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σωφρον-έω

sophroneo

to be sound of mind

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Where it lives

Letter 5 1 · 35.59/10k
Charmides 22 · 26.49/10k
Lovers 4 · 16.73/10k
Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
Against Philocrates 1 · 15.13/10k
Second Philippic 3 · 15.03/10k
Fragments 4 · 10.04/10k
Against Lochites 1 · 8.93/10k
On The Refusal Of A Pension 1 · 7.03/10k
Bacchae 5 · 6.65/10k
1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
Ajax 4 · 5.09/10k

Densest 12 of 88 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σωφρον-έω · sōphron-eō — LSJ

to be sound of mind

to be sound of mind, Hdt. 3.35, Ev.Marc. 5.15, Gal. 15.449; ὃς ἦν φορητὸς οὐδὲ σωφρονῶν Babr. 90.4.

2 to be temperate, moderate, show self-control

to be temperate, moderate, show self-control, Heraclit. 112, 116 (v.l.), A. Pr. 982, Pers. 829, IG 1(2).22.69, Antipho 2.2.5, Th. 8.24, Pl. Phdr. 244a, X. Cyr. 8.1.30; τὸ σωφρονεῖν, = σωφροσύνη, A. Ag. 1425, cf. 181, Ar. Nu. 1061, 1071; ἐς Ἀφροδίτην σ. E. IA 1159, cf. Ba. 314 (s. v.l.); περὶ τοὺς θεούς X. Mem. 1.1.20; of soldiers, σ. καὶ εὐτακτεῖν ib. 3.5.21, cf. Lys. 12.47; σ. καὶ ὁμονοεῖν And. 1.109; opp. ὑπερφρονέω, Ep.Rom. 12.3: with a part., πέμποντες σωφρονοῖμεν ἄν Pl. Men. 90d.

3 come to oneʼs senses, learn moderation, when he had recovered his senses

come to oneʼs senses, learn moderation, Hdt. 3.64; σ. ὑπὸ στένει A. Eu. 521 (lyr.); σωφρονοῦντες ἐν χρόνῳ ib. 1000 (lyr.); οὐ σωφρονήσεις; S. Aj. 1259; ἐσωφρόνησας Id. Ph. 1259; σεσωφρονηκώς when he had recovered his senses, Pl. Phdr. 241b.

4 things I had done with discretion

Pass., τὰ σεσωφρονημένα ἐν τῷ βίῳ μοι things I had done with discretion, Aeschin. 2.4.

In the wild

σωφρονεῖν · sōphronein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1424–1425
σωφρονεῖν · sōphronein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1619–1620
σωφρονεῖν · sōphronein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 180–181
σωφρονεῖν · sōphronein Aeschylus, Eumenides 520–521
σωφρονοῦντες · sōphronountes Aeschylus, Eumenides 997–1000
σωφρονεῖν · sōphronein Aeschylus, Persians 829–831

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