποδεδειγμένοσ καὶ δεύτερον τῶν βασιλειῶν γέρασ ἀπενηνεγμένοσ Ἀμὰν (Septuagint, Liber Esther 3:16)
  • 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)
  • εἰ ἄρα τῶν σωφροσύνησ κωλυτικῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸσ φαίνεται ἐπικρατεῖν, γαστριμαργίασ τε καὶ ἐπιθυμίασ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸσ κρατεῖ, ἀλλὰ τῶν τῆσ δικαιοσύνησ καὶ ἀνδρείασ καὶ σωφροσύνησ καὶ φρονήσεωσ ἐναντίων, καὶ τούτων οὐχ ὥστε αὐτὰ καταλῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ὥστε αὐτοῖσ μὴ εἶξαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:6)
  • τῆσ δὲ σοφίασ ἰδέαι καθεστήκασι τέσσαρεσ, φρόνησισ καὶ δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἀνδρεία καὶ σωφροσύνη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:17)
  • σωφροσύνη δὴ τοίνην ἐστὶν ἐπικράτεια τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:30)
  • ἀρετή ἐστιν ἡ φρόνησισ, τοῦ δὲ θυμοειδοῦσ ἥ τε πραότησ καὶ ἡ ἀνδρεία, τοῦ δὲ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ ἥ τε σωφροσύνη καὶ ἡ ἐγκράτεια, ὅλησ δὲ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἥ τε δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἡ ἐλευθεριότησ καὶ ἡ μεγαλοψυχία. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 5:1)
  • σωφροσύνη δ’ ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν ἀνόρεκτοι γίνονται περὶ τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν φαύλων ἡδονῶν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. a moderate form of government

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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