σωφροσύνη
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σωφροσύνη
σωφροσύνης
Structure:
σωφροσυν
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- soundness of mind, prudence, discretion; sanity
- moderation in sensual desires, self-control, temperance
- (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.
- 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)
- ὁ γὰρ λογισμὸσ τῶν μὲν ἀρετῶν ἐστιν ἡγεμών, τῶν δέ παθῶν αὐτοκράτωρ. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν Ἐπιθεωρεῖτε τοίνυν πρῶτον διὰ τῶν κωλυτικῶν τῆσ σωφροσύνησ ἔργων, ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτόσ ἐστι τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:29)
- σωφροσύνησ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ μὴ θαυμάζειν τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν σωματικῶν ἡδονῶν, καὶ τὸ εἶναι πάσησ ἀπολαύσεωσ αἰσχρᾶσ ἡδονῆσ ἀνόρεκτον, καὶ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν δικαίαν ἄδειαν, καὶ τὸ τετάσθαι περὶ τὸν βίον ὁμοίωσ ἔν τε μικροῖσ καὶ μεγάλοισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 20:2)
- καὶ μικροῦ ὁ νεανίασ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ τὴν Χίμαιραν συμπλοκῇ διεφθάρη ἐπιτίμιον σωφροσύνησ ὑποσχὼν καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν ξένον αἰδοῦσ ὑπὸ μάχλου γυναικὸσ ἐπιβεβουλευμένοσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 26:3)
Synonyms
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a moderate form of government
