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σώφρων

Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σώφρων

Etym.: sw=s, frh/n

Sense

  1. Of sound mind: sane
  2. moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable
  3. self-controlled, temperate, chaste, sober

Examples

  • ταύτῃ γοῦν ὁ σώφρων Ἰωσὴφ ἐπαινεῖται, ὅτι τῷ λογισμῷ καὶ τῇ διανοίᾳ περιεκράτησε τῆσ ἡδυπαθείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:2)
  • πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ κακοήθη πάθη ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ εἰσ ἀγαθὸν προτρέπων ἀπωθεῖται καὶ βιάζεται, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν θυμόν. καὶ γὰρ τούτου δεσπόζει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:16)
  • δυνατὸσ γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ, ὡσ ἔφην, κατὰ τῶν παθῶν ἀριστεῦσαι καὶ τὰ μὲν αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκυρῶσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 2:18)
  • δυνατὸσ γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦσ, ὡσ ἔφην, νικῆσαι τὰσ τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:17)
  • μόνοσ γὰρ ὁ σοφὸσ καὶ σώφρων ἀνδρεῖόσ ἐστι τῶν παθῶν κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:23)

Synonyms

  1. moderate

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