σώφρων
sophron
of sound mind
Appears 134 times across Plato's dialogues.
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σώφρων, Ep. and poet. σᾰόφρων (as in , v. infr., Pae. 9.46), ονος, ὁ, ἡ: neut. σῶφρον:—prop. A. of sound mind (from σῶς, φρήν, cf. Cra. 411e, EN 1140b11): hence, discreet, prudent, οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι Il. 21.462, cf. Od. 4.158; opp. ἄφρων, 431, 454, 497; opp. νήπιος, 483; opp. ἀνόητος, 1.4; σώφρονες περὶ θεούς Mem. 4.3.2; σωφρονέστατος ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ Prorrh. 2.2. 2. of things, τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔπεστιν ἄνθος Nu. 1025 (lyr.); σ. οἶκτος reasonable compassion, 3.59; -έστατον κήρυγμα 3.4; σώφρονʼ εἶπας IA 1024; ἄλλο τι -έστερον γνώσεσθε 5.111; σῶφρόν ἐστι c. inf., 1.42. II. in Att., esp. having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, chaste (σώφρων ὁ μετρίας ἐπιθυμίας ἔχων Def. 415d, cf. σωφροσύνη I), μοι δὸς -εστέραν πολὺ μητρὸς γενέσθαι Ch. 140, cf. Aj. 132; γυνὴ σ. 4.14, cf. Fr. 682; σ. καὶ ἐγκρατὴς ἑαυτοῦ Grg. 491d, cf. 1 Ep.Ti. 3.2, etc. 2. of things, σ. γνώμη Ag. 1664 (troch.); εὐχαί Supp. 710; σ. ὑμέναιοι, λέχη, Or. 558, El. 1099; τράπεζα, δίαιτα, Fr. 893 (lyr.), Ep. 336c; ἀριστοκρατία moderate, 3.82; χάρις ib. 58; βίος Lg. 733e; φρονεῖν σώφρονα Fr. 64. 3. τὸ σῶφρον, = σωφροσύνη, Fr. 786, Hipp. 431, 1.37, 3.82; σοῦ τὸ σ. Andr. 365, cf. 346, etc.; ἐπὶ τὸ -έστερον λαμβάνειν τι 3.71; τὸ -έστατον 3.62; τὰ σώφρονα λάγδην πατεῖται Fr. 683. III. Adv. -όνως Th. 645, Eu. 44, 4.77; σ. τραφῆναι Eq. 334 (lyr.); σ. τε καὶ μετρίως R. 399b; δικαίως πράττοντες καὶ σ. Alc. 1.134d; σ. ἐφέπεσθαι cautiously, Ages. 2.3: Comp., -έστερον πολιτεύειν adopt a more moderate constitution, 8.53, cf. 1.84, Eq.Mag. 1.14, etc.; but -εστέρως IA 379 (troch.): Sup. -έστατα 7.13, Lg. 728e.
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