sensible, prudent
sensible, prudent, ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ ἐ. Il. 9.341, cf. Od. 13.332; freq. as epith. of Penelope, 4.111, etc.; later of animals, σκύλακες Nonn. D. 16.226: late in Prose, Syn.Alch. p.65 B. Adv. -νως D.S. 15.33.
The corpus record
ἐχέφρων
echephron
sensible, prudent
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Where it lives
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Odyssey 8 · 0.92/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ἐχέφρονες · echephrones Theogony 88–90
- ἐχέφρων · echephrōn Iliad 9.341
- ἐχέφρων · echephrōn Odyssey 13.332
- ἐχέφρονα · echephrona Odyssey 13.406
- ἐχέφρονι · echephroni Odyssey 16.130
- ἐχέφρονι · echephroni Odyssey 16.458
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.