φρενόω

phrenoo

make wise, instruct, inform

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 3
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70e1
70a4
77b4
Theaetetus 1
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154d9

Dictionary (LSJ)

φρενόω, (φρήν) A. make wise, instruct, inform, τινα A. Pr. 337, S. Ant. 754, Tr. 52, E. Ion 526 (troch.); φρενώσω δʼ οὐκέτʼ ἐξ αἰνιγμάτων, i.e. will teach plainly, A. Ag. 1183; poet. Verb, used by X. Mem. 4.1.5; φ. τινὰ εἴς τι ib.2.6.1:—Pass., Phld. Lib.p.52 O.; πεφρενωμένος Luc. Lex. 19; φρενωθῆναι οὐδὲ πρὸς αὐτῆς τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς Jul. Or. 7.225b. II. Pass., to be high-minded, elated, LXX 2 Ma. 11.4, Babr. 101.5. III. φ. is prob. a late spelling of φρονῶν (v. φρονέω IV fin.) in the phrase ζῶν καὶ φρενῶν.

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