ἔμφρων

emphron

in oneʼs mind

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35

1358a22

Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3

1359b6
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5

284a32
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1234a33
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21

1101a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔμφρων, ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν) A. in oneʼs mind or senses, sensible: opp., 1. to one mad, σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα brings thee to thy senses, A. Pr. 848; ἔ. εἰμί Id. Ch. 1026; ἔ. καθίσταμαι I come to myself, S. Aj. 306; ποιητὴς . . οὐκ ἔ. ἐστίν Pl. Lg. 719c; ἀντὶ μανικῶν . . ἑξεις ἔμφρονας ἔχειν ib.791b. 2. to one dead, ἔτʼ ἔ. S. Ant. 1237, cf. Antipho 2.3.2; ἔ. γίγνεσθαι to recover from a swoon or lethargy, Hp. Coac. 136. 3. to one asleep, S.E. M. 7.129. II. rational, intelligent, ζῷα ἔ., opp. εἴδωλα ἄφρ., X. Mem. 1.4.4; also ζωή, βίος ἔ., Pl. R. 521a, Ti. 36e; ἡ πρεσβυτῶν ἔ. παιδιά Id. Lg. 769a; τέχνη -εστέρα Arist. Rh. 1359b6; ὅταν ἐς ἥβην ἐξικώμεθʼ ἔμφρονες when we come to years of discretion, prob. in S. Fr. 583.6. 2. sensible, prudent, Thgn. 1126, Pi. O. 9.74, S. OT 436; ἔ. σωφροσύνη Th. 1.84; ἔ. περί τι wise about or in a thing, Pl. Lg. 809d; τῶν δημιουργῶν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἐ. ἀνδρῶν experts, Id. Hipparch. 226c. Adv. -όνως sensibly, wisely, Id. R. 396d, al., Antiph. 104: Comp. -έστερον Phalar. Ep. 67.3: Sup. -έστατα Plu. Ant. 14.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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